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*** Archive Spot - 1990's ***
By the time the decade of the 90's were upon us, walks, demos, barbecues, outings, meals, dances, M.C.ing at Cecil Sharp House, Christmas parties and Folk Safaris were regular yearly features.
The decade saw the arrival of our new Italian costume, a picture with Kelly Holmes and the celebration of our 25th Anniversary year and our 30th anniversary year. (pause for breath and read on...)
1990 – Carry On As Usual
1991 – More Weddings
1992 – Seven Strikes For Dot !!
1993 – Our 25th Anniversary Year
1994 – A Four Couple Jämptpolska
1995 – Italian Costume Unveiled
1996 – S.I.F.D. Golden Jubilee Year
1997 – Trick Cyclist Holds Us Up !!
1998 – Our 30th Anniversary Year
1999 – Hall Change & New Petticoats !!
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1990 - Carry On As Usual
*** 24th March 1990 ***
Another meal out, our second, and again it was at the Royal Oak. In the scrap book it says “It was a very good evening – I’m sure we all ate and drank more than was good for us.”
*** 21st April 1990 ***
Spring Dance. A good dance but rather thin on the ground.
*** 7th May 1990 ***
Visit to the Eastbourne Festival. A good day out and some new dances were learnt.
*** 13th May 1990 ***
Walk in the vicinity of Holly Hill, Laura had a good sleep in the backpack.
*** 17th June 1990 ***
Folk Safari with Merton Park. Venues were Wrotham, West Peckham, Roydon Hall and Beltring Hop Farm. At the hop farm we stroked the Shire horses, saw the birds of prey and just wandered around.
*** 22nd June 1990 ***
Borough Green Carnival. We wore Norwegian costume and as well as doing a demo and running a sideshow, we also walked in the procession. It was Jonathan’s debut
*** 8th July 1990 ***
Embankment Gardens. We shared the stage with Merton and did Dreisteirer as a solo spot (one trio in Norwegian costume, one in Italian and one in Balkan).
*** 10th July 1990 ***
Mini Safari. This was a very mini safari with only one stop!! The Black Horse in Borough Green.
*** 11th July 1990 ***
Borough Green W.I. Demo in Austrian costume.
*** 21st July 1990 ***
Sevenoaks Town Fayre. Even hotter than last year so it was good that we were in Israeli costume.
*** 4th August 1990 ***
Woodvale barbecue at Alan & Jenny’s, cost £1!!
*** 2nd September 1990 ***
Cecil Sharp House with Alan & David M.C.ing.
*** 3rd September 1990 ***
Day out to Dover Castle. A pleasant day with lots to see apart from the castle – archery, dancing, juggling and the recently opened Hellfire corner. Unfortunately nobody took the statuary picture of our picnic lunch.
*** 8th September 1990 ***
Maurice Shorten & Wendy’s wedding.
*** October ***
October – Autumn dance. Guest M.C. wore a colourful pair of patchwork trousers.
*** 8th December 1990 ***
Tunbridge Wells Pensioners Christmas Dinner. Norwegian costume.
*** 18th December 1990 ***
Christmas party with live music from Wilf Horrocks.
1991 - More Weddings
*** ?? February 1991 ***
February? – we delivered some publicity leaflets around West Kingsdown, but we don’t think there was any response.
*** 3rd March 1991 ***
We again ran the dance at Cecil Sharp House.
*** 8th March 1991 ***
Orchard theatre Dartford to see the Czechoslovak State Song and Dance Ensemble. A very good evening.
*** ?? March 1991 ***
March – The Balkan costumes are virtually complete so we had a photo shoot.
*** 20th April 1991 ***
Spring Dance. Alison was back in England and she was there with Ernst, both in Austrian costume.
*** 19th May 1991 ***
Walk around the Penshurst area. David & Kathryn were late, so they did their own little walk.
*** 2nd June 1991 ***
Demo at Bewl Water in Balkan costume. Although we had a trio of Balkan costumes at Embankment Gardens, this was the first time we had everybody in a demo in Balkan costume.
