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Billingham lnternational Folklore Festival August 12th to 1gth 1995 Festival

Committee

Organised by the FESTIVAL COMMITTEE in

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president: rhe worshiprur the of the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees Councillor Mrs. D. Redican

Chairman: county councillor Mrs.M.Taylor;

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Affiliated to the lnternational Council of Folklore Festivals and Folk Art (c'l'o'F F)

Vice Chairman: H.L.Davies, M.B.E.

Conroy councillor J.Vaughan County Councillor E. Wood

Other main sponsors: lcl on Teesside Northern Arts Visiting Arts

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Mr. M. Hodgson Mrs. S. Lawson

Mr. B. Lightfoot Ms. V. Morris

Miss. M. Potts

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Considerable support also has been received from: BASE Billingham Community Centre, Boyes Stores, Castlegate Centre, Cleveland Centre, Dickens Hypermarkets, Fine Organics, Samsung Electronics (UK), Tioxide UK Ltd., Tyne Tees Television, The Welding lnstitute, Yorkshire Bank.

Mr. l. Russell Mr. K. Sidney Mr. G. Watson

Mr. N. Welch Hon.Treasurer: Mr. D.J.Otter Ad m i n.Off icer: M rs.A.Watson

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How quickly times passes. We are now about to celebrate the 31st Billingham Festival. A wonderful and joyous festival which continues to give us so much pleasure! Not only pleasure - one of the outstanding feature! of Billingham Festival is the way in which links are created between people from all parts of the world. Friendships - many of them strong and lasting are renewed and created during this very brief period in August.

It is very much a community festival when, even without the knowledge of each others languages, communities from Russia, from Martinique, from the Philippines, from Puerto Rico and many other countries join with the community of Billingham to share the colou4 the music, the joy and laughter of each others culture. A welcome ray of light shines out and for a brief moment the darkness of the world's troubles may be put to one side. We are all especially delighted to have with us again from Gran Canaria, Roque Nublo, the group which did so much all those years ago to bring to life the Billingham Festival. ln welcoming friends - old and new - from across the world, I wish to thank you the audience, our army of voluntary helpers and all our sponsors. You make the Festival!

"How far that little candle throws his beam So shines a good deed in a naughty

world."

(Shakespeare - Merchant of Venice)

Chairperson of the Festival County Councillor

The Festival President, The Worshipful the Mayor

Mrs. M.Taylor; M.B. E.,J.P.

of Stockton-on-Tees Councillor Mrs. Dora Redican

Dr. Bob Bew Chief Executive Officer l.C.l. Chemicals & Polymers Ltd. To open Billingham Folklore Festival

CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES CHTLDREN'S CLUB: (Sponsored by Castlegate Centre, Stockton) The Children's Club meets each

morning Monday to Friday in the College TheatrSfrom 1Oa.m. until 11.00a.m. The entertainment will be proviiled by the famous storyteller; Taffy Thomas and Malcolm Matson, plus one of the international folklore groups as follows: Monday: lndia & Malcolm Matson Tuesday: Moldova and Malcolm Matson Wednesday: Martinique and Taffy Thomas Thursday: Germany and Taffy Thomas Friday: Puerto Rico and Taffy Thomas The membership fee is f1.50, which includes the cost of a club badge and membership card. Membership cards and badges are available from the Festival Office in the Municipal Buildings, Town Square, Billingham or on the mornings the club meets at the College Theatre. YOUTH DANCE WORKSHOPS: The Youth Dance Workshops will be held this year on Tuesday and Wednesday, 15th & 16th August in the Music Room at the College. Tuesday's Workshop is for 12 - 21 years (inclusive) and will feature the Russian group. Wednesday's workshop is for those aged 6 - 11 years and the visiting group will be from the Canary lslands. The cost of each workshop will be f.4.50, which includes a ticket for the afternoon concert. Further details and applications forms can be obtained from the Festival Office in the Town Square. NOTICES

FIREWORK DISPLAY This final event of the Festival is generously sponsored by Samsung UK Electronics and will commence, in the John Whitehead Park, after the Closing Ceremony on the evening of Saturday 19th August, at 1Op.m.

