FISY On Line

Welcome to the web site of Folk In South Yorkshire, the organisation of groups affiliated to the English Folk Dance and Song Society, holding regular folk dances and events throughout South Yorkshire.

All the dances organised during the 2009-10 season are listed, with all the special dances listed separately. Dance on!


Other pages: | Venues | Classes & Groups | Callers and Bands | Web links |
Dance Diary: | by Date | by Caller | by Venue | by Organiser | Live Bands | Printable |
This page: | Stop Press | Committee & Organisers | About FISY |


Stop Press

Check here for important schedule changes and announcements, a reminder of our next special event weekend...

Saturday 28 November 2009, 1800 start
Deepcar Village Hall, Deepcar, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Ticket-only event: FISY Dinner Dance
(Organised by Folk In South Yorkshire)

..and of our regular dances coming up soon.

Change of venue

Please note that the venue of our 12 December dance has had to be changed to Deepcar because of a double booking at St Thomas More. New details as follows:

Saturday 12 December 2009, 1930 start
Deepcar Village Hall, Deepcar, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
(Please note change of venue)
Guest callers Barbara & Bill Kinsman
Guest musicians Dave Yeomans & Caroline Bunting
(Organised by Psalter Lane Folk Dance Club)

Folk concert

We have received brief details of a concert taking place in Sheffield that may be of interest to you. Click the links for further details:

Saturday 19 December, 7.45pm
The Crucible, Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 1DA
Festive Folk
Martin Simpson VOCALS & GUITAR
Roy Bailey VOCALS & GUITAR
Donald Grant FIDDLE
Red Skies String Ensemble
Sheffield Young Singers

Further details from:
Daisy Swift
Concert Administrator
MUSIC IN THE ROUND
4th Floor
Sheffield Central Library
Surrey Street
Sheffield
S1 1XZ
T: 0114 281 4660
F: 0114 281 4661
E: daisy@musicintheround.co.uk
W: www.musicintheround.co.uk

Sheffield Theatres Box Office:
The Lyceum, Tudor Square
0114 249 6000
www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk




Year-at-a-glance

Pocket-sized A5 C-fold programme cards are available on the door at all dances, while stocks last. If you fancy your origami skills and would like to make your own version, download the two Portable Document Format files below (you may need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader to do this) and print them onto a single sheet.

(Please note that these two files will not be updated to accommodate any changes that may occur during the course of the year.)



Other pages: | Venues | Classes & Groups | Callers and Bands | Web links |
Dance Diary: | by Date | by Caller | by Venue | by Organiser | Live Bands | Printable |
This page: | Stop Press | Committee & Organisers | About FISY |

FISY Folk in South Yorkshire

(formerly EFDSS South Yorkshire District)

Chairman: Trevor Monson
monsont@hotmail.com

Honorary Secretary: Anne Welch
annewelch@hotmail.co.uk

Honorary Treasurer: Brian Middleton

For further information, please contact any of the above.

EFDSS Affiliated logo

Dances organised by

  • Braithwell Folk Dance Club
  • Folk In South Yorkshire
  • Grenoside Folk Dance Club
  • Mosborough Folk Dance Club
  • Psalter Lane Folk Dance Club
  • Trev & Gill's Dances
  • Worksop Folk Dance Group

List of dances put on by each organiser

If you attend one of our events, please make yourself known and tell the organiser you heard about the event via this site.



About FISY and the EFDSS

Folk In South Yorkshire was formerly known as EFDSS South Yorkshire District. A few years ago all the EFDSS districts decided to drop that part of their name. FISY represents the dance clubs in the South Yorkshire area that are affiliated to the EFDSS. Officers are elected in October each year at the AGM which is held in Sheffield.

However, there is no need to be an EFDSS member to attend either the regular or special dances organised by FISY, and you will not be required to join as a condition of admission.

The EFDSS is the English Folk Dance and Song Society whose headquarters are at Cecil Sharp House in Regents Park, London. There is an EFDSS website where events are listed week-by-week. You can find Cecil Sharp Houseon a road map from www.streetmap.co.uk. Or punch the postcode NW1 7AY into your in-car satellite navigation system and off you go.



About FISY On Line

The Folk In South Yorkshire website contains listings of all the dances organised by the EFDSS affiliates at Braithwell, Deepcar, Grenoside, Wharncliffe Side, Psalter Lane, Sheffield and Worksop for the current season (September to July). There are pages listing all the venues where the dances are held, including addresses and links to web-based street maps. Also listed are the classes and groups that meet regularly in the area and all the resident and guest callers and musicians that have appeared recently at the dances. Finally there is a page of links to other web sites concerned with folk dancing.

The FISY Dance Diary has been formatted in several ways, so for example you can quickly look up the main dances with live bands, those with a particular caller, or those at a particular venue. The dances under each sub-heading are listed in date order. Bookmark our Stop Press section for a quick reminder of what is coming up in the near future and to see any important changes to schedules, personnel or venues. For details of anything relating to Folk In South Yorkshire please e-mail Trevor Monson or Anne Welch.



Other pages: | Venues | Classes & Groups | Callers and Bands | Web links |
Dance Diary: | by Date | by Caller | by Venue | by Organiser | Live Bands | Printable |
This page: | Stop Press | Committee & Organisers | About FISY |

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Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England

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