Help: Gosford Park and country dance

Subject: Gosford Park and country dance
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 16 Feb 02 - 03:21 PM

I finally went to see the movie Gosford Park last week. As usual, we stuck around till the last line of credits to see where it was filmed. The film gave credit to Syon House and the Duke of Northumberland.

Meanwhile, in Peter Barnes' collection of country dance music,there is a tune called Sion House with the date of 1686. I wonder if the present-day Syon House and the tunes'Sion House are the same place. If so, it will tickle people.

There's a Sion House in Northern Ireland, but it wasn't built until 1842, so I believe that's out.

To complicate things further, I visited a butterfly garden near London several years ago, and it seems to me that it was on the grounds of Sion House. Is there a Sion House near London? Or was that Syon House?

BTW, I came a across a web page for a fundraiser held by a Leukemia (though that's not how they spell it) Society in the U.K., and they spell it Syon House in one place and Sion House in the next breath. --------------- Finally, in the credits they mentioned a harp. Has anyone watched Gosford Park and noticed a harp playing? If so, in what scene?

Subject: RE: Help: Gosford Park and country dance
From: The Shambles
Date: 16 Feb 02 - 04:42 PM

The Syon Park I know is West London. Smashing place, it would be even better if it were not on the flightpath for Heathrow Airport.

I have always thought filming there and nearby Osterley Park, would present filming problems, especially for period dramas. But many are filmed there. Must roll the cameras in the two minutes between the planes.

Subject: RE: Help: Gosford Park and country dance
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 16 Feb 02 - 06:04 PM

Given today's computer technology, they might shoot the footage and remove the jet contrails digitally.

I don't know about the dialog - is it recorded during the filming or dubbed in later?

To get back to music - have anybody ever heard of a Sion House where people would have been dancing in 1686, presumably in the long gallery?

Subject: RE: Help: Gosford Park and country dance
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 19 Feb 02 - 08:11 AM

The one near London is spelled Syon. Syon House is within the grounds of Syon Park. It has a web site. If your browser can handle fancy graphics, click here. It does have a long gallery.