FORUM THEATRE INTERVAL DRINKS: Forum patrons are strongly advised

to order thieir interval drinks on

their arrival at the theatre. DATES OF 1996 FESTIVAL: Next year's Festival

will start on Saturday

1Oth August and end on Saturday

17th August.

Membership is open to single adults, couples and their children. Annual f5 - Couples f7.50 - Children (Under 16) f2.

FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL:

Single Adults BENEFITS:

a PRlORlry BOOKING three days prior to the normal opening of the box office a BI-ANNUAL NEWSLETTER from the Director in November/December and March keeping you in touch with Festival preparations

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FREE SOUVENIR PROGRAMME FREE CHILDREN'S CLUB MEMBERSHIP FOR UNDER 16'S

I Daily Programme

MATSON and the famous storyteller

Puerto Rico

TAFFY THOMAS. Admission by

Saturday 12th August

Membership Card f 1.50 (including Badge). Details from Festival Office.

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BAD WEATH ER ARRANGEMENTS ln the event of inclement weatheL there will be no torchlight procession and the Closing Ceremony will be held in the College Theatre. The first 400 tickets sold will transfer to this venue. lf the weather prevents the start of any outside concert that concert will be held in the College Theatre on Sunday, Thursday and Friday. On both Saturdays, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the concert will be held in the Forum and College Theatre. Ticket holders are guaranteed a performance but. if an outside concert starts and has to be abandoned - no refund will be made.

THE EMPLOYEES OF KP FOODS CRISP FACTORY WISH THE 31st BILLINCHAM INTERNATIONAL FOLKLORE FESTIVAL EVERY ST ICIIECC, arto Polrsh borders. The ]rved its language and culture over centuries.

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INDIA NRUTYA LOK - BOMBAY Flourishing side by side in lndia are peoples of different race, religion, culture and language. All have a natural gaiety which is expressed in the dances of lndia.

With immense enthusiasm to exhibit this rich and diversified display of lndia's Cultural traditions, in an authentic array of colourful costumes, style and skill, NRUTA LOK came into existence with the guiding spirit of the renowned laureate in the field of folk and classical dance, Guro Gopi Krishanji. NRUTA LOK which means the world of

folk dance,

present items from all regions of lndia, performed by skilled dancers. The group has performed in Europe,

the Far East and

USA.

The Director of the company, Dr. Deepak Jumani believes that the purpose of performing folk dances of lndia abroad, is to promote the mission of love and peace through dance and music.

Director: Dr. DEEPAK JUMANI

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participation of this group from tndia has earned the festival a Country Proiect Award from The Visiting Arts Unit

MARTINIQUT LES BALISIERS DE MARTINTQUE

- FORT DE FRANCE

The folklore group was formed in 1985 and comes from the capital

city of Martinique, an island in the Caribbean Sea.

The group took its name from a small shrub which grows in the tropical forests, the

flower of which has a surprising petal formation, a charming colou4 and an astonishingly long life, resisting inclement weather. The Basiliers de Martinique are thirty cheerf ul talented young

people who depict the many racial mixtures in

the island's people. The ensemble has great appeal to tourists, natives and spectators from the numerous countries in which it has given performances Canada; U.S.A.; Panama; ltaly; France; Belgium; Holland; and Austria. Their dances, songs and music present a whirl of colour, exciting sounds and rhythms, allowing audiences to discover astonishing, mysterious, sorrowful, happy and boisterous feelings of Martinique. The group will wear authentic costumes, perform energetic dances including love rituals, episodes from history; customs and carnival items. Some of the items will reflect the French influence as well as African and West lndies.

Director: MARTINE NILUSMAS

MOLDOVA

"KARUTSA" . KISHINEV The Folklore Ensemble "Karutsa"

only eight years old but already it has established an outstanding reputation at home in Moldova and also in Europe, Canada and America. The success of the group, in such

short period, is attributed to Mr. Victor Tanmoshan, who selected

skilful and enthusiastic performers to present Moldovian folklore to a high artistic standard. Accompanying the dancers will be the "Vatra" orchestra. Together; their wonderful confluence of music and dance gives birth to an inspired and emotional world of movement. Dances are amusing, exciting and dynamic. One of the Orchestra's items

will be "Skylark." Moldova, a republic of the former Soviet Union,

situated close to Romania, hence the similarity of some

trad itions.

