Welcome to the Round

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Cambridge University English Country Dance Club

 
 

The next Ceilidh will be on Saturday, 18th October in Parkside Community College with Chalktown 8pm, £4.00/£6.00. No partner or experience required.

The Weekly Round is every Thursday at 8:00. First time free, no partner or experience required. Wesley Church Hall, King Street.

The Weekly Round starts again after the Summer break on Thursday 9th October.

Don't forget to sign up to the Round mailing list! Mail soc-round-request@lists.cam.ac.uk to join.

 
 

Club stuff

About the Round
Diary of events
Ceilidhs
The Big Round Band
The Playford Ball
The Punt Party
The Summer Round
The Inter-Varsity Folk Dance Festival
Maps to meetings and events
Photo gallery
The committee
Mailing lists you should be on
Links to further information
Our constitution
Core repertoire of dances
Hugh's history of the Round
Dance history of dances called at the weekly Round
The Old Round
Web site credits

Dance and music resources

Index of resources on this site
What are Playford dances? Includes a Playford family tree
Elements of English Country Dance (comprehensive explanation of Country Dance terminology)
A definitive answer about Siding
Notes on Calling
The Perfect Caller
Palmer's Pocket Playford (an aide-memoire of common Playford dances)
Kentucky Running Set (as danced by the Round)
The Country Dance Book (original Cecil Sharp publications which started all of this).
The Round Band Book of Playford (music to Palmer's Pocket Playford)

picture of a weekly meeting