More than 1,000 Somerset primary school children will be celebrating the annual Folk Dance Festival on Wells Cathedral Green this weekend.
Now in its 43rd year, the Somerset Schools’ Folk Dance Festival is being held on Saturday 17 June, with 53 schools participating.
The schools meet at St Cuthbert’s Church yard, travel up the High Street in Wells watched by friends, families, shoppers, and tourists and onto the Cathedral Green where the dancing will start at 2.30pm.
David Hayward, Executive and Liaison Officer for the Somerset Association of Primary Headteachers and Officers (SAPHTO) and organiser of the event, said: “As always, the Folk Dance Festival is a major date in the annual calendar of the County Council and is a great example of all that is best about Somerset’s Primary Schools.”
Cllr Frances Nicholson, Somerset County Council’s Cabinet Member for Children and Families will officially open this year’s event.
Cllr Nicholson said: “This is always a wonderful spectacle. The children work hard on their dance steps before coming together in this popular annual Festival, often watched by parents and grandparents who themselves once took part. I am very proud to open the event this year and look forward to watching the many children from schools across the County dance in this the 43rd Festival.”
The sponsors for this year’s event are: Somerset County Council; Wookey Hole Cave Aged Cheddar; D’Ovidio Bros Ltd, and Tubular Wells Scaffolding Limited.
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Notes to editors
*** Media invitation – feel free to come along to the event this Saturday. For interviews with Cllr Frances Nicholson on the day, contact 07585 795577. For interviews with David Hayward, contact 07920 211 171 ***
List of schools taking part (correct as of 13 June):-
| Coxley Primary School |
| Lympsham CofE First School |
| St Aldhelm’s CofE Primary School |
| King Ina CofE Academy (Infants) |
| King Ina CofE Academy (Junior) |
| Chewton Mendip CofE Primary School |
| Keinton Mandeville Primary School |
| Walton CofE Primary School |
| St Mary Redcliffe CofE Primary School |
| Mark First and Pre-School Academy |
| Ashlands and Misterton Federation |
| Haselbury Plucknett CofE First School |
| Priddy Primary School |
| Catcott Community Primary School |
| Holy Trinity Church School |
| Stoberry Park School |
| St Andrew’s CofE Junior School |
| High Ham CofE Primary School |
| Blackbrook School |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School |
| St Joseph and St Teresa Catholic Primary School |
| West Pennard CofE Primary School |
| Wembdon St George’s CofE Primary School |
| Baltonsborough CofE Primary School |
| Long Sutton CofE Primary School |
| St Bartholomew’s CofE First School |
| Burnham‑on‑Sea Community Infants School |
| Elmhurst Junior School |
| Hindhayes Infants School |
| Minerva Primary School |
| Castle Cary Community Primary School |
| St Cuthbert’s CofE Infants School Academy |
| St Cuthbert’s CofE Junior School |
| Birchfield Community Primary School |
| Curry Mallet CofE Primary School |
| Ilchester Community Primary School |
| East Brent CofE First School |
| Brent Knoll CofE Primary School |
| Reckleford Community School and Children’s Centre |
| Kingston St Mary CofE Primary School |
| Bishop Henderson CofE Primary School |
| Fosse Federation (Evercreech/Lovington) |
| Oaklands Primary School |
| Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School |
| Cannington CofE Primary School |
| Kilmersdon CofE Primary School |
| Preston Primary School |
| St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School |
| Wincanton Primary School |
| West Buckland Community Primary School |
| St Louis Catholic Primary School |
| Churchstanton Primary School |
| Hinton St George CofE First School |
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