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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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