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Ian`s CD:21 Cornish Songs!
Cornish Ancestry
Cornish Connexions
Kernewek
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Some pictures from the book
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The
Amazing Story of The Floral
Dance
is fully
illustrated, and contains all you ever wanted to know about this world-famous
song.
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Full song words and musical extracts showing exactly how the song was composed -
during a train journey! - in 1911.
How Peter Dawson, the elegant Australian baritone, and beautiful Katie Moss
together created the world`s first best-selling record - of Katie`s new song
The Floral
Dance
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Pictures of
the Helston Flora Day celebrations of Edwardian times; the age-old Cornish
customs that London-born Katie Moss had witnessed with such excitement during
her Cornish holiday...
...and if you don`t quite know the
difference between FLORAL DANCE, FLORA DAY, FLORA & FURRY, you soon will. Many
people - even Cornish folks - are still confused about it, but Ian`s
book sorts
out the muddle once and for all.
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How the town of
Helston still celebrates the ancient festival of the Furry Dance each year, led
by the unique Helston Town Band.
How their special music is played, and how
other Cornish towns have imitated Helston.
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How Katie`s
song had a rebirth in 1977, in a brilliant arrangement by Derek Broadbent for
the Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band.
How Katie`s music reached No.2 in the Pop Charts - and how Terry Wogan made
his mark on the song.
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 How Nipper the
Dog was painted, and how he became the symbol of HMV - His Master`s Voice,
the
record company that sold record numbers - of
Katie`s record!
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