*** 9th June 1991 ***
Folk Safari organised by Merton Park this year. Lingfield and Michelham Priory.
*** 6th July 1991 ***
Service of Blessing for Alison & Ernst Maas. They were actually married in Abu Dhabi last December, but this was a service for friends and family.
*** 13th July 1991 ***
Surprise, surprise, the annual barbecue. Alan & Jenny’s again, but this time it has gone up from £1 to £2!! It was rather wet so there was no dancing, so instead we watched Alison & Ernst’s wedding video.
*** 20th July 1991 ***
Sevenoaks Carnival in Austrian costume.
*** 10th August 1991 ***
Outing to Battle and then Bexhill-on-sea. Great day out.
*** 23rd August 1991 ***
Christopher Mckie is born.
*** 25th August 1991 ***
Tea & Dance at Alan & Jenny’s, with dancing on the lawn. This was to make up for the lack of dancing at the barbecue. Alan & Jenny provided a basic tea and we supplied an extra item each.
*** 21st September 1991 ***
Julie Cant & Julian Roberts get married at The Church Of The Good Shepherd, Borough Green.
*** 12th October 1991 ***
Jonathan Atkinson & Helen Welbourne get married at West Malling Baptist Church, West Malling.
Autumn dance, so most of Woodvale had to leave the wedding to come back for the dance.
*** 4th December 1991 ***
Culverstone W.I. Demo. A good evening and apparently there were no mishaps!! Israeli costume.
*** 17th December 1991 ***
Christmas party, the usual mix of live music, old friends and good food.
1992 - Seven Strikes For Dot !!
*** 7th March 1992 ***
We did a demo in Balkan costume at the Medau Rally. There were other displays, but they were all keep fit routines. Medau is a music and movement form of exercise using hoops, balls and clubs etc. It has been going since the war.
*** 4th April 1992 ***
Spring Dance were we showed off a newly learnt French dance Makil Tiki.
*** 1st May 1992 ***
Some of the group went to Minigrads (junior Borograds) to teach them a few dances.
*** 7th June 1992 ***
A circular walk from Weald.
*** 20th June 1992 ***
Demo at Lingfield Hospital Fete. This was a joint venture with Merton Park. There was a long gap between our two spots, and they kept making announcements whilst we were dancing. We were in Norwegian costume and Merton wore a mixture of countries.
*** 21st June 1992 ***
Demo in Austrian costume at the Kent Museum of Rural Life.
*** 28th June 1992 ***
Folk safari with Merton Park. Bessels Green, Bradbourne Lakes, Eynsford Castle and Otford. The weather was too hot for dancing.
*** 11th July 1992 ***
Barbecue, but with a change of venue, Sylvia’s garden (well actually house as it was raining). As we couldn’t dance outside, we watched videos of recent demos.
*** 12th July 1992 ***
Embankment Gardens again with Merton Park.
*** 18th July 1992 ***
Sevenoaks Town Fayre. Norwegian again, on a warm day that was fortunately not as hot as previous years.
*** 23rd August 1992 ***
Outing to Wingham Bird Park and Broadstairs (Joss Bay) ending up with a fish & Chip supper in Whitstable. The rain held off until we were travelling which was nice.
*** 28th November 1992 ***
Christmas meal/ten pin bowling. Actually it was a ten pin bowling evening which included food. David had the highest score over two frames, but Dot got 7 strikes!!
*** 22nd December 1992 ***
Christmas party where the children were out in force.
1993 - Our 25th Anniversary Year
*** 20th March 1993 ***
25th Anniversary dance. We conferred life membership on Eileen Nolan who was one of the founder members. A very packed evening both programme wise and people wise with a big turnout of past members.
*** 21st March 1993 ***
Walk
*** 3rd May 1993 ***
Demo in French costume at Cobtree Museum of Kent Life.
*** 13th June 1993 ***
Folk Safari with …… (what was their name again?). Barkham Manor Vineyards (Uckfield) and Michelham Priory.
*** 3rd July 1993 ***
Barbecue at Alan & Jenny’s and this year it was good enough for dancing in the garden.
