Dancers and informants

This page  contains information on dancers and informants .  Brief details are given below. The name links to a separate page containing the […]

Flett Manuscript Collection – England

Thomas Muirhead Flett and his wife Joan were prolific collectors of traditional dance. Beginning in the Western Isles in 1953, they systematically […]

Percy, Tom

Dancer from Over Wyresddale, Lancashire. Born c. 1896. He arrived in Wyresdale in about 1913.  His wife was the daughter of Edward […]

Winder, John

Dancer from Over Wyresdale, Lancashire. Performer of the Greensleeves Dance. Information derived from an interview by Tom Flett with Tom Percy, 31 March […]

Winder, James

Dancer from Over Wyresdale, Lancashire. Performer of the Greensleeves Dance. Information derived from an interview by Tom Flett with Tom Percy, 31 March […]

Percy, Mr Tom & Mrs

Mr and Mrs Tom Percy, Over Wyresdale, England, 2nd visit, 3 April 1960 3rd visit: Over Wyresdale, England, 3rd visit, 1 July 1960 Dances: Brush […]

Barn Dance

Couple dance known from oral tradition in the southern Lake District and Lancashire Known to have been taught by the following dancing masters: […]

Doddin(g), Bartle

Dancer from Over Wyresdale, Lancashire. Performer of the Greensleeves Dance. Information derived from an interview by Tom Flett with Tom Percy, 31 March […]

Cottagers

A social dance for six, recorded from oral tradition from the southern Lake District where it featured in the repertoires of a number […]

Burns. Dave

Dancer from Over Wyresdale, Lancashire. Performer of the Greensleeves Dance. Information derived from an interview by Tom Flett with Tom Percy, 31 March […]