1988 Step Dance Competition at the Dartmoor Folk Festival

1988 Dartmoor Folk Festival Stepdance Competition, held on the 6th August 1988 in South Zeal on Dartmoor. This is a clip from the longer video titled, “Dartmoor Folk Festival 1988.“ Thanks to Mike and Shirley Bazeley for this video. 00:00 Step Dance Competition Begins: Jack Rice demonstrates a round on the wagon, Mark Bazeley playing concertina sat on the side of the wagon 01:68 Tanya Ryder dances a round 02:10 Sarah Crofts dances a round, 2 judges can be seen, one of whom is Jack Rice 03:03 Helen Leese dances a round 04:05 Unknown lady dances a round (can you identify this person?) 04:57 Musician changes tune. Unknown lady dances a round (can you identify this person?). 05:50 Helen Leese dances as the competition winner 06:47 People around the arena whilst on the audio it can be heard that Simon Ritchie came 3rd in the stepdance competition 07:45 A 2 year old is put on the competition board on the wagon by Helen Leese and she dances. 08:22 End of step dance section.
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