Choreographer: VICTOR TAN MOSHAN Orchestra Leader: G. CRETSOU

The

participation of this group from Moldova has earned the festival a Country Project Award from The Visiting Arts Unit

BILLINGHAM 1995

GROUPS & ARTISTES The guaranteed support of lCl on Teesside has enabled the Festival

Committee !o maintain the high standard of visiting groups. FRANCE

Armenian Folklore Ensemble "Navasart" - Paris GERMANY Sorbisches National Ensemble

Bautzen INDIA

Nrutya Lok

Bombay

MARTINIQUE Les Balisiers de la Martinique de France

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MOLDOVA

Folklore Ensemble "Karutsa" Kishinev

PHILIPPINES

Leyte Kalipayan Dance Company Leyte

PUERTO RICO

Ballet Folklorico Guarionex Morovls

RUSSIA

Assya Kya (The Dawn) - Song & Dance Company - KOMI ASSR SPAIN

Agrupacion Folklorica "Roque Nublo" - Las Palmas UNITED KINGDOM

Billingham Silver Band Marie Little McElvogue School of lrish Dancing Newcastle Branch Royal Scottish

Country Dance Society. Newton Aycliffe Pipe Band The Waggoners Folk Dance Band

(Caller Brian Padgett)

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PH ILIPPIN ES

LEYTE KALIPAYAN DANCE COMPANY. TACLOBAN CITY Leyte is one of the many islands which make up the Philippines. The group comes from Tacloban City, which is recognised as the island's capital for trade and culture. The company was created in 1961 by the current director, Teresita Veloso Pil, with the help of two lrish nuns who served in Leyte at that time. To identify itself with the province which has given it support and encouragement, the company adopted in 1978 the name of "Leyte Kalipayan" a vernacular term which means "Joy and Happiness." Since 1978 the company has performed in most countries of the world, proving to be outstanding ambassadors of the Philippines.

The Leyte Kalipayan Dance Company's extensive

repertoire consists of Philippine traditional dances, songs, music and customs which gives its audiences a kaleidoscopic view of the Philippine culture through these particular vehicles of artistic expression. Members of the Leyte Kalipayan Dance Company and the people who support and work with them aim to continue to generate enthusiasm and pride in their national culture through the innate artistry of the Philippinos in song and dance. They bring the spirit of international brotherhood, through the sharing of Kalipayan (the joy of life) with the people of all the countries they visit. The group presents an extensive repertoire and brings numerous costumes to Billingham. Among the items they will present is the most famous of all Philippine dances, Tinikling, which comes from the Province of Leyte. The dancers hop in and out between rapidly beaten bamboo poles, in imitation of the tikling, a rice bird; Binaylan, a ritual dance, performed only by women during the full moon; Tahing Baila, a dance from Jolo, performers depict the movement of fish swimming. Director: TERESITA VELOSO The participation

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of this group from the Philippines

has earned the Festival a Country Project Award

from The Visiting Arts Unit.

PUERTO RICO

GUARIONEX FOLKLORE BALLET

MOROVIS

The members of the Guarionex Folklore

Ballet live in a beautiful village situated in the mountains of Morovis, Puerto Rico, a Caribbean lsland. The group has been establ ished for f ifteen years during which time it has promoted

the traditions of the island, thus preserving their native culture and at the same time educating young Puerto Ricans on the artistic values of their music, song and dance.

The group which will participate in the

Billingham Festival be a carefully selected company capable of presenting, to a very high standard performances of good taste, colour, exciting and authentic.

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The Puerto Rican traditions are many and varied, having South American, African and Spanish influences. The repertoire will include carnival, social and collective dances. The Guarionex Folklore Ballet is well travelled, having participated in several international folklore festivals

and other events.

