Bolingey Furry danced by Tan Ha Dowr for COrnwall Heritage Trust’s COrnish DAnce in Schools project. Bolingey is a small village on the outskirts of Perranporth. This furry dance was written in 1994 by Laura White, one of the group members, to commemorate the village and its annual fair. The
Merv and Alison Davey take on the persona of Harry and Carrie two itenerant entertainers from the 1900s to provide workshops and talks about the folk traditions of the Clay Country.
The piper on the top of St Austell church tower serenades the streets of St Austell. . We know little about the carving of the piper except that it presumably dates to the building of the church in 1500 making it one of the oldest depictions of bagpipes in Cornwall.
The Clay Country is rich in stories and folk traditions together with the music, songs and dances that go with them.
A series of postcards provide us with some wonderful images of two itinerant entertainers from the area in the 1900s, “Harry and Carrie”.
“Forty Thieves” is an interesting example of a “jobbing tune” in John Old’s manuscripts. Here it is played as a jig for dancing, but it is related to a Cornish carol called “The First Good Joy That Mary Had” and also one of the tunes to which the rather more
From the manuscript of Michael Harris, St Stephen in Brannel, 1858
Michael Harris was a flutist who played in a chapel band at St Stephen in the 1850s. Kresen Kernow hold some of his music manuscripts, mostly hymn tunes arranged in four parts, but pinned in between these he has included the score for a reel called Stoney Steps.
Today St Picrous night is celebrated at the Kings Arms in Luxulyan. The story is retold at the beginning of the evening and leads naturally to a traditional Cornish “Shout” or singing session.
"Cornwall For Me" was written by Oscar Yelland and entered for the Kernow Pan Celtic competition in 1989