International Folk Dancing
Bognor Regis International Dance Ensemble (BRIDE)
This site covers the dance activities of our Bognor Regis club which is an associated group of the Society for International Folk Dancing (SIFD) and of the Sussex Folk Association (SusFA).
Help For Haiti Day
Barnham Village Hall
11.00am - 4:00pm, Saturday April 14th 2012
Cost £12, children £6
Click Help For Haiti Dance Day for more details
Children's International Folk Dance Classes
4:15pm onwards Tuesdays
Cost £20 per term
Willowhale Community Centre
Pryors Lane, Aldwick, Bognor Regis,
PO21 4JF
We have a dance class for children in the Bognor Regis area open to all children at every level - one of the advantages of international dance is that there is a huge range of styles and music - the children never get bored. The repertoire is chosen with children in mind and includes English, Scottish, European, Balkan, Oriental and Polynesian for fun filled dance lessons.
The Display Team
We have an amateur display team that tour a selection of village fetes in West Sussex in the summer, dancing in various regional costumes. This includes adults who practice together at agreed times. In recent years the display team has appeared at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, and formed part of the Society for International Folk Dancing (SIFD) group appearing in the CCPR Show at the Royal Albert Hall.
BRIDE within the International Folk Dance World
We were involved in organising the Eastbourne
International Folk Dance Festival over the border in East Sussex on behalf of the Society for International Folk Dancing
(SIFD) for several years and now organise the folk dance component of the annual Chichester Mayfest. Janet teaches at the
East Preston Dance Circle in West Sussex and the Gosport & Fareham Interfolk in Hampshire. She calls and dances at the
Felpham and Middleton Country Dance Club. As a result of our activities we have friends all over England and the UK and
throughout Europe. Janet has been the editor of the SIFD News for the last seven years.
Recruitment Drive
We are always happy to have children to join in our Tuesday class. They don't have to join the
display team and can
be complete beginners. The emphasis is on learning to enjoy dance not passing exams!
We are looking for more
adults to join our display team for next year. You do not need a partner or any special expertise. There is more than a
year to practice - you need only to live locally enough to come. If you just want to dance but
not be in the display team, that is fine. We are always pleased to welcome new people. If you have read this far you must be interested in us! Use the BRIDE
links on the left to find out more about us.
Interfolk
We choose Interfolk as our domain name because we wanted to highlight the large amount
of international and national folk connections we have made through our hobby. Interfolk is far more relevant than 'Bride' (and besides which no one will confuse us with a marriage bureau!).
especially as we are now hosting web pages for a number of South Coast groups.