Director: Mr. Jorge Villafane.

RUSSIA

SONG AND DANCE COMPANY OF KOMI "ASSYA KYA" (The Dawn) This yeari our Russian Ensemble comes from Komi, which lies north of the Ural Mountains on the Vychegda River. The company takes its name from an ancient song which has been passed from mouth to mouth by

several generations of Komi people.

"Assya Kya" is one of Russia's outstanding groups and has recently completed a season in Moscow.

Their songs, dances and musical instruments embody the customs, beliefs and national character of the Komi. The national costume with its crisscross adornment, characteristic design and geometric patterns, features also stylised human figures, reindeer antlers and fir trees. Many of the programmes will end with the Reindeer Breeders dance depicting young girls in embroidered parkas (the deers) and young men (the drivers) moving quickly across the snow covered plain (the stage) in a dynamic ancient northern dance which glorifies the sun.

Another beautiful item is the Northern Roundelay which features pretty girls clad in light silver blue robes whirling like a cloud of snowflakes. Their feet scarcely touch the ground, their tremulous motions are barely perceptible and onlookers witness the undulations of the scintillating northern lights. The ensemble carefully preserves a wealth of national art traditions and the legacy of professional composers and musicians who have, over many years lived and worked on Komi territory. Between the founding of the National Song & Dance Company in 1939 and the opening of the Musical Theatre of the Komi Republic in 1958, the ensemble was the sole professional artistic body developing and reflecting the musical culture of the Komi people.

Visiting Billingham, with the group, will be the Minister of Culture for the Komi Republic, Mr. Alexei Beznossikov.

Artistic Director: VICTOR P. MOROZOV Conductor: GALINA S. PISTINA 21

SPAIN

AGRUPACION FOLKLORICA "ROQUE NUBLO" LAS PALMAS, GRAN CANARIA "Roque Nublo" has participated in the Billingham Festival on several occasions since its first visit here in 1967. The group remains a firm favourite with our audiences and we all look forward to receiving this colourful, lively ensemble in 1995. The group was founded in 'l 955 and takes its name from rock formation in Gran

Canaria. Dance, music and songs from the rich and varied traditions of the Canary lslands will be presented. Well remembered

items such as "lslas Canarias"; "Tartanero"; " Malaguenas"; and "Mi Canaria Adios" will be included in this year's programme.

Director: DAMASO MARTINEZ MARTIN

UK THE ROYAL SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE SOCIETY Newcastle and District Branch The Society was founded in Glasgow in 1923 with the object of preserving the traditional dances of Scotland. There are at present over 150 Branches throughout the world and the Newcastle Branch is one of the largest with over 400 members. In order to show a diversity of Scottish traditional dances at this Festival the RSCDS Newcastle Branch dancers have been joined by the Susan Donachie Highland Dancers of Whitley Bay. The dancers will present displays of Scottish Country Dancing and Highland Dancing to the accompaniment of Bagpipes (Andrew and Michael Harper), or Accordion (lan Thow), or

traditional Mouth Music (Joan and Elizabeth Pollock). This group has appeared in

many festivals in Europe

including Brunssum (Holland) lnternational Folklore Parade in 1992 and Kolobrzeg Festival (Poland) in 1994. ln addition the group travelled to Florida USA in 1993 to dance in the nternational Festiva Programme at the Epcot I

Centre, Disneyworld.

We look forward with pleasure to their participation in the closing ceremony of the 1995

Billingham lnternational Folklore Festival.

UK TAFFY THOMAS

. STORYTELLER

Taffy Thomas is a born storyteller. He learnt most of his intriguing tales "at the knee" listening to some of Britain's

bestlloved stonT-tellers, including Betsy Whyte; Duncan Williamson and the legendary Ruth Toungue. Taffy is at ease with all types of audiences and has more than twenty years experience as a community entertainer.. His wide repertoire ensures that a suitable tale can be told, no matter the event. Taffy lives in Grasmere, Cumbria but spends most of his time elsewhere, story-tel ling.

