Folk Dancing

The folk dance group has been running a number of years and has around twenty members, meeting every Thursday from 10am until noon at the Daventry Brass Band Hall in Daneholme Close, at the corner of Ashby Road and Daneholme Avenue, which is modern and spacious. Members thoroughly enjoy the many different forms of dancing created over the centuries, from elegant Playford, the sort Jane Austen would recognise, to American contra and squares, English barn dances and Scottish reels. Callers use audio equipment and a wide variety of recorded music. Everyone started with little or no knowledge of the moves, and the caller walks the group through each dance before it is danced to music. Requests to repeat a dance people enjoyed are always welcome. There is a brief break for refreshments halfway through. Folk dancing is a fun social activity and an excellent way of keeping both body and mind healthy.