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Milestones Basingstoke 2009
Stoke Row Steam Fair 2010
Oxford Folk Festival 2009
Tuesday night practice
In Reading
With Düsseldorfer Grasshüpper and the Mayor of Reading, the Forbury
Gardens June 2007 |
Aldbrickham
Clog & Step Dancers
was formed on 17th April 2001 and takes its name from Thomas Hardys name
for Reading.
We perform traditional
dances from Britain to live music. Aldbrickham Clog evolved from the
Reading Traditional & Step Dance Group, a group which played an
important part in preserving and performing many dances which might
otherwise have been lost.
AbC
performs both in clogs and shoes. In case you are wondering, the type of
clogs which were worn in Britain have wooden soles and leather uppers
with laces.
Step dances are
traditional dances in hard soled shoes with rhythmic step patterns.
Dances are for both groups and soloists, and have been collected from
all over the British Isles. Our repertoire also includes music
hall dances which are an important part of the clog and step dance
heritage.
Our costume is based on the working clothes worn in the countryside until
about 1914.
Dance Diary
Thursday 29 July
Rose & Crown, Chilton OX11 0RZ
Monday 2nd August
The Calleva Arms, Silchester
RG7 2PH
We
usually practice at Park URC
Palmer Park Avenue,
at 8.15 pm
on Tuesdays. In the summer please phone or email to check that we
will be there as we might be dancing out somewhere.
Aldbrickham Clog dances at events in Berkshire and across the south
east. During the summer, the group dances with other local groups at
pubs in the area. Other appearances include Oxford Folk
Festival, Chippenham Folk
Festival, Reading Waterfest, Sint Niklass Belgium, Wallingford Bunkfest, Littlewick Green Show
and Düsseldorf, Reading's twin town.
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Sint Niklaas,
Belgium 2009
Waterfest 2009
HuMP 20th Anniversary, Alton Station
Chippenham Folk Festival Main Stage 2008
Stoke Row Steam Fair 2010
Wallingford
Bunkfest 2009 |
