National Youth Folk Troupe of England
2015 News Archive
25th Anniversary
NYFTE celebrated its 25th Birthday and after eating lots of cake we performed our signature dance 'Crown and Sausage' including past, present and parent members of NYFTE.
Dave's Gold Badge
DERT and DERTy
In the national rapper tournament this year, both our senior and youth teams won awards. Our youth team came first place in the DERTy competition, and our senior team won best newcomer in the main tournament. We are very proud of both teams and hope they maintain this high standard.
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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