Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A518r
Creator(s): Harrop, Peter K
Site Location(s): Subject - Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 54.1358, -1.52826 )
Date(s): 27 June 1978
Size and medium: 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool; Duration: 16' 59".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414569
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
Tony Chambers, recorded in Ripon, talks about mumming and joining the Ripon Sword Dancers in 1962; lists other members and when they joined; learning lines; parts; costumes; dancing and music as part of the play in the past; the name Sword Dancers; performance locations, including local houses and Cayton Hall, student invitations; Ripon Tourist Board request; the timing of the performances; new performers; swords; Chambers family involvement; rehearsals; the route taken by the performers; tradition and meaning behind the play; the characters; drinking and pub performances; performing on a Monday if Boxing Day falls on a Sunday; the collection; preference for performing on housing estates to pubs; the audience; the future of the play.
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Physical and technical conditions
9.5cm/sec. High recording level. Adjusted on AC copy.
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