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Subject: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: Vic Smith Date: 21 Nov 22 - 08:51 AM The English Folk Dance & Song Society has been devastated by the news of the total withdrawal of funding by Arts Council England. The outrage expressed in the editorial of the upcoming December / January issue (No. 322) of Folk London is bound to be shared by many involved in the folk arts in England. Here is what the editorial says: - The English Folk Dance and Song Society has been dealt a huge blow with the loss of all its Arts Council England (ACE) funding — news that justifiably provoked outrage across the folk world. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: DaveRo Date: 21 Nov 22 - 09:09 AM According to this, funding is being reduced not withdrawn, from £439,996 to £300,000 for 2023-26. https://www.efdss.org/about-us/what-we-do/news/11844-arts-council-england |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: GUEST,henryp Date: 21 Nov 22 - 09:15 AM The EFDSS - despite its London HQ - serves the whole country. It has made enormous efforts to digitise its collections and make them available locally. And they do get out to the regions too. Last Monday I attended a brilliant EFDSS Education Development Day in Preston, led by Kerry Fletcher (Folk Education Network Coordinator, EFDSS) and David Brookhouse (Heritage Learning Manager, Cultural Services, Lancashire County Council). A dozen enthusiastic singers, musicians and dancers from different ethnic groups told us about their local projects and drew us into their demonstrations. I had no idea there was so much going on. And I can only apologise for my clumsy footwork. The EFDSS provides a valuable service that definitely deserves ACE support. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: Brian Peters Date: 21 Nov 22 - 09:41 AM The email I received from EFDSS was talking about a 32% reduction, not all of the ACE funding, but it is nonetheless a very large sum and a seriously disturbing development. I'm as certain as can be that there won't be any compensatory 'levelling up' in the form of increased support for folk music in the regions. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: GUEST,Hootenanny Date: 21 Nov 22 - 09:59 AM So the OP is incorrect then about total withdrawal??? In my humble opinion I don't understand why writers of songs should expect funding any more than writers of books or magazine articles. I caught a glimpse a few nights back of acrobatic dancers rehearsing for a highly popular TV programme. They were rehearsing at the EFDSS headquarters which seems to be used pretty often. I guess that the earnings from this type of excercise brings in a few quid. What proportion of that goes to promoting folk song I wonder? I shall now creep back into the bunker. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: DaveRo Date: 21 Nov 22 - 10:39 AM Further commentary from MUSIC:ED which appears to be a site about music education: Arts Council England’s grant disbursal changes draw mixed reception At least [compared with English National Opera] the EFDSS retains that majority of its funding, but what does spreading the residual £140,000 across numerous little organisations do to improve the profile of English folk music and dance that wasn’t already being done by the society?I can't find the ACE document that is quoted by EFDSS - the reference to "more place across London" is unclear. As quoted it doesn't seem to support the claim that the location of the EFDSS H/Q in London is the issue. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: The Sandman Date: 21 Nov 22 - 11:55 AM they have been asking members for extra donations. everybody intersted in trad music should join, in my opinion |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: GUEST,henryp Date: 21 Nov 22 - 12:46 PM 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. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: The Sandman Date: 21 Nov 22 - 10:39 PM this is the info i received On Friday we were informed by Arts Council England that their annual funding for our activities will be reduced by 32% from April 2023. The cut is £140,000 per year. When inflation is running at around 10%, this amounts to a huge cut in real terms. We are the *only* national organisation championing folk music and dance for all - grass roots, community, professional, educators, youth and more. We passionately believe in providing access for everyone in England to the rich cultural heritage of our folk arts. As a result of the Arts Council’s decision to reduce their support for folk, we will be urgently reviewing our current business model. We hope to fill some of the gap by increasing our commercial hires and other new development strategies. But right now, we need some immediate as well as long term financial assistance. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: Steve Shaw Date: 22 Nov 22 - 05:06 AM There's a much wider context to this. The London-based big-hitter orchestras and Covent Garden have all had their Arts Council grants cut, and the Britten Sinfonia, for example, has had theirs removed completely. Some regional orchestras have had their grants maintained in real terms. ENO has lost out but is being funded to move itself out of London. There have been hundreds of individual decisions as to who gets what and some seem arbitrary. It would be nice to know what the thinking is when particular funding decisions are made, but, as I said, hundreds of decisions are involved. Some will be good and some bad, but you can bet your life that this government won't exactly be shaking their magic money tree all over the arts. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: GUEST Date: 22 Nov 22 - 05:41 AM "We hope to fill some of the gap by increasing our commercial hires and other new development strategy". A better solution would be a drive to increase the membership numbers. Too obvious ? |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: Howard Jones Date: 22 Nov 22 - 06:19 AM I have often criticised EFDSS for its London focus. Supporting individual performers, even those based in the regions, is not "levelling up", and the Education Development Days that henryp mentions are aimed at those in folk arts education and are not relevant to most grass roots folkies. For most of them EFDDS is irrelevant (it has only around 2000 individual members). However it is the only established national organisation for folk, so despite its faults this is undoubtedly bad news and like Brian I am doubtful that the money will find its way to the regions or will be used effectively. Apparently nearly £100k has been awarded to English Folk Expo, presumably because it is based in Rochdale. However its main activities seem to be promoting artist development and organising a handful of concerts around Manchester. The two festivals it runs, in Manchester and Rochdale, are very much concert-based with very limited opportunities for participation, and it is participation which to my mind is at the core of folk music and which distinguishes it from most other genres. I live in the region, so I should be pleased, but don't relate to their activities and I find EFEx's language of "Fans" and "Industry" alienating. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: GUEST,henryp Date: 22 Nov 22 - 06:43 AM Yes, Howard, the Education Development Days are aimed at "educators", but these are the very people who are promoting folk arts in their own communities. And the majority of the NW projects are promoting participation; Lancashire Turns and Tunes Lancashire Youth Folk Group Horse + Bamboo Performing Arts Theatre Lancashire Encounter Festival Abhi Dance Academy Preston City Mela Movema Dance Company National Youth Folk Ensemble These projects reach far deeper into our communities than our folk clubs can. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: GUEST,Derek Schofield Date: 22 Nov 22 - 07:10 AM I've not always been a great supporter of EFDSS, but a few points: Clearly, they have not had all their funding withdrawn, and that needs correcting in this thread. The difference between, say, the opera situation and EFDSS is that there will still be opera in London if ENO moves. EFDSS is the only national folk arts organisation. Yes, membership could be boosted, and there has not been a membership campaign for very many years. Why is EFDSS reluctant to do this? Although there might not be as many EFDSS initiatives in the provinces as some would like, the online resources of the VWML are, personally speaking, invaluable. No trips to London needed to see them .. I can access them in Cheshire. That initiative was funded by the Arts Council. Finally, EFDSS has to be located somewhere and it has a listed building in London. Derek |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: Brian Peters Date: 22 Nov 22 - 07:55 AM I agree with all of Derek's points, especially about the Library, which represents the Crown Jewels as far as I'm concerned. The establishment of the online archive is probably the greatest achievement by EFDSS in my lifetime. I certainly think that a membership drive should be considered, but there's not much of an incentive for new members other than enthusiasm for the cause, now that the magazine has been downgraded and will shortly disappear. That just leaves the Journal, valuable as it is. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: Howard Jones Date: 22 Nov 22 - 08:29 AM The chances are that with reduced funding the EFDSS will have to focus more on London, not less. This seems likely to reduce support for folk music in the regions. Let's hope the VWML is not affected. It is difficult to extract from the ACE's data which organisations they will be funding will support folk. The only one I am aware of is English Folk Expo, which seems to have a "music industry" model in mind. Of course, ACE has ignored amateur arts for most of its history and when it has supported them it has often been only to provide opportunities for professional artists, so this is perhaps unsurprising, but it is not a model I want to see. Of course concerts by professionals have their place, but folk music has always been more participatory. TBH, I don't quite understand why the sort of events EFEx are promoting require public funding. However the EFDSS has lost £140k, and only £96k is going to EFEx. What is happening to the rest? EFDSS are hard to love. They turn their back on the folk community for most of the time, until they need our support and our money. Even then, what is potentially an existential crisis for the EFDSS and folk music nationally is relegated to somewhere near the foot of their website. Nevertheless, slightly to my surprise I find myself agreeing that it needs our support, and our voices raised in protest. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: Howard Jones Date: 22 Nov 22 - 08:43 AM It's worse than I thought. EFEx will get £96,748 but that's only £1,748 more than their previous funding, and is probably a cut in real terms. So where is the £140k taken from EFDSS going? Not into folk, by the look of it. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: DaveRo Date: 22 Nov 22 - 09:29 AM There's a spreadsheet if you want to analyse it into categories: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/investment23 The EDFSS press release implies that none of the £140K has gone to folk, but I doubt if they've checked - and what is folk...? I've read that opera has 11% less and dance 12% more. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: Howard Jones Date: 22 Nov 22 - 12:07 PM Assuming the only folk funding is that going to EFDSS and EFEx, that amounts to around 0.61% of the total funding for all music. I've no idea how many people listen to folk, but taking it in its widest sense I suspect it comes to well under £1 per head. Write to the Arts Council. Point out that EFDSS is a national organisation and that the loss of funding is most likely to reduce their ability to support folk outside London, so this will have the opposite effect to what is intended. Folk is also highly participatory, so this goes against the principles of their 'Lets Create' strategy which aims to encourage active participation in the arts. The sums involved are trivial in national terms but vital to the areas affected, so they could probably find the money. I doubt it will do much good, but if we don't try ... |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: Brian Peters Date: 23 Nov 22 - 01:27 PM Well said, Howard. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: The Sandman Date: 24 Nov 22 - 03:42 AM what is the contact adress for the arts council, please? |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: The Sandman Date: 24 Nov 22 - 03:48 AM the phone number is 0161 934 4317. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: Dave the Gnome Date: 24 Nov 22 - 04:10 AM Their contact details are on their website https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/ |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: The Sandman Date: 24 Nov 22 - 04:16 AM If every member organised a one day folk event, think of the impact on the uk folk scene ,it is up to members to do something practical. then the EFDSS could turn around and say to the arts council our members have organised all these events all over the country. I have organised a folk festival which is in its tenth year, other semi pro and pro musicians could be doing the same thing. the easiest events to organise are one day festivals. Members have to get off their back sides and organise. to paraphrase joe hill And standing there as big as life And smiling with his eyes Says Joe, "What they tried to kill Went on to organize, Went on to organize. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: The Sandman Date: 24 Nov 22 - 04:35 AM Contacting them is a good idea but it is not enough. The uk folk scene needs more events organised, preferably by people who are intersted in the music for the music sake, rather than by agents, IMO the music should be organised with the ideal of making a small profit which is then put back to cover any future losses this is how the folk revival started, the EFDSS offers its members insurance for organising events. it is up to members to get up and orgasnise just one event in the year |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: GUEST,Howard Jones Date: 24 Nov 22 - 05:11 AM As far as I can tell, the majority of EFDSS members are affiliated organisations who join it for the public liability insurance, so they are already organising events. That is my own involvement with EFDSS. I dare say a large proportion of the 2000 individual members are probably performers who join for the same reason. Of course in both cases supporting the EFDSS will also be a motive. It is a strange form of "levelling up" which punishes a national organisation simply because it has a London postcode and makes it more difficult for it to support activities in the regions. It shows a lack of thought, and probably a lack of interest from ACE, which has never shown much enthusiasm for amateur arts and probably thinks folk isn't worth bothering with. Fortunately the folk world is well used to managing without public money, but the loss of this funding will damage precisely those parts of the country that the ACE's strategy is intended to help. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: The Sandman Date: 24 Nov 22 - 05:21 AM Neither you nor I [Howard] have any stats about mambership of EFDSS members and whether they organise events, of course if the EFDSS were aware of their membership and how many organised events they could possibly mention this. I have contacted them by e mail and by phone. Howard, the majority of folk perfomers do not organise events. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: GUEST,matt milton Date: 24 Nov 22 - 05:57 AM I'd been meaning to join EFDSS for ages and this will finally spur me to do it. Personally, the main attraction of membership is the mags and journal. For £56 a year, getting 4 issues of English Dance & Song and the annual FMJ, plus browsability of past issues, seems like decent value to me. So for me the question of London-centricity or not is neither here nor there. I'm a Londoner myself but I don't use Cecil House, so that whole issue of whether EFDSS serves the regions or not is irrelevant for me. The VWML/Full English being online is a really good resource, wherever you happen to live. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: GUEST,matt milton Date: 24 Nov 22 - 06:00 AM Brian, just read your comments. Are there plans to axe the magazine then? |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: Steve Shaw Date: 24 Nov 22 - 06:21 AM Well... I'm a member of all manner of organisations, but the only one I can think of that costs anything like £56 is the RHS, which costs £71, which gets me and my wife (or A.N. Other) into their gardens unlimited times (normal admission at least a tenner per person) and reduced admission fees for dozens of their partner gardens, and gets me a monthly glossy magazine that costs £4.95 in shops. I'm bombarded with magazines monthly or quarterly from several other organisations, reading which I can hardly keep up with, mostly for a sub of about thirty quid or less. So £56 seems on the steep side...? I suspect that an awful lot of us folkies have interests in just one or two narrow aspects of the genre. I stopped my sub to Folk Roots/Froots many moons ago when it started to vanish up its world music bottom and I couldn't find much to read for my money any more... I probably wasn't alone... Just musing. Shoot... |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: GUEST,henryp Date: 24 Nov 22 - 06:42 AM https://www.efdss.org/about-us/what-we-do/news/11844-arts-council-england Arts Council funding Arts Council England say; ‘As a 2018-22 National Portfolio Organisation, English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) promotes and supports English folk music and dance reaching a range of audiences that include young people and their families, as well as supporting artists at all stages of their careers. We recognise the contribution EFDSS makes to creating a vibrant Music ecology in England and are pleased that the organisation will be part of our 2023-26 portfolio. 'While EFDSS’s application outlined a broad programme that would make a good contribution to Let’s Create, we decided to make a reduced offer that has given us the opportunity to invest in a broader, more balanced range of organisations delivering exciting arts, culture, and creative opportunities for more people, in more place across London. We look forward to continuing to support the National Youth Music Folk ensemble and other elements of EFDSS’s work over the coming years.’ ACE says it would rather give grants to other arts organisations spread more widely across London. Does it really think that the EFDSS devotes its spending to the residents of NW1? Friday 4th of November 2022 EFDSS say; 'Today we were informed by Arts Council England that their annual funding for our activities will be reduced from £439,996 to £300,000 for 2023-26. ACE funding has allowed us to deliver vital work all across England – enabling the grass-roots, professional and educational activities that are crucial to supporting our shared cultural heritage – and we are grateful that ACE continues to recognise this. However, the significant cut to our funding is concerning for our future activities, and represents the equivalent of the Arts Council’s contribution towards running the National Youth Folk Ensemble. 'The English Folk Dance and Song Society is physically located in London, but it has always been and continues to be a national organisation, working all across England. We are the only national organisation which champions folk music and dance at the heart of England’s cultural life. 'We will be engaging with ACE to understand their decision to reduce their support for the folk arts.' I haven't yet seen how EFDSS will amend their programme in the light of a significantly reduced grant. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: GUEST,henryp Date: 24 Nov 22 - 07:42 AM Arts Council England 2023-26 Investment Programme You can contact ACE on this page; Contact ACE |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: The Sandman Date: 24 Nov 22 - 10:57 AM steve shaw if you are a senior citizen it costs only 35 |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: The Sandman Date: 24 Nov 22 - 11:06 AM 35 sterling a year enables me to have insurance for a Folk festival, i think at less than 1 euro a week, it is good value. The festival i organise has booked folk perfomers such as Carthy Kirkpatrick, Andy Irvine twice, Steve Turner Tom Lewis, Jim Mageean, jackie Daly Matt Cranitch. I will give them an extra donation, as they are imo a worthwhile organisation, despite their faults |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: Brian Peters Date: 24 Nov 22 - 11:35 AM 'Brian, just read your comments. Are there plans to axe the magazine then?' Sorry, Matt, that was a slightly misleading comment on my part. I'd got hold of the idea that they were discontinuing EDS and moving it online, but that's not correct. What is in fact happening is that the present editor is not being replaced, and in future much of the content will be generated either by general staff or by readers, with a focus on the activities of the society and its members. Whether it will still carry feature articles or a review section I don't know; review content has already been slimmed down considerably since the days when I used to write for them. The trend has been away from a standalone magazine of general interest to folk music aficionados (a job EDS did very well under several editors culminating in Derek Schofield's successful stint), to an in-house newsletter. To my mind that is a lesser incentive towards membership, though there is still the Journal - which I certainly value a lot - the Public Liability Insurance that Howard mentioned, and the rosy glow you get from feeling that your subs helps keep the archive going. Their conferences are worth supporting too. I should admit that I have a bit of a vested interest, having performed at CSH several times over recent years, and I'm currently due to appear as a member of the Anne Gilchrist Collective that is playing in the 'Trad Night' series next Wednesday. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: GUEST Date: 24 Nov 22 - 11:41 AM "Neither you nor I [Howard] have any stats about mambership of EFDSS members and whether they organise events" Actually, Dick, I do. The information is published in the EDSS's annual accounts which are publicly available on the Charity Commission's website. The most recent figures are: Membership at 31 March 2021 Number of individual members - 1979: (2,202 at 31 March 2020). Number of affiliated groups and organisations - 507: (687 at 31 March 2020) NB membership renewals were affected by the pandemic, particularly groups which were unable to continue activities and so did not generate income. Many of these members have expressed an intention to rejoin once their in-person activities return. I should have checked this myself before saying organisations were the majority, but they are still a sizeable proportion of the membership, and by their very nature will be organising events, or intending to resume them. it seems likely that at least some of the individual members may also organise events, although it is unreasonable to expect all of them to be either willing or able to do so. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: The Sandman Date: 24 Nov 22 - 11:41 AM Brian, in fact it was me that mentioned the advantages of insurance for organising folk events, this applies to not just English Folk music but international folk music. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: The Sandman Date: 24 Nov 22 - 11:44 AM Howard, the point i am trying to make is that more folk performers should join EFDSS and start to organise events. i think it would be beneficial to the uk folk revival, do you organise any folk music events? |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: GUEST,Selby Date: 24 Nov 22 - 11:56 AM I find it interesting that lots of things happen in Preston but I know of nothing in Yorkshire for me the EFDSS has done nothing . |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: The Sandman Date: 24 Nov 22 - 12:03 PM Howard , there is of course no reason why anyone should organize events, however if noone organises events there would be nowhere for perfomers to make music. Guest Selby, do you organise a folk club or any folk event?perhps there is a folk festival that you attend in yorkshire that gets their insurance through the EFDSS |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: The Sandman Date: 24 Nov 22 - 12:15 PM guest Selby, EFFDS FUNDING IN YORKSHIRE Mini grants for folk dance Wednesday 23rd of November 2022 We were delighted to be able to offer five more mini grants this year to support folk dance activity, this time opening up the offer to individuals and groups / organisations who required support to start up a new folk dance project or to develop something new within an existing dance activity (for example to make it more accessible to a wider range of participants). Five grants of £500 were offered to help cover the costs of developing and running these events or projects. We received a high number of wonderfully varied applications – there were so many thoughtful and exciting ideas to read about! We had a hard job selecting just five award winners, but we are delighted to announce the following successful applicants: Dancing Under the Light of the Silvery Moon (Jo Veal) Dancers in twilight Dancing Under the Light of the Silvery Moon will be an event to engage with the diverse population of South Yorkshire. The event will create a magical evening of folk dance, with music and shadow puppetry at a high viewing point at Parkwood Springs heathland in the centre of Sheffield. This project takes inspiration from ‘clandestine mazurka’, which happens across the UK and Europe, where individuals set up a free public informal folk dance in a public place. Kekezza Group of dancers' feet viewed from above Kekezza is a Cornish dance group which was started by Lowenna Hosken as a young, 13 year old dancer as a way to engage more people her own age in the tradition. Kekezza’s project will focus on engaging more people in Cornish dance and passing on the tradition by running a series of open sessions for those in their late teens to early 40s. Following these sessions, Kekezza aims to work collaboratively to create new fusion work with Cornish and contemporary dance. “There is a real interest in Cornish culture, dance and music in the under 40s in Cornwall but access to learn more is very sparse. This is especially true of music and dance as there is an assumed skill level that is needed prior to learning the tradition. We are keen to provide open sessions to allow those with no previous experience the