National Youth Folk Troupe of England
2020 News Archive (pre-pandemic!)
AGM
It is proposed that the Annual General Meeting will be held at the start of the Tockington training week on 5th April. If you have any items that you wish to see placed on the agenda, please contact the secretary. The constitution requires that the agenda be published with the notice of the meeting, at least 3 weeks before it takes place.
Impact of Coronavirus
The current pandemic is making life unpredictable for NYFTE as it is for everyone else. Of course we do not yet know how that is going to impact our schedule. We intend proceeding with events as originally scheduled as much as we can. We will, of course, be following government recommendations and the decisions of the festivals that we attend.
We are keeping the situation and advice under frequent review and will have to react to circumstances. This may mean some changes at short notice. We will make sure that the latest position is posted on this web site.
Getting Ready for the Year Ahead
After a bit of a rest for the performing members and the leadership, we are now gearing up for the year ahead. We have made plans for our appearances during 2020 and those can now be found on the dates page.
10 new members joined the team following our training weekend in February, so the team is now close to maximum capacity.
The next step is our Easter training week. This year, however, we are shortening the week and starting on the Sunday as the Dancing England Rapper Tournament takes place on the Saturday for which NYFTE are putting up 3 teams this year.
Supporters' newsletter
The Spring 2020 edition of our supporter's newsletter is available - see the supporter's page.
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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