*** 10th July 1993 ***
We ran a workshop at Borough Green School Fete and later on we did a display of the dances we had taught. Austrian costume
*** 24th July 1993 ***
Sevenoaks Town Fayre in French costume, as everyone was dancing, we only have one picture.
*** 4th September 1993 ***
Outing to Hastings. Sea Life centre and the beach. A little chilly, but some of us braved the sea.
*** 25th September 1993 ***
September – Demo at Lavenders Old Peoples’s Home in West Malling. Part of the “European Year of older people and solidarity between generations.” Austrian costume and including joining in. It started off on the lawn with a very threatening sky, and after a few dances the rain came so we adjourned to the marquee. Not all the residents could get to the marquee so we did an impromptu encore in the lounge.
*** 16th October 1993 ***
Autumn Dance.
*** 27th November 1993 ***
Ten Pin Bowling again.
*** 1st December 1993 ***
Demo for St. Mary’s Platt W.I.
*** 11th December 1993 ***
Sevenoaks Conservatives demo in Norwegian costume.
*** 21st December 1993 ***
Christmas Party, you know the routine by now.
1994 - A Four Couple Jämptpolska
*** 15th January 1994 ***
Trip to the Brighton Centre for “Holiday on Ice”
*** 16th April 1994 ***
Spring Dance.
*** 7th May 1994 ***
Wrotham Festival demo in Norwegian costume. We should have danced in the square in front of the Church, but inclement weather forced us inside the village hall.
*** 15th May 1994 ***
E.F.D.S.S. Family Picnic Tunbridge Wells. Austrian costume.
*** 18th June 1994 ***
St. Mary’s Platt Fete demo in Israeli costume.
*** 19th June 1994 ***
Folk Safari, The Vine Sevenoaks, White Rock Inn and Hollanden Farm.
*** 2nd July 1994 ***
Barbecue at Sylvia’s where Alison & Ernst’s baby Alex made his first appearance.
*** 9th July 1994 ***
Bessels Green Fete demo in Austrian costume.
*** 16th July 1994 ***
Crockham Hill Church Fete demo in Norwegian costume.
*** 17th July 1994 ***
Embankment Gardens with Merton Park once again. French, Ukrainian and Balkan.
*** 24th July 1994 ***
Walk passing Ightham Mote.
*** 11th September 1994 ***
outing to the White cliffs Experience in Dover and then the beach.
*** ?? September 1994 ***
Trotterscliffe Fete (pronounced Trosley). Austrian costume. It was cold and threatening rain, but it did not rain.
*** 18th September 1994 ***
Sevenoaks Cycle Race and Fair Day. A change of style for the Sevenoaks Town Fayre, but it wasn’t as good as previous years. There was a degree of last minute re-arrangements as we were struck by illness. It was so bad that we ended up doing Jämptpolska with 4 couples and not 5.
*** 15th October 1994 ***
Autumn Dance.
*** 20th December 1994 ***
Christmas Party.
1995 - Italian Costume Unveiled
*** 28th February 1995 ***
Photo shoot for our new Italian costumes.
*** 13th March 1995 ***
Kingswood W.I. demo in Balkan costume. We performed Stick Poi for the first time.
*** 18th March 1995 ***
Spring Dance and the Italian costume was worn by the adults.
*** 1st April 1995 ***
Merton Park’s 25th Anniversary dance.
*** 8th May 1995 ***
V.E. Day 50th Anniversary Commemoration, we did a demo in Norwegian costume including joining in dances.
*** 3rd June 1995 ***
Demo as part of the Kingshill Festival which ran for a week, but we only did one spot. We danced in the Kent Tent in our new Italian costumes.
*** 17th June 1995 ***
Sevenoaks Festival. We carried on our French costumed demo despite the rain!!
*** 18th June 1995 ***
Folk Safari with Merton Park. We ended up at Tilgate Park, Crawley.
*** 24th June 1995 ***
Kemsing W.I. demo in Austrian costume.
