Carriage House Books distributor of dance books from Northern Harmony Publishing Company /A specialty house for books on Morris, Sword, and Clog dancing/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!New Release!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Available as of April 15th, 1996 / */ LONGSWORD DANCES FROM TRADITIONAL AND MANUSCRIPT SOURCES: AS COLLATED AND NOTATED BY IVOR ALLSOP 384pp. Edited by Anthony G. Barrand Northern harmony Publishing Company/* Full notations of all 27 longsword dances and sword play texts from British sources (mainly from Yorkshire but including dances from Shetland and the Isle of Man). To put this in perspective, Sharp's 3-volume study, *The Sword Dances of Northern England*, contains 9 longsword dances. Lots of diagrams and all music for the song- and dance-airs beautifully engraved by John Roberts. There are also photographs of teams and some key sword dance researchers, and maps with each nottion to help create a sense of "place" for each dance. Sections are added on the design of swords and locks with graphic representation of existing information on the actual implements used by historical sides, reprints of articles by Trevor Stone and Melusine Wood, and an expanded version of Rhett Krause's article on the shapes and methods of making sword locks. This is a "must-have." These are tried-and-true notations worked out by Ivor Allsop (of Barnsley Longsword, formerly of Handsworth, formerly Squire of the Morris Ring, and a recent EFDSS Gold badge honoree) and used in his teaching at the Whitby festival, at Pinewoods camp, and at many other places. It's as close as we'll get to a "Bacon" for longsword. RETAIL PRICE $25.50 (L15.00) (plus $3.50 shipping per copy) or order (as a team, for example) 6 or more copies at $17.50 per copy (plus $3.00 shipping per copy). Send checks payable to "Carriage House Books" to: Carriage House Books 57 washington Street Brattleboro, VT 05301-3355 or email orders : barrand@sover.net tel: (802) 254-8684 fax: (802) 257-4369 English orders go to: Ivor Allsop 36 Greenspring Avenue Birdwell Nr. Barnsley Yorkshire S70 5RY Tel: (01226) 28 11 46 fax: (0114) 275-6644 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ /Morris Dancing/ We have a major book on seasonal dance customs, /Six Fools and a Dancer: The Timeless Way of the Morris/ by Anthony G. Barrand, Ph. D. A new look at the history and aesthetics of Morris dancing from the South Midlands of England. This "Cotswolds Morris" is the best known of the English seasonal display forms. RETAIL PRICE $25.50 (L15.00) (plus $3.50 shipping per copy) or order (as a team, for example) 6 or more copies at $17.50 per copy (plus $3.00 shipping per copy). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORDER FROM: barrand@sover.net see also Northern Harmony Publishing Company for books on shape-note singing and Balkan singing.