National Youth Folk Troupe of England
Who Does What for NYFTE
NYFTE has several levels of organisation.
The trustees manage the more general aspects of the organisation, such as ensuring the aims and objectives are met and that the organisation is financially sound.
In charge of team performance (and all that associated with it such as festival liaison, recruitment, performance content design / composition etc) are the artistic and technical directors, ably supported by the deputy artistic director, assistant music coordinator and costume coordinator not to mention the plethora of parents that take on many jobs of varying sizes.
Other elected roles (e.g. secretary, treasurer and Chippenham event organiser) and unelected roles (e.g. costume helpers and first aid provision) are generally carried out by the parents of current team members.
Artistic Director
Jess Arrowsmith
Assistant Artistic Director
Adam Hughes
Operations Director / Publicity / Chairman
Rhodri Davies
Technical Director
Chris Nikel
Secretary
Lucy Skinner
Treasurer
Suzanne Ford
Pastoral
Richard Surridge
Pastoral
Anna Branagan
Costumes
Jane Twitchen
Chippenham Event Organiser
Charlotte Pascoe
Van Keeper
William Jones
Recent News
NYFTE took Sidmouth Folk Festival by storm, performing over the first weekend. Current and past members of the team also took part in many other events, from calling, the John Gasson Jig Competition and the Eye on the Future concert.
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2024 saw three NYFTE teams take part in DERT / DERTy in Whitby. Well done to all involved.
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The Spring Concert held in Denstone College for the first time was an amazing display of the 2024 repertoire.
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NYFTE is a charity! Whilst this will not outwardly affect the day to day running of the team, it will help us financially and will change things behind the scenes. For more information, please see here.
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We have recently received a donation from Oxfordshire Folk in memory of John Graham. For a brief biography, please see here. Thank you to all involved.
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Many congratulations to the NYFTE Longsword team that came runners up in the 2023 SDU sword dance competition. Read more here.
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