MARIE LITTLE Most Festival fans already know Marie Little's talents. A native of Salford, Marie now lives in the North East of England. She has been involved in the folk scene for many years performing in Clubs and Festivals all over the U.K. and Europe. Her experience includes several recordings, radio broadcasts and television appearances. Her material ranges from industrial and contemporary songs of social significance, through to music hall and country music. Marie's popularity has been earned by her pleasant chat, warm personality, choice of songs and her relaxed manner when performing.

NEWTON AYCLIFFE PIPE BAND The Newton Aycliffe Pipe Band

a familiar sight at Billingham Festivals, having taken part in the event annually since 1979. ln

addition to playing at events in the UK, the band has represented the country at many international events. The Band was formed 34 years ago and does a great deal of work in encouraging young people to take up the art of playing bagpipes and drums. Aiways smart in their Royai

Stewart tartan uniforms, the pipers and drummers make an impressive sight at the head of the Torch ight Procession. I

Pipe Major: PAUL COOK Drum Major: IAN NEALE Lead Drummer: NEIL HODGSON

WAGGONERS FOLK DANCE BAND The Band has played for the Festival Ceili for several years. Led by Jack Keane, a well known and accomplished fiddleC the Waggoners will provide the music at the Ceili on Saturday August 12th. The caller will be Brian Padgett.

BILLINGHAM SILVER BAND

BILLINGHAM

The only performers to have participated in every festival, the Billingham Silver Band, has a long history

having been first formed in 1941. The first major success in its history was achieved in 1979 when the musicians won the Durham League 4th Section Contest. Since then

the band

has gone from

strength to strength, overcoming a difficult period, but also earning many awards. Today their status

2nd Section (Durham and Nationals); (1st Section Yorkshire & Humberside). Numerous and varied engagements are undertaken each year by the present 30 strong membership. The Band plays a major and lively role in the Closing Concert in the Town Centre on Saturday, August 19th in addition to its leading place in the Opening Parade and Ceremony on August 12th. Conductor: VAUG HAN EVANS

UK THE McELVOGUE SCHOOL OF IRISH DANCING The McElvogue School of lrish Dancing is well known throughout the North East of England for their performances in various festivals, TV appearances and are themselves no strangers to Billingham lnternational Folklore Festival. lndividual dancers from the group have been recognised for their various achievements on the lrish Dancing competitive circuit in England, lreland and Scotland. Each year several of the dancers travel to Ireland to represent the North East of England in the World Championships of lrish Dancing, where they have flown the flag for the North East and achieved their individual placings in the World Championships as well as being placed in eighth place in the Figure Dance Championships where the dancers perform as a team. As you

will

see

from the display our dancers are champions in their own right!

Leader/Chorographer: LISA McELVOGU

CONSEII.1NTERNATIONAL DES ORGANISATIONS DE FESTIVALS DE FOLKLORE ET D'ARTS TRADITIONNELS Dear Mr President: The celebrations marking the CIOFF's 25th anniversary started in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, with the CIOFF's World Congress. When the organisation was created, president and founder Henri Cou.rsaget was the first to group European festivals. Tbday, 67 national sections group hundreds of intangible heritage associations.

The CIOFF played a prominent role in the dissemination and reappropriation of int-angible.heritage. Your festival hai cohtribuied and continues to do so by featuring the heritage wealth of multiple communities worldwide. I wish to extend the CIOFF's congratulations for your festival's commitment to present and disseminate the cultural heritage of the world's peoples. ln this year of tolerance, your action will be a new contribution to increase puOtic awareness and respect of cultural differences to foster world peace.

to its past to better build the future. lt will do this through the CIOFF network and a more diversified-presentgtlon of intangible heritage. It will produc6 the first CIOFF world festival, Folkloriada, which will feature folklore artists from its 67 member countries in Brunssum, the Netherlands in July '1996.

Today, the CIOFF is at a crossroads. lt turns incre-ased cooperation via

The CIOFF is pleased to celebrate its 25 years with you to share the richness of traditional cultures. You

are invited t6 join this great international friendship movement. Have a great festivall Cordially, Guy Landry, President

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