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Although we dance separately, we almost
always appear together (that way we get a rest between
dances!), and many of the dancers from one team appear
as musicians while the other is dancing.
Originally formed in 1976,
we have danced at festivals all over the country - with
The Severn Gilders being former winners of the Ritual
Dance Competition at the Sidmouth Folk Festival.
We have travelled to Spain,
Germany, Ireland, Belgium and France, and have appeared
on a number of radio and television programmes,
including "Folk on Two", "Newsnight" and "The
Big Breakfast".
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The Ironmen have appeared in a Japanese TV documentary
and featured in a film made jointly by the BBC and The
Arts Council of Great Britain which was shown on BBC2
as part of a series called "Dance for the Camera".
When we're not dancing away from home - often as
guests of another team - then you might catch us on
The Iron Bridge itself.
Whenever possible, our performances are accompanied
by a large band of enthusiastic musicians, and we're
proud to have been the nurturing ground for one of the
country's most "danceable-to" ceilidh bands:
All Blacked Up and to have provided a couple of
founder members of the exciting, new kids on the ceilidh
block:
Ceilidhography.
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