[MayHeydays] From May Heydays: Regency to Ragtime, Cotillions to Squares - and more! Get your tickets here.

[Announcements for May HeyDays]

Hi All

American caller Susan de Guardiola is probably most famous 
internationally for her knowledge of English "Regency" and she will lead 
the Regency Ball on Sunday evening.

Her dance workshop programme at May Heydays has now been finalized, 
covering historical social dance forms and dance reconstruction, with 
aspects of dance history and a wide variety of group and couple dances - 
16th century to the early 20th century - with a few odd dabblings up to 
the present day.

Different styles, countries of origins and eras are included:
•	English Cotillions
•	Early 19th century German couple dances, allemandes to schottische
•	Early American (1776-1812) longways and squares
•	16th century Italian folk dances
•	Early 20th American Ragtime dances
•	Late 19th century American - longways & squares

Susan will also give a talk about Louis-Julien Clarchies (b. 22/12/1769, 
d.  25/12/1815), a French dancer, musician and dance composer. Of 
Curacao origin, he become famous in Paris in the 1800s, composing 
‘contredanses, valses (anglaises et sauteuses)’, and he apparently 
‘invented’ the move now termed ‘the Ocean Wave’. Some musical 
accompaniment will be included.

So, it all sounds a lot of fun, with something there for everyone: slow 
and fast, easy and a bit more difficult, unusual and amusing. Drop in to 
whatever catches your eye – and enjoy!

More details will be posted on the website.   
https://mayheydays.org.uk/performers.html

Mecki
MHD Director
director at mayheydays.org.uk

Our thanks to those who have already booked Early-bird and Steward 
tickets; numbers look very reasonable at this stage, but there is room 
for lots more of you lovely dancers - and some more volunteers to 
steward.

Don’t forget, Weekend tickets will be £115 from 1st February, with 
Steward tickets at £57.

Booking forms to 31st January are attached.

Monty
MHD Ticketing
tickets at mayheydays.org.uk
Tel 01308 423 442
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