29 March 2025, Scandi & Balfolk dance in Tinwell and Ketton

 

Our next exciting event will be on Saturday 29 March in Tinwell Village Hall. 

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There will be dance workshops, a communal meal, a chance to swap tunes, and a fantastic social dance to live music. The event in Tinwell will run from about 2pm-11pm, and then we’ll have an after-party with more music and dancing in Ketton. 

Draft programme:

* 2-5pm (with breaks) Afternoon dance workshop in gorgeous polska från Boda. No partner needed. Smooth soled shoes recommended.

* 5:15pm Tune swap

* 6:30-7:30pm Communal dinner - The meal tickets are fully booked but you can join the waiting list, or bring your own and eat with everyone else.

* 8pm Balfolk basics dance workshop

* 8:15-11pm Social Dance to live music 

* Afterparty in Ketton with more music and dancing!

 

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Ha det fint!

Michael

This event will be brought to you by Ketton Showtime!

London Scandi Dance 2025 events!

Starting again on 6 February 2025 we will be running monthly dance events in London! Please join me in making the only regular Scandi dance in the UK a success. If you can’t come yourself, please tell your friends! What? Beginner friendly dance workshops and a social dance to live music. Where? Primrose Hill Community Centre. 29 Hopkinsons Place, London, NW1 8TN. When? Monthly, on the first Thursday 7pm - 10pm - 6 February - 6 March - 3 April - 1 May We have plans for a special event in June. Join our mailing list to keep up to date: click here to join the London mailing list.  Price? £10 / £8 unwaged on the door These events are brought to you by Ketton Showtime, with the generous support of the Society for International Folk Dancing.

French & Scandi Dance & Workshops 

Saturday 18 December 

It has been too long! We are delighted to announce our first social dance event in many years. We had a fantastic time at Skint 2021 and cannot wait for some more.

Expect live music from talented musicians, dance workshops for dancers of all abilities, and a communal vegetarian/vegan meal (booking essential). Join us in Tinwell Village Hall on Saturday 18 December! 

COVID: to ensure the safety of all, participants will be required take a Lateral Flow Test before coming, and not attend if experiencing any symptoms. This policy ensured that Skint 2021 remained Covid-free despite attracting over 100 participants. 

 

Summer Party -- 13 August 2016

We forgot to update this web-page with details of our last event, 4-5 March 2016, but it was the biggest yet!

We had music from brilliant musicians from across the UK, and also from the fantastic Swedish Riksspelman Esbjörn Wettermark.  Esbjörn is based in London, and offers music tuition and workshops. Contact him via his website to find out more.


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Summer Party

Our next event will be a summer party, on Saturday 13 August.

There'll be fantastic live music and dancing, dance workshops and more. Space for overnight camping, and the opportunity to join a communal dinner.

The evening dance will be at the Northwick Arms pub in Ketton. The communal meal will be home-cooked for this event, and will be vegetarian (or vegan if requested).

More details coming soon via the mailing list, but please save the date!

Michael

Scandi & French Extravaganza: 4--6 March 2016

Our next event will be a big one! French dance on the Friday evening, organised by Adam Cade, then a day of Scandinavian dance workshops and an evening bal.

Friday 4 March -- Evening French Bal

Saturday 5 March -- Day dance workshops
-- Evening Scandi Dance


Floorspace available in local homes. Let me know if you want to come!

Full details soon.

Scandi & French Extravaganza: 6--7 March

After a year's wait, I can't wait for our next Scandi Dance on Saturday 7 March! Come and dance, play or just enjoy the atmosphere.

As you may have heard, you can also come for some music and dancing on the Friday too: Adam Cade has organised a French Dance on Friday 6 March -- why not come for both?

All events will take place in the newly-refurbished Northwick Hall, at the back of the Northwick Arms, High Street Ketton (PE9 3TA).

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Booking: 
You can buy tickets for the workshops and the bals on the door if you like (numbers permitting), but you need to book some things in advance:

* There will be a communal meal on the Saturday, with food provided by the new landlord of the Northwick Arm's public house. Vegetarian, vegan, & meat options, all £6 each. Advance booking is essential. Please email ketton.scandi@gmail.com to secure your meal.

* Indoor and outdoor camping available in local homes, but space is limited. Please email asap to book a place.

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Further details: 

Friday night French Bal (£5)

8pm -- 11pm

With music from Anna Pack, and Joe Wass & Hinny Pawsey
 
Anna is a dancer and musician with a longstanding interest in French traditional dance. She performs also in a duo with Dave Shepherd (Violin - Blowzabella) and has previously performed in The Chase and Circa Compania both as a dancer and player of diatonic button accordion.
 
Joe Wass & Hinny Pawsey are passionate players and dancers of French and Scandinavian dance music.  They have spent many happy hours on forest dance floors, from Saint Chartier to Kaustinen, and in snow-snug sessions, from Copenhagen to Umea, and are delighted to bring you the best of what they have discovered.

For more info: contact the organiser of this bit: Adam Cade: adam@susted.org.uk
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Saturday Dance Workshops

2pm Two ways to dance Boda polska: beautiful couple dance from central Sweden. My favourite kind of turning polska.

4.pm Dancing slängpolska: a free-form dance from the south of Sweden. Many people feel this dance is both the easiest and the hardest Swedish dance. Come and learn some ways to enjoy it!

These workshops will both be taught by me, Michael Cade-Stewart with live music from talented musicians. They will cost £5 for either or both. Exact timings have not yet been fixed, but both will be on Saturday afternoon.

Saturday communal meal: (£6)

BOOK NO LATER THAN 4 MARCH

6pm. With food from the Northwick Arms. The pub is not yet fully open, and will not be serving other food. There are fine places to eat in nearby Stamford (4 miles)

 

Saturday Night Dance!
Saturday night: live Scandinavian music and dancing!
Come to dance, play or just listen to some incredible music. (£5)
7pm onwards: Intro dance workshops at the start, licensed bar. Social dancing into the night. What more could you want?

If you want a particular dance taught at one of our events, please let us know.

If you're a Facebook user, please say you're coming on our March Scandi Dance event page to help spread the word.

 Hope to see you there!
Michael

Spring Scandi Dance

As you'll already know if you've signed up to our mailing list, our next event will be on Saturday 7 March! It will be held in the Northwick Hall, at the back of the newly-owned Northwick Arms pub in Ketton (where we first started over four years ago). More details will be announced soon, but please save the date! 

I'm hoping to teach Bodapolska, but if you want a workshop in something else, email me or comment on this blog to let me know!

This event will be in partnership with Ketton Showtime, who are organising a night of French music and dance on the Friday night (6 March). So if you fancy some French too, come along to both! There will be floorspace available in local homes.

Looking forward to it already!

ps. If you're a facebook user, please sign up on our event page.