Quorn Folk Dance Club

Welcome to the Quorn Folk Dance Club Website. We are based in Quorn in Leicestershire in the East Midlands and we meet weekly on Wednesday evenings from 7.30pm - 9.30pm in Quorn Village Hall. We often dance to live music, different callers come along and give instruction on the movements in each dance.

The Club has 60 members and new dancers are encouraged to join in: there is no need to bring a partner as lone dancers can come along and join in as well as couples. The age range is wide and the aim of the Club is to make the evenings fun and sociable whilst dancers enjoy the music and the exercise. New dancers, experienced or inexperienced, are always made most welcome.

The Club began as an evening class back in 1970 when community education first came to Leicestershire. By 1976 the class had evolved into a Club run by a committee and it still has a few members today who were dancers at that first evening class. Over the years the Club has grown and become one of the strongest in the country and the largest one in Leicestershire, and boasts a demonstration team.

The Club's motif of fox's mask, whip and hunting horn reminds us that Quorn is famous not only for folk dancing but also for its ancient Fox Hunt, the former kennels of which remain a landmark in the village.

Each year the Club arranges a number of public dances which are held locally when a well-known band and caller will be on stage. The evening's entertainment also includes a ploughman's supper.

During the year weekends away are organised when members participate in days of walking and evenings of dancing. Accommodation is arranged at local Hotels or guest houses. The walks are led by an experienced member. Also each month on the second Tuesday, a local Club walk is arranged which includes a stop for a pub lunch.

QFDC (Quorn Folk Dance Club) is a member of the EFDSS (English Folk Dance and Song Society) and of its Leicestershire and Rutland District.

History of Folk Dancing

Probably every country has its own traditions of folk singing and dancing. The range is enormous and if you would like to enjoy some examples from around the world then go to one of the international folk festivals such as the one held each year in Sidmouth, Devon. Here in England our own rich heritage of song and dance is treasured and developed by the English Folk Dance and Song Society. Why not read more about folk dancing ...

Quorn Folk Dance Club Events Programme

Please download a PDF of our folk dance programme.

Folk Dance CDs

‘Welcome to the Dance’

QFDC has published a fantastic double CD album of folk dance music. These contain no fewer than 41 tracks of well known and popular dances lasting for nearly two and a half hours, enough music to run several barn dances. Tracks include such favourites as ‘Morpeth Rant’, ‘Devil’s Dream’, ‘Virginia Reel’, ‘Danish Double Quadrille’, ‘Haste to the Wedding’, ‘La Russe’, ‘Gay Gordons’ and many more.

The material for this compilation has been taken from the CDM and BR series of original vinyl records produced by the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS). Bands heard on the tracks include ‘The Blue Mountain Band’, ‘Orange and Blue’, ‘The Ranchers’, ‘The Falconers’, ‘Woodley Yeomen’, ‘Four Leaf Clover’ and ‘Greensleeves Country Dance Band’.

Also in the package are full instructions for each dance.

For the bargain price of only £15.00 (including UK delivery) these two high quality CDs are yours! As a gesture of support for EFDSS the entire proceeds from the sale will be given to the Society to further its work in developing folk dance in Britain.

To obtain your copy (cash with order please, with cheques made payable to 'QFDC'') simply contact us directly or write to Mike Bird, 59 Loughborough Road, Quorn, Loughborough, LE12 8DU. Telephone enquiries may be made to 01509 412047.

'Eight More Bars Please'

This is a brilliant recording by local band 'Tenpenny Bit' featuring Lyndsey Hurdley, Alan Harris and the late Richard Tallet.

For £12 (incl p&p) you get 76 minutes of dance music on 20 tracks. Such all-time favourites as Devil's Dream, Morpeth Rant, Redwing, Nottingham Swing, Willow Tree, Levi Jackson and Stoke Golding make this a 'must' for anyone calling to recorded music. Calling instructions for all dances are included in the pack.

For your copy please apply to Frank Rawson at Glebe Barn, 69a Main Street, Queniborough, Leicester, LE7 3DB, phone 0116 260 5542, or contact us below.

From the proceeds of each sale £1 goes to the MS Society and £1 to Cystic Fibrosis. Please make cheques payable to 'QFDC''.

Contact Quorn Folk Dance Club

Contact details for our club are contained in our folk dance programme PDF.