Kent ran courses in teaching country dance in primary schools in the 70s or 80s - can't remember which. I was marked down as a dissenter as I didn't see why I had to pair Y4 boys and girls - the boys really enjoyed dance if not forced to dance with girls. And those who insisted on that pairing were the same who insisted that women shouldn't do morris, having their own ceremonial dances, sources not given.

What I notice now is the absence of carols from Christmas concerts, no traditional material at all, butr Slade and American "holiday" songs. Nothing to do with politics, but a change in staff background.

They do country dance - it's in the curriculum I gather.

Penny