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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 £2, 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 2010 she wrote:

"2009 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.

From January 15th, we're going fortnightly!

The Highside folk dance evenings will be 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're trying it out for a year, to see if our musicians and dancers like it better. We'll be interested to hear your comments as the year progresses.

We have a great array of callers and bands booked in for 2010 - and we may have some DIY evenings later on when you can try calling a dance yourself. Please let me know if you'd like to have a go.

Look forward to seeing you there."

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

Programme for 2010

Date Details
January 15 Ken Lloyd
January 29 Pauline Singleton
February 5 Blind Panic with Steve Piearcey
Feburary 19 Tap 'n Spilers with Tony Whitehead
March 5 No Dance tonight - see March 6
Saturday March 6 Highside's Day of Dance with Philip Rowe, Alison Wilson and caller Les Barclay at Kirkby Malzeard Mechanic's Institute - see the poster below
March 19 Chas and Heather (Village Hop Band) with Tessa Goldsmith/Andrew Bodey
April 2 Good Friday - no dance
April 16 Rowe Family with Ken Lloyd
April 30 Polka Dots with Jan Porter
May 7 Young Highsiders with Steve Piearcey
May 21 Chas and Heather (Village Hop Band) with Bob Carter
June 4 Blind Panic with Ken Lloyd
June 18 Rhubard Sandwich with Tony Whitehead
July 2 Roosters with Dave Blight
July 16 Tap 'n Spilers with Steve Piearcey

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