All the dances organised by EFDSS affiliated groups in South Yorkshire during the 2008-09 season are listed, with all the special dances listed separately. Dance on!

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Year-at-a-glance

If you would like a printable version of the FISY events listed on this site, there is a Portable Document Format file that you may download and print on a single A4 sheet. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to do this. Pocket-sized programme cards are available on the door at all dances.

Stop press

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

Ticket-only event: details
Saturday 5 September 2009, # Sheffield Ball # Workshop from 1430-1730; Dance from 1930-2330
University House, Western Bank, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 2TN
Guest MC Ian Jones
Guest musicians Paul Hutchinson and John Hymas
(Organised by Trevor and Gill Monson)

Sunday 6 September 2009, # Sheffield Ball # Workshop from 1000-1430
Deepcar Village Hall, Deepcar, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Caller Trevor Monson
(Organised by Trevor and Gill Monson)

..and of our regular dances coming up soon.

Summer break

Although no weekend dances are scheduled during the late summer, some of the weekday classes and groups continue as usual, or with a short break. Please check with the organiser or a committee member before setting out.

The dance schedule for next season, starting in September, is in preparation and will appear here during the summer.

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.

Dances organised by

Braithwell Folk Dance Club
Deepcar Folk Dance Club
Folk In South Yorkshire
Grenoside Folk Dance Club
Psalter Lane Folk Dance Club
Wharncliffe Side Folk Dance Club

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.

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

on 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.

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.

Sheffield Ball

Trevor and Gill Monson are pleased to announce the First Sheffield Ball will be held on Saturday 5 September 2009 at Sheffield University. The MC for this event will be Ian Jones, and the music will be provided by Paul Hutchinson and John Hymas.

The Ball will have walk throughs, but when danced there will be no calling (or possibly very minimal calling!)

The event starts with a workshop at 2.30pm. The workshop will not be exclusively dances from the evening programme, but some of the more unusual moves will be covered.

A buffet will be provided (by University catering) at about 5.30pm and the ball will run from 7.30pm to 11.00 pm. Dress - smart modern please.

(The building is University House, Western Park, Sheffield, S10 2TN. Maps & car parking details together with the updated university website details and the dance list will be available later)

On Sunday, at 10.00am there will be a free workshop in Deepcar Village Hall (5 mins from the M1 motorway) with a make your own brunch (in keeping with the Tring Ball) finishing by 1.30pm. This will be taken by Trevor Monson to CDs.

The price for the whole event is £21.00

For further details please contact Trevor or Gill Monson on 0114 2882685 or e-mail sheffieldball2009@homecall.co.uk

Tickets are by postal application and you may download further details, together with the application form as a 135KB PDF file.