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Maypoles to Mistletoe With music transcriptions by Iris Bishop, contributions by Jim Farr and illustrated by Danni Wyndham-Read, Mary Kent and Helen Brown. “Featuring
some of Sussex’s finest singers, dancers, musicians and storytellers
Maypoles to Mistletoe has been performed annually for 36 years. This
heartwarming show is a colourful journey – in music, story, dance and
song – through the traditional calendar customs of England – from
Candlemas to Christmas, via May Day and Hallowe’en.” ‘Maypoles to Mistletoe’ originated from an idea of Martyn’s to present a folk show with a narrator putting the songs into a sequence and a context. After early encouragement for the concept in discussions with Nic Jones and Dave and Toni Arthur the show first appeared at Tilgate, Crawley, Sussex, in 1971 as a local community project with dance, words and songs. Since then it has expanded, travelled from Whitby to Truro in various forms including workshop developments, been recorded on LP by Bill Leader for the Trailer Label and CD by Jim Ward (Country Branch) and featured on Radio 2. But the at heart of the whole vision is the continuing local annual show now at The Hawth in Crawley and for the last 10 years at The Electric Theatre in Guildford. Now comes – The Book of The Show.The book has been created as a
mainstay for any proposed production of the show by amateur drama
groups, schools or colleges or folk community organisations. The essence
has been a need for flexibility so that the 'Maypoles to Mistletoe'
concept can be adapted to fit any needs of local timing, requirements
and resources and especially to incorporate local customs and
traditions. The book includes a newly recorded audio CD of tracks to
assist potential producers and made up of material not otherwise
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