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TimeBader HallSports HallActivity Room
Friday
19.30-22.30Dance
Bernie Culkin + Stradivarious
English/Mixed, Positional
Mostly Playford-style dances, along with
a handful of contra-inspired dances.
Welcome Dance
Colin Hume + Box of Frogs
American/Mixed, Gendered
American Squares and Contras plus Playford-
style and anything else Colin fancies.
 
Saturday
9.30-10.45Black and Gray
Victoria Yeomans + Dave & Fran
English, Gendered
New England Postcards
Charlie Turner + Hoik!
Favourite dances from Charlie's
recent trip to New England.

American, Positional
A Wright Miscellany
Kathryn & David Wright + Stradivarious
Dances composed or interpreted by Kathryn
and David during the past 50 years.

English, Gendered
11.15-12.30Classical Tunes in Motion
Bernie Culkin + Dave & Fran
English, Positional
A selection of dances set to classical music.
Positional American Squares
Colin Hume + Hoik!
American, Positional
A chance to try dancing the other role
in a friendly supportive environment.
250 Years of Independence
Victoria Yeomans + Stradivarious
English, Gendered
14.00-15.30Anniversary Tea Dance
Kathryn & David Wright + Box of Frogs
English, Gendered
Eye Love Contra
Charlie Turner + Hoik!
American, Positional
Dances with eye contact
as a focus of the fun.
Wait Your Turn
Bernie Culkin + 3D
English, Positional
Test your timing and patience, with dances
that bring you in at just the right moment.
16.00-17.30Dolphin Dances: Who's leading?
Bernie Culkin + Box of Frogs
English, Positional
Dive into dances where the lead
naturally passes between partners.
 Dances by Fried de Metz Herman
Colin Hume + 3D
English, Gendered
Fried wrote some beautiful and challenging
dances — let's try some of them!
19.30-22.30Evening Dance
Victoria Yeomans + Dave & Fran
English/Mixed, Gendered
An enjoyable mixed genre evening.
Evening Dance
Charlie Turner + Hoik!
American, Positional
An evening of contras and maybe some squares.
 
TimeBader HallSports HallActivity Room
Sunday
9.30-10.45A Blast from the Past
Kathryn & David Wright + Box of Frogs
English, Gendered
Dances by chorographers who have called
at Lichfield Folk Festival
but are sadly no longer with us.
All Roads Lead to Dance
Bernie Culkin + Stradivarious
English, Positional
A collection of dances
inspired by the theme of roads.
End-effects
Colin Hume + Dave & Fran
American, Gendered
Rules for what to do at the
end of the set, and lots of practice.
11.15-12.30Symmetry
Charlie Turner + Box of Frogs
English, Positional
Dances that make a feature of
symmetries with other dancers.
Positional Playford
Colin Hume + Stradivarious
English, Positional
Genuine Playford — and you'll hardly notice
that Colin isn't saying “men” and “women”.
Philippe's Panoply
Victoria Yeomans + Dave & Fran
English, Gendered
13.30-14.30Squares and Contras without a Walk-through
Colin Hume + Hoik!
American, Gendered
Ten minutes explanation — the rest solid dancing.
Bring your feet and your brains.
Pimentel's Birds
Victoria Yeomans + 3D
English, Gendered
 
15.00-17.00Farewell Dance
Colin Hume & Charlie Turner + Hoik!
American, Gendered + Positional
Farewell Dance
Bernie Culkin & Victoria Yeomans + 3D
Mixed, Gendered