AGE-OLD REVELS: Country dancing at Burwash Primary SchoolTREKKING through the Appalachian mountains in 1916 as war raged in Europe, a former Tunbridge Wells schoolgirl came across a most extraordinary phenomenon.A decade after leaving Hamilton House School in Amherst Road, Maud Karpeles was on a mission to save traditional folk music from extinction. With a passion for folk music and dance, she had been invited to accompany renowned expert Cecil Sharp on his journey to collect as many songs as...
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