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Our first event in 2007 was a living history recreation at Plas Mawr in Conwy over the early May bank holiday. This was followed on the late May bank holiday by a very successful Henrician dance event with extensive living history participation at Eltham Palace. In early July, we performed music and dance from the early Jacobean period at the National Trust property at Dudmaston. A week later we performed at Conquest 2007, a multi-period reenactment event at Shugborough Hall, and a week after that an early Jacobean living history at Tretower Court.
Music at these events was provided by Passamezzo Members of the group also participated in a civil war period reenactment at Arreton Manor in the Isle of Wight, and at a Tudor event at the Vyne, a National Trust property in Hampshire organised by Hungerford Household.

Events are performed under our stage name  -  Renaissance Footnotes.

We gave our first public performance in 1992 and since then have performed on our own, and in association with other groups at the Albert Hall, Hampton Court Palace, the Great Hall Winchester, the Commandery Worcester, the Painted Hall Greenwich, the Weald and Downland Museum of Buildings, Dinan (Brittany), Tourcoing (Alsace), Arreton Manor (IOW), and a number of English Heritage, National Trust and CADW sites across the country

We perform in good quality reproduction period clothes and footwear, either all of a single period, or showing a variety of styles illustrating the changing fashions between 1450 and 1650. We are able to supply our own musicians for a performance if required, who use reproduction period instruments, and who also have period costume. In addition to the performance dances, we know a number of simple audience participation dances which we are able to teach.

The members of the group have between them a wealth of experience in historical interpretation, both in events for schools, and in events open to the general public. So in addition to performing the dances we are able to discuss the social background to the dances, the basis of their reconstruction, our clothes etc., with the audiences.

We also have extensive contacts, and would be happy to assist in the staging of domestic living history events. The exact roles that we can cover depends on who is available, the group includes people able to cover the following roles: Household steward, cook, laundry woman, seamstress, lace maker, huntsman, gentleman, secretary, gentry lady, musician, still room woman, astrologer, physician and dancing master. Many of the group have been trained in historical interpretation for work at Hampton Court and almost everyone in the group has participated in the annual Kentwell tudor recreation.

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To find out more about us or book us then please contact Robert Huggett Comments on this web page should be sent to the Basingstoke Early Dance webmaster This page last updated on February 11, 2008.