The InterVarsity Folk Dance Festival 1998
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      Friday Evening
      The English Country Dance Band
      are Paul Burgess, Flos Headford, Jane Burgess, Martin Brinsford and Rod Stradling.  All past members of the Old Swan band, this new line-up offers the very best in English Country Dance Music.

      The Virgin Ceilidh 
      You've turned up in Sheffield for IVFDF, you're new to the folk scene (or all you want is just a load of fun and basic dances) and you don't know where to start... this Ceilidh is for you.  Featuring Trev with Roger the Badger, a great local Band, this Ceilidh promises partner swapping galore, with more reels, jigs, polkas, beer, hornpipes and waltzes than you know what to do with.

      Saturday Day
      Workshops
      There, as in past IVFDF's, will be a large collection and choice of workshops.  In fact, there are over 35 workshops  . 

      Morris Tour
      Planet Morris... our friendly, resident morris side, will be organising a tour of the sights of Sheffield, with dancing here, there and ... well, everywhere.  Register your side when you arrive on the Friday evening.

      Saturday Evening
      The Chris Wood & Andy Cutting Band
      At the forefront of the latest wave of British folk music.  Their high energy and exemplary musicianship make for the very best in English and European dance music.  This band must not be missed.

      The Lothian Band (Scottish Dance)
      For a good Scottish Country Dance, it seemed best to look to Scotland.  For an excellence dance you need to look no futher than The Lothian Band.  Recognised both within Scotland and elsewhere, they will excite and please novice and experienced dancers.  Your MC for the evening is Ian Brockbank.

      Amaryllis (Dancers Dance)
      The band features a line-up of twin piano accordions.  This, coupled with a lot of practice and musical ability make Amarylis an excellent dance band.  With two matched instruments and a good deal of inventiveness, the harmonies generated can really lift the dancers all evening.  The caller for the evening is Colin Messer; a style of English and American dances spattered with a few of his own dances which are bound to confuse and delight.

      Saturday Night
      You danced Friday evening, you stayed up all night, you've been on Morris tours, or workshops all day, been to every dance in the evening and you want more!!  Well, Saturday night will have an all nighter!!  A tradition dating back as far as 1997 at least!, should be a mixture of dances with improtu calling and a bunch of enthusiastic musicians.  Make sure you have some beer, some food and some energy...
      Sunday Day
      Workshops
      More workshops, more fun.

      Survivors Ceilidh
      This is it, the end of IVFDF.  WANTED - Callers and Musicians to make this a success!  Featuring the all famous IVFDF'98 Scratch Band ...  and your chance to call some dances (should you want to).

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