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Heva Dance
click to open downloadable pdf of score with lyrics:Heva Dance Audio File- Heva Dance from Shallal Project: Notes In 1961 Newquay created its own Furry Dance called the Heva see Newquay Heva Dance and Song This signalled a revival of interest in Cornish Furry Dance tradition and many other Cornish
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Fer Lyskerrys / Liskeard Fair
As played at Benbow Cornish Session     Two versions of Fer Lyskerrys / Liskeard Fair recorded in the Racca Project 1995-1997. Fer Lyskerrys as played by the Lowender Festival Band in 1987 (Version 2) The tune, Liskeard Fair, is noted down in Rev Sabine Baring Gould’s Rough Notebook Vol
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Boscastle Breakdown
Step or “Scoot” dances like Boscastle Breakdown are a conversation between dancer and musician, a duet between melody and percussion. Both musician and dancer introduce variations to the tune, the percussion, and the speed.
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Naw Map Harth – Nine Brave Boys
Nine Brave boys / Naw Map Harth played as an instrumental by Bagas Crowd and sung in Cornish by John Bolitho.
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Kostentyn – Constantine
  Open downloadable pdf file: Kostentyn-Constantine Version played on bagpipes by Merv Davey Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Battle of the Somme commemoration St Petrock’s Church Bodmin 6th July 2016.   Notes: Communicated by James Roberts of Constantine to M H N Cuthbert Atchley who published an arrangement for 4
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Rescorla Snail Creep
Snail Creep Played by St Dennis Band at Wheal Martyn Clay Museum July 2022 Audio file: Snail Creep from Rescorla Festival’s “Snail Creeps and Tea Treats: Clay Country Customs”  project 2008 Open downloadable pdf file:Rescorla_Snail_Creep Video Link: Rescorla Festival: Rescorla Snail Creep at Wheal Martin Museum and Country Park 2008
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Kan Skooswas / Squire’s Song
'Squire's Song'/'Can Scoswas', from Robert Morton Nance's Cledry plays, was recorded for the Racca Project between 1995 and 1997. The plays were inspired by what Nance called 'guise dance drolls'.
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