*** 29th June 1995 ***
Demo at a Romanian evening organised by West Kent Federation of Women’s Institutes. Balkan costume and mainly Romanian dances. They had a couple of Romanian guests so David lerned to say hello and good evening in Romanian.
*** 8th July 1995 ***
Barbecue at Alan & Jenny’s still £2 and we surprised Dot by giving her a present for her hard work completing our new Italian costumes.
*** 15th July 1995 ***
Demo at Plumpton Agricultural College Police Choir meal. We got this through our connection with Maurice.
*** 16th July 1995 ***
Embankment Gardens
*** 18th July 1995 ***
Evening social in the gardens of the Fox & Hounds Borough Green. Unfortunately the ground was rather uneven for dancing.
*** 22nd July 1995 ***
Outing to Bodiam Castle and Camber Sands.
*** 29th July 1995 ***
Gloucester house nursing home Sevenoaks. A small team performed a demo in Italian costume in a very small space.
*** 23rd September 1995 ***
An evening to look at a specially made compilation video of footage shot at demos over the years. Clips ranged from 1978 up to June 1995
*** 30th September 1995 ***
Alan & Heather represented Woodvale as they joined with the SIFD performing in the Royal Albert Hall for the CCPR’s “Spotlight on Dance”
*** 21st October 1995 ***
October dance with M.C.’s Jeanette Hull, Jan Bryce and Heather Bevan. £4 adults and £2 children.
*** 24th October 1995 ***
Teaching Session. Simon & Joan Guest came down to teach us some new dances and to revise others.
*** 25th November 1995 ***
Christmas meal at the George & Dragon Ightham.
*** 19th December 1995 ***
Christmas party. Good dancing and food as usual.
1996 - S.I.F.D. Golden Jubilee Year
*** 30th March 1996 ***
Spring Dance and David wore his new hat for the French Chalons costume that Linda had made.
*** 19th April 1991 ***
Heather went to Tonbridge castle and received a Grant Aid cheque for the group. She was pictured with the Mayoress and sportswoman Kelly Holmes.
*** 4th May 1996 ***
Eastbourne Folk Festival. Heather, Sharon and Dot camped out for the weekend. Val displayed with the Greek group Philhellenus.
*** 19th May 1996 ***
Walk around East Malling and Ditton.
*** 1st June 1996 ***
Becky Stevens and Claudiu Andronescu get married in Toronto, Canada. Heather went out to be bridesmaid.
*** 18th & 19th June 1996 ***
Stag Theatre Sevenoaks. We were one of many groups taking part in a “Chance to Dance” at the Stag Theatre. We did an Italian set and a Balkan set.
*** 23rd June 1996 ***
Folk Safari with Merton park. Penenden Heath Maidstone, the Good Intent pub East Farleigh, Boughton Monchelsea Place and the Kent Museum of Rural Life.
*** 13th July 1996 ***
Crowborough Festival. A demo in Italian costume. We danced outside in a very large arena.
*** 20th July 1996 ***
Barbecue at Sylvia’s house. Warm evening so lots of dancing in the garden Cost is now £2.50.
*** 21st July 1996 ***
Embankment Gardens again and with Merton Park again.
*** 15th July 1996 ***
Goudhurst W.I. we changed into our costumes in a members house nearby. There was a spectacular view from the patio window. Balkan costume.
*** 28th July 1996 ***
Outing to Dungeness Power station then the beach at Greatstone-on-sea. Another lovely hot day. Whilst the children played in the sand, the adults sat and soaked up the sun, played boules or swam.
*** ?? August 1996 ***
August – Dot and Ray holidayed in Italy and took a day out to go to bormio and see the original costumes that our Italian costume is based on.
*** 14th September 1996 ***
Sennokian Day. Austrian costume.
*** 5th October 1996 ***
Chalk W.I. demo in Balkan and Italian costume. The hall was rather narrow and the floor surface was slippery.
*** 12th October 1996 ***
SIFD Golden Jubilee Dance. We took a large group up to Camden Centre in London to join in this celebration dance. M.C.’s were Jill, Steve, Simon, Ken, Helen and Janet.