opportunity to join in and learn Cornish dances and their history”. (Hosken) The Morpeth Rant (Elizabeth Lawson) Maypole dancers on the beach Elizabeth Lawson, core member of traditional dance group, “Have Maypole will Travel”, proposed to teach her local community (Brownies, WI groups, Church groups and local schools) to dance the longways set dance, The Morpeth Rant. This is a very special and unique dance from the North East of England. The project will culminate in a mass dance during the Morpeth Gathering in April 2023. “Dancing makes me happy and gave me access to a wonderful community. I want to give everyone the chance to have a go…. I want to reach people who do not usually engage in folk dance”. (Lawson) Jo Clare Dance – Two Left Feet! Head and shoulders photo of Jo, with ribbons The aim of the project, Two Left Feet, is to make folk dance accessible to a diverse range of people in the SE London Borough of Greenwich. The project’s focus will bring together primary school aged children and the over 60s in an intergenerational experience, learning and performing folk dances together and dancing to live music. The project will culminate in a performance of learned dances and a ceilidh which will be open to the public. A small section of the group will also take part in an interactive performance/workshop in a local nursing home. Movema and Boss Morris Line of dancers wearing vibrant colours Dancers with hankies on open hillside, dressed in black with orange socks Movema is an award winning, world dance charity run by four female artists from culturally diverse backgrounds based and working in the most deprived areas of Liverpool and Bristol. They have proposed to host two masterclasses with Boss Morris, an all-female Morris Dancing side who perform across the UK with their unique take on the traditional English Folk dance. The first masterclass will be with members of the diverse communities, including traditional Liverpool communities, refugees and asylum seekers, families and students to introduce them to the styles and come together to understand more about each other and about English traditions in a safe space. The second will be for the Movema artist team to enable them to add simple English dances and cultural information to the repertoire of dances they teach in schools, communities and to also inspire them creatively for community and professional projects in future. Contact us Travel Access Folk Shop The Folk Dance Calendar Policies Safeguarding Code of Conduct Booking T&Cs Terms of Use & Cookies YouTube Subscribe to our newsletter English Folk Dance and Song Society, Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London NW1 7AY, UK. 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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: GUEST Date: 24 Nov 22 - 06:12 PM Arts Council England (ACE) has confirmed the continued government investment of £79 million per year into the Music Hub Programme, and has announced it is facilitating an Investment Programme on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE) to appoint new Music Hub Lead Organisations. New music hubs are scheduled to be in place by September 2024, with current hubs funded until August 2024. Dr Claire Mera-Nelson, our Director of Music, reflects on last week’s 2023-26 Investment Programme announcement. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: DaveRo Date: 25 Nov 22 - 02:30 AM Music Hubs are what are currently called Music Education Hubs and are concerned with music education for children. https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/our-open-funds/music-hub-investment-programme It's to be reorganised, so there's an opportunity for traditional music to be included - if it isn't already. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: The Sandman Date: 25 Nov 22 - 04:46 AM As a result of EFDSS funding being reduced it is important for more organisers to get involved in organising Folk events, we seem to live in an age where everyone expects somebody else other than themselves[PEOPLE SUCH AS[EFDSS] to put on folk events, but EFDSS consists of its members, it is up to efdss members and other folk music performers to organise. we seem to live in an age of passive music consumerism. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: Mo the caller Date: 25 Nov 22 - 09:04 AM I'm not sure what you mean by 'organise events' One statistic missing is the split between Song and Dance Obviously the dance clubs organise their club nights, and occasional Saturday dances. And many of the individual members are members of the club committees, so share in the running of the club, as well as calling at club nights and for the general public. Also organising u3a folk dance sections etc. Efdss may have lost some of its individual members following the latest confusion of insurance - at least twice I've felt very let down. I do welcome the increase of online content. Not as much of it as CDSS but I suppose they have a bigger membership base. |
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Subject: RE: ACE Funding of EFDSS slashed From: The Sandman Date: 25 Nov 22 - 10:44 AM I suggested the easiest events to organise were one day events eg festivals.either dance or song or both finding venues for folk clubs these days is not easy and requires more committment on a weekly basis than running a yearly one day event |
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