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Highside Folk Dance Club

A friendly social dance club for all ages and all abilities. Callers, musicians and dancers all very welcome.
First, Third and (occasionally) Fifth Fridays in the month, as listed below, at Galphay Village Hall, near Ripon.
Normally from 8 to 10pm. Adults £3, Children 50p.
For further details contact Tessa Goldsmith Tel: 01677 470774 or email tess_goldsmith@yahoo.co.uk

After six years of tireless organising Andrew Bodey retired from running Highside Folk Dance Club and in 2009 the mantle of organiser-in-chief has passed to one of our Highside regulars, Tessa Goldsmith. As Tess looked forwards to 2011 she wrote:

"2010 has been a splendid year for HFDC - many thanks to all our musicians, callers and dancers for some really memorable evenings. I hope you've enjoyed them as much as I have.

The Highside folk dance evenings are usually on the first, third and fifth Fridays of each month (to give you a chance to work out the dates if you're unable to consult the website). We have a great array of callers and bands booked in for 2011, and the promise of some excellent evenings.

New dancers are especially welcome. You don't need to know anything about folk dancing - the callers will look after you! Just turn up at 8 pm.

We welcome new bands / musicians and callers too. Email or phone me, Tess Goldsmith if you'd like to play or call sometime, or if you'd just like to be on our email list.

See you at Galphay."

Tess (please remember not to park in any driveway)

Please remember to park with consideration for the residents of Galphay. Thank you.

Programme Jan - July 2012

Date Details

January 6

 Roosters with Dave Blight
January 20 Chas and Heather (Village Hop Band) with Pauline Singleton

February 3

 Spile Tappers with Tony Whitehead
February 17 Roosters with Dave Blight
March 2 Stray Chords with Bob Carter
March 16 Polka Dots with Jan Porter
March 30 Chas and Heather (Village Hop Band) with Tessa Goldsmith and Ken Lloyd
April 6 Blind Panic with Tony Whitehead
April 20 Pauline Singleton and CDs
May 4 Ken Lloyd and CDs
May 18 Chas and Heather (Village Hop Band) with Tony Whitehead
June 1 Twiddling Thumbs with Angela Bodey
June 15 Spile Tappers with Tessa Goldsmith
June 29 Chas and Heather (Village Hop Band) with Hilary Johnson
July 6 Tony Whitehead and CDs
July 20 Polka Dots with Jan Porter

Parking at Highside

Dear Highsiders,

Please could I remind you about parking at the Club. As you know, parking is not plentiful in Galphay, and unfortunately our popularity within the hall isn't always matched without! To harmonise better with our neighbours in Galphay, please remember to:

  • Not block any driveway, but especially the gateway and cattlegrid leading to Braithwaite Hall on the sharp corner (as you leave Galphay) (this is a listed building with no other access, and also an access point for 7 working farms, which we have managed to block on a number of occasions. Amongst other things the owners are understandably concerned about fire-engine access in the very unlikely event of an emergency).
  • Not park on verges
  • Not park too close to the sharp corner (as you leave Galphay), to give room to other road users to get around it safely.

Instead, if necessary please spread out the parking further down into the village, but without filling the Galphay Arms car park when the pub is open.

The Hall Committee are sufficiently anxious about this problem that, although they wish to encourage use of the hall, they may consider declining future bookings from us.

Thank you very much for your understanding and cooperation. Best wishes, Andrew Bodey