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Subject: (English Folk Dance and Song Society) Fire, Feasts and Frolics: An Exhibition by Doc Rowe

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5 January 2009


Fire, Feasts & Frolics

A celebration by Doc Rowe of seasonal events, folklore and traditions from the British Isles and Ireland

 Presented in association with The Folklore Society


The English Folk Dance and Song Society are delighted to present an exhibition of work from serial-archivist Doc Rowe.


For over forty years, Doc Rowe has been consistently recording and filming cultural tradition and vernacular arts, folklore, song and dance of Britain and Ireland. Continual documentation of annual events, using a wide variety of media, has resulted in a unique archive of images, film, video and audio recordings on past and contemporary popular culture and vernacular art. With its particular emphasis on seasonal custom, the collection has won international recognition.


Starting in 1963, with a Mayday visit to Padstow in Cornwall, a passionate interest in people's art and celebration has led Doc on annual visits to events such as the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance in Staffordshire; the Haxey Hood Game in Lincolnshire; the Burry Man of South Queensferry in West Lothian ...


This exhibition is seen foremost as a celebration of the diversity, vitality and richness of the organic, living vernacular and participatory arts found in the contemporary folk culture of these islands - generally unknown, overlooked and, all too often, trivially treated. This exhibition also features models created by Doc and his partner, Jill Pidd.


"One of the most important English collectors since Sharp"
(Living Traditions Magazine), this is a fascinating and illuminating view of the world of British folklore.


Friday 30 January to Saturday 25 April, Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm. Admission Free.


Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, Camden, London NW1 7AY

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Note for Editors:
For further information and photographs, please contact Jon Garlick, marketing_at_efdss_dot_org, English Folk Dance and Song Society, Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY. Tel: 020 7485 2206. www.efdss.org


The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) has, for over a hundred years, worked to record, develop and promote the folk music, dance, song traditions of this country. With over 3,000 members and affiliated clubs and organisations, it is regarded as one of the premiere folk development and advocacy organisations in the UK.


The EFDSS's Mission is to develop its resources, especially the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, to maintain itself as a centre of excellence for the study, practice and dissemination of traditional English song, dance and music; to provide national and local outreach services that enable and increase access; and to celebrate diversity and promote equality.


The EFDSS is a charity registered in England and Wales.

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Anthony John Allen - Chair of the Board

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