Tag Archives: Somerset Schools Folk Dance Festival

Over 1000 Children Dance In Festival

15 June 2017 · by · in Cllr Frances Nicholson, education, Events, Latest information, Press releases, Schools

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 […]

1,000 children take part in annual folk dance festival

16 June 2015 · by · in Events, Press releases

The Cathedral Green of Wells was awash with colour on Saturday as more than 1,000 brightly dressed children took part in the 41st annual Somerset Schools Folk Dance Festival. The children, who represented 58 primary schools from across Somerset, provided a spectacular sight for the hundreds of parents and family members who turned out to […]

Schools to celebrate Folk Dance Festival

8 June 2015 · by · in Press releases

More than 1,000 primary school children will be celebrating the annual Folk Dance Festival on Wells Cathedral Green this weekend. Now in its 41st year, the Somerset Schools’ Folk Dance Festival is being held on Saturday 13 June and has 59 schools participating. The colourful, musical event will run from 2.30pm to 4.30pm giving local […]