As part of the Wolsey 550 project in Ipswich I ran workshops in local primary schools, teaching tudor music and dance, which we took to the streets of Ipswich as a huge parade to celebrate the end of the first phase of the project. Nearly 350 primary school children joined me for what might be the biggest Pavan (a tudor era processional dance) Ipswich has ever seen. Alongside songs with Tracey Raynor from Suffolk Music Hub, and both The New Cambridge Waits and The Colchester Waits, it was a spectacular event, all coming together on the Cornhill to watch a performance from another school facilitated by local performance company Gecko, before all singing together at the end. This news report gives a flavour of the project and the event.
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Medieval musical delights
With Boha bagpipe played by Lizzie Gutteridge, Drum by Terry Mann and Tenor Shawm by me Emma Mordue.
This is Dance of Cleves