*** 26th October 1996 ***
Autumn Dance. This clashed with lots of other events so attendance was low.
*** 7th December 1996 ***
Christmas meal, Crown Point Inn Seal. Afterwards several people went back to Dot and Ray’s house for table tennis and spin football.
*** 10th December 1996 ***
Yalding W.I. demo in French costume. Again there were last minute re-arrangements to cover illness.
*** 12th December 1996 ***
Swanley W.I. demo in Norwegian costume.
*** 17th December 1996 ***
Christmas Party.
1997 - Trick Cyclist Holds Us Up!!
*** 5th April 1997 ***
Heather Bevan & Mihai Dascalescu were married at West Malling Baptist Church.
*** 19th April 1997 ***
Spring Dance. Heather Dascalescu (nee Bevan) and Alan Cant were the M.C.’s
*** 15th May 1997 ***
11 members went to Tunbridge Wells to see a show called “Spirit of the Dance”
*** 18th May 1997 ***
Walk around the Hadlow area.
*** 24th May 1997 ***
Becky & Claudiu Andronescu’s blessing of their marriage at Dymchurch. They were married in Toronto, Canada on 1st June 1996
*** 18th June 1997 ***
Stag Theatre Sevenoaks “Another Chance To Dance” this year we did 6 Scandinavian dances in Norwegian costume.
*** 22nd June 1997 ***
Folk Safari with Merton Park. Brockham, Nymans gardens and the Weald and Downland Open air Museum Singleton. Quite a rainy day.
*** 28th June 1997 ***
Barbecue at Alan & Jenny’s
*** 29th June 1997 ***
Eridge Country Fair demo in French and then Norwegian costume. The first session went well, but we had to cut the second session short when the rain set in as there was no cover for the spectators. Laura Cant made her debut in a demo.
*** 18th July 1997 ***
Embankment Gardens with Merton Park. This year there were only 9 dancers from Merton and 7 dancers from Woodvale.
*** 19th July 1997 ***
Dot & Ray’s 25th wedding anniversary party.
*** 26th July 1997 ***
Outing to Richborough Castle and Joss bay. At Richborough Castle we saw a Roman legion, 5th Century soldiers and Saxon raiders. Bad weather meant that we were eating our picnic lunch in a tent, and it looked like it was set in for the day. Some people went home early, and the rest decided to abandon the thought of going to Joss bay and went 10 pin bowling in Cliftonville instead. A good decision as it was great fun.
*** 7th September 1997 ***
Birth of Gabriela Hannah Dascalescu (there is only one l in Gabriela).
*** 13h September 1997 ***
Sennokian Day where our second session was delayed due to the trick cycling overrunning. Italian costume.
*** 6th October 1997 ***
Borough Green Brownies. Linda, Dot and Sharon taught the Brownies 3 English dances which they really seemed to enjoy.
*** 11th October 1997 ***
Autumn Dance. M.C’s were David Mckie, Sharon Fuller and Liz Mellish.
*** 6th December 1997 ***
Christmas meal Crown Point Inn Seal. 20 of us enjoyed a real good evening out.
*** 16th December 1997 ***
Christmas Party. Same as previous years but still very enjoyable none-the-less.
1998 - Our 30th Anniversary Year
*** It's Party Time ***
1998 was our 30th Anniversary year so we arranged some special celebrations. A 20th Anniversary Dance in April and a 30th Anniversary Reunion in October.
*** 1st March 1998 ***
Alan & David (The Gruesome Twosome) M.C.’d at Cecil Sharp House. The dances on the programme were colour coded as follows….
Yellow – Easy peasy lemon squeezy,
Green – If you know your left from your right you can do it,
Orange – Brain power needed for these,
Blue – Only for those who know how to do it,
Pink – Don’t attempt unless your insurance is up to date.
The dances ranged from Ambee Dageets (yellow) to Untersteirer Landler (pink).
