Kicking off with John Kirkpatrick's ‘The Sweet Month Of May' following May Day - one of the biggest days of the year in the folk tradition - Mike has included plenty of songs relevant to this special time of the year when everything bursts back into life. efdss.org/listen

‘Morris is a huge part of my day-to-day life, and the main reason I love it is because I get to hang out with a great group of people and have a bit of fun’ –James Merryclough in i newspaper inews.co.uk/culture/arts/m…

Let’s exlpore!
Episode Two of Under The Leaves looks at FJ Child and his twin passions for unsuitable girls and Anglo-Saxon!
Let’s have a rustle in the bushes…
Jon Boden Under The Leaves Podcast EFDSS

We are supporting the campaign to extend Orchestra Tax Relief to choirs classical-music.uk/news/article/m…

Tell us your experiences of making a living from music.
We would like to hear from professional musicians about how they make a living from their work and the obstacles they face
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‘The May Day dance out starts in New Zealand and then as sunrise progresses around the time zones, the sun hits us last’ – do you know of May Day dawn dancing any further west than Sebastopol CA? sebastopoltimes.com/p/apple-tree-m…

Current and aspiring professional dancers of all disciplines: pay what you can and learn more about morris as a dance form in a South East Dance workshop next Wednesday with Brighton Morris southeastdance.org.uk/whats_on/festi…

We’re advertising for an Education Adminstrator, to support activities at @CecilSharpHouse and nationwide. Salary £25,474. Apply by Thursday 23 May! efdss.org/about-us/work-…

On BBC Radio 4 extra at 4pm: our former Library Director Malcolm Taylor explores the work of folk archivist Doc Rowe, produced by Julian May and first broadcast in 2006 bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00…

Happy May Day! ‘Same Time, Same Place Next Year’, The Archive on 4 programme Malcolm Taylor and I made 20 years ago about Doc Rowe, great chronicler of customs such Padstow Obby Oss, is on@Radio4Extra today at 4.00pm and, for our insomniac listeners, midnight, and on BBC Sounds.

The top story this morning on BBC Newsround: ‘What's the story behind May Day?’ bbc.co.uk/newsround/6892…

Our Small Project Grants worth up to £1,000 are available to support existing organisers who are interested in making changes to the events they already run. For more information visit accessfolk.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/activities/act…

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‘The charming fiction of a rustic England is inextricably woven into our national consciousness, Chaucer & Shakespeare to Cecil Sharp & @ElizaCarthy. Over the centuries it has proved remarkably resistant to the vagaries of taste and fashion’ – The Telegraph! telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/2…

Calling dance clubs! The new Movement Fund from Sport England awards £300 to £15K to organisations who help people to take part in physical activity and who tackle long-lasting inequalities sportengland.org/news-and-inspi…

🚨LAST DAY FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS

£2,000 is available for folk performers from all cultures aged 16-30 to support the growth of your music or dance career.

Deadline: midnight tonight.

Apply: alansurteestrust.org.uk

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Thinking of organising a Maypole dance? Download free sample dances and lesson plans, taken from the excellent Maypole Manual book and CD by Mike Ruff efdss.org/learning/resou…

More morris dancers on BBC News (UK)! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Steve Roud will be giving a practical session on how to use the Roud Indexes in the Library’s new Archives system. 5 May, presented by the Traditional Song Forum
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‘A brilliant day of dance development... friendly, informative and uplifting event’ – we’ve just published Jowdy Davey’s review of our Folk Education Development Day in March efdss.org/learning/pract…

Results of the latest Morris Census, carried out in winter 2023 morriscensus.uk