Throughout the weekend the streets of Beverley will be filled with dance teams mixing traditional and contemporary styles.

You will be amazed by the sheer colour, technique, energy and wit of these teams. A fantastic day out which really sparks the atmosphere of the festival and brings a smile to everyone's face.

The dance teams perfmoring will be:

Beverley Garland [1] perform a variety of garland and stick dances from Lancashire and Cheshire along with clog dances from Lancashire and Cumberland. They also play a variety of instruments including concertinas,melodeon,accordian, guitar, penny whistle and drum. The Garlands celebrated their thirtieth annivarsay last year and have been with us for our 25 history.

Ouse Washes [2]. Formed in Norfolk in 1981, the Ouse Washes Molly Dancers are one of the longest established Molly dance sides in the country - and are considered one of the most creative. Molly Dancing at its best...

Bradshaw Mummers [3] are a street theatre group, performing traditional and contemporary plays based on the medieval mumming traditions of death and re-birth and the triumph of good over evil.

Although most of their scripts are written by members of the group, the performances combine both old and new with the emphasis on entertainment - presenting the plays to modern-day audiences while remaining faithful to the origins of a unique form of theatre including the blacking of faces, echoing the tradition that actors believed themselves cursed by the Devil if they were recognised.

Lamb and Flag Sword Dancers

Green Ginger Garland

Newcastle Kingsmen [4]. Founded in 1949 for the King's College rag week in Newcastle upon Tyne, the Newcastle Kingsmen evolved into widely acclaimed masters of the traditional Northumbrian Rapper sword dance, and are also expert practitioners of the Grenoside longsword dance and Royton Northwest dance.

Pecsaeton [5] are a women's Cotswold team who made their first dancing appearance in 2002. Since then they have grown from a one-set side into a two-set side with spares, thus hopefully assuring a strong future on the scene. You can see their youthful, original, energetic and fresh dancing style around and about in local pubs and also at festivals country-wide.

Rivington Morri [6]s [7]: These demure cultured women hail from near Bolton in Lancashire. Their clogs have been heard as far afield as Sidmouth, Germany, France, Holmfirth, Wigan, Accrington and Blackrod Carnival. Hundreds have looked on in awe and marvelled at their stunning stepping, precision, music and reinforced foundation garments. On-lookers have been heard to say "Rivington have that certain indefinable something that Northern teams have ..." or "Make room - these Women take no prisoners". Do not refer to these women as 'ladies', or you may encounter one of their infamous 'Clog Butties'.

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