[ivfdf-news] Announcing IVFDF 2006

Andrew Swaine andrew-ivfdfnews at swaine.me.uk
Mon Jan 23 09:20:36 GMT 2006


IVFDF 2006 is in its final stages of preparation, and we are really excited 
about the event.  It's going to be an amazing weekend.

24th-26th of February
Netherhall School and Sixth Form College
Cambridge

You have until the end of the month to get your £2 discount on weekend 
tickets (normal price £22 waged, £15 unwaged) and to order T-shirts in your 
chosen size and colour, so get those applications in now.  All you could 
ever want to know, including an event and provisional workshop timetable, 
is available on the website at:

http://www.ivfdf.ucam.org/

If you need any more information, please email info at ivfdf.ucam.org.

The event is being held in two schools (lower school and upper school) 
across the road from one another, giving us everything on one site while at 
the same time providing seven good-sized workshop venues.  All the evening 
events will be in the upper school:

Friday night:
     Ceilidh with Stömp
Saturday day:
     Display Ceilidh with Fendragon
Saturday evening:
     Contra Dance with Changeling, 5 till 7.30
     Scottish Country Dance with The Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience, 
6.30 till 10
     Ceilidh with Junction 24, 7.30 till 11
     Roots Ceilidh with Boka Halat 8.30, till midnight
     Late night music with Sandy Brechin

One of the most comprehensive workshop programmes you will see at a folk 
festival this year.  Over 40 workshops, including:

Scottish conversion course, Irish Set, Kentucky running set, Broom dance, 
Ukranian dance, Playing in a session, Beginners' Scottish country dance, 
Percussive improvisation, Square dancing, Tahitian dance,    Scandinavian 
dance, Singing, Intermediate Scottish country dance, A chance to dance, 
Playford, Bharata Natyam, Cajun, Equal Ops for Callers, Irish step, Border 
morris, French dance, Extended contra, Storytelling forum, Law dance and 
licencing, Circle dance, Cotswold morris, Flatfooting, Welsh dance, Circus 
skills, Scratch band, Ladies' step, Getting Jiggy with Jameson (Morris 
jigs), Fiddle, Appalachian, Historical dance, Georgian singing, Highland, 
Rapper, Maypole dance, Calling, plus more still to be confirmed.

NEW for 2006: a full programme of sessions led by experts in their field: 
Beginners' session, Contra session, Singaround, Scottish & Irish session, 
French session, English session.

A Morris tour of historic Cambridge (please e-mail morris at ivfdf.ucam.org if 
you intend to bring a team).

Entertainment in the bar on Friday evening courtesy of Karmadillo.

Sensibly priced proper food, and real ale bar courtesy of one of the best 
independent pubs in Cambridge.

Indoor camping segregated from workshop venues.

And of course, the people and atmosphere that make IVFDF so special!

So don't forget to get those ticket applications in, and we hope to see you 
there.

Andrew Swaine,
Chairman, IVFDF 2006.



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