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Posted By: GUEST,Derek Schofield
06-Jan-13 - 10:53 AM
Thread Name: Presidents of EFDSS
Subject: RE: Presidents of EFDSS
Princess Margaret was Patron of the EFDSS from September 1948 until 1960.
Presidents of English Folk Dance Society: Lady Mary Trefusis 1913-1927 Lady Ampthill 1928-1946 during which time the song and dance societies merged to form the EFDSS: Ralph Vaughan Williams 1946-1958 The Earl of Verulam 1958-60 Princess Margaret 1960-2002 Ursula Vaughan Williams 2004-2007 Shirley Collins 2008-
Vice-presidents have included Douglas and Helen Kennedy, Ursula Vaughan Williams, Dame Ninette de Valois and - now - Eliza Carthy.