*** 25th April 1988 ***
30th Anniversary spring dance. During the morning Ian & Jean Willson taught us some new lively dances. About 60 guests attended the evening dance M.C.’d by Ian, Heather, Jan, Alan and David. Mihai’s Romanian group Martisorul gave us a display in the interval. Presentations were done to mark the occasion, (including Life membership to Rita Wood), and later on a very complimentary write up in the SIFD news from Heather Edwards.
*** 17th May 1998 ***
Pantiles Tunbridge Wells, EFDSS Family Picnic. We were low on numbers and using their sound system was not the brightest of plans!!
*** 6th June 1998 ***
Barbecue at Sylvia’s house. Good weather, Good food, Good Night!!
*** 14th June 1998 ***
New Austrian costumes ready.
*** 21st June 1998 ***
Stag Theatre Sevenoaks. This year we wore our new Austrian costumes (what else?).
*** 23rd June 1998 ***
We were saddened by the death of Helen Atkinson.
Birth of Sophie Elena Andronescu to Becky and Claudiu.
*** 28th June 1998 ***
Folk Safari with Merton Park. Manor Park West Malling, Mereworth (The Queens Head) and Tonbridge Castle. The day started out showery, but improved as the day went on so at Tonbridge Castle there was blue sky all around.
*** 4th July 1998 ***
Platt Church Fair. We did a demo in Austrian costume.
*** 26th July 1998 ***
Outing to Cliftonville for ten pin bowling and then Joss Bay.
*** 10th October 1998 ***
Autumn Dance with Alan Cant and Sharon Fuller M.C.ing.
*** 24th October 1998 ***
30th Anniversary Social evening. An evening to meet up with members old and new, see a video of the group in action, look at the groups memorabilia and do a little dancing (we also demo’d Joc Cu Sucitoare and a few other newer dances). A very successful evening thanks to a lot of hard work behind the scenes beforehand. We received lots of thank you notes afterwards.
*** 8th November 1998 ***
Staplehurst Church of The Good shepherd Old Folks Hospice. Austrian and Norwegian costumes.
*** 5th December 1998 ***
Christmas meal Chequers Inn Ightham. Only 16 of us this year, but there was still enough of us to take over the whole restaurant. Very enjoyable evening.
*** 22nd December 1998 ***
Christmas party.
1999 - Hall Change & New Petticoats!!
*** 19th March 1999 ***
Dot has finished the 10 petticoats that can be worn with either the Italian costumes from Bormio or the Austrian costumes from Wipptal.
*** 20th March 1999 ***
Spring Dance. A last minute change of venue as the Borough Green Village Hall was unavailable. We managed to get the Memorial Hall in St. Mary’s Platt. Disappointing turnout.
*** 9th May 1999 ***
Eileen Nolan married David Bates at Leatherhead golf club.
*** 23rd May 1999 ***
Walk in the Tonbridge area organised by Alan & Jenny. Murphy (Dot’s dog) joined us.
*** 19th June 1999 ***
Barbecue at Alan & Jenny’s.
*** 27th June 1999 ***
Folk Safari with Merton Park. Brockham (between Dorking and Reigate), Borde Hill near Haywards Heath where we danced in a huge marquee and Nymans near handcross.
*** 10th July 1999 ***
Outing to the Thames Barrier and then a ferry past the millennium dome to Greenwich park and observatory. (and the Cutty Sark).
*** 18th July 1999 ***
Embankment Gardens. A very hot day.
*** 24th July 1999 ***
Staplehurst demo in Italian and Austrian costume
*** 19th September 1999 ***
Red Lion gardens Borough Green. This was part of an autumn Fair to raise money for the Christmas lights.
*** 16th October 1999 ***
Autumn dance. M.C.’s Alan Cant, Jan Bryce and Phil Steventon.
*** 4th November 1999 ***
Daniel Dascalescu was born and when he was 5 days old he appeared at Woodvale’s Tuesday night meeting.
*** 4th December 1999 ***
Christmas Meal at the George & Dragon Ightham. Jan & Linda once more organised a superb evening.
*** 4th December 1999 ***
Christmas party. Our traditional evening of good food and dancing (and pleasant company).
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