To give an indication of the breadth of the activities that the EFDSS supports, these were the speakers at their recent Education Development Day in Preston;

Mikey Kenney; Project Co-ordinator for the Lancashire Turns and Tunes project, traditional fiddle player, educator, musicologist and producer.
Nicola Beazley; Traditional fiddle player, teacher and workshop leader, former Musical Director of Lancashire Youth Folk Group
Esther Ferry-Kennington; Creative Development Director of Horse + Bamboo Performing Arts Theatre and Executive Producer Lancashire Encounter Festival
Abhinandana Kodanda; Artistic Director of Abhi Dance Academy and Director of Performances for Preston City Mela
Jennifer Reid; Singer of Broadside Ballads, researcher, presenter, educator, performer and provocateur
Maria Malone; Co-Founder and Executive Director of Movema Dance Company
Sheetal Maru; Associate Artist with Movema Dance Company
Plus updates from Rachel Elliott (EFDSS Education Director) and Sarah Jones (Programme Manager: National Youth Folk Ensemble)

The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) is the custodian of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library housed at the Society’s HQ, Cecil Sharp House.