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York 23rd - 26th May 2008

How you can be a part of it

With 52 teams now confirmed at the Festival we have reluctantly had to take the decision to close the Sword Spectacular to new teams.

However, we still have a very limited number of individual tickets available for those who book in advance. We can also accept a small number of additional bookings from members of participating teams.

To join in, please see the form on the media page.

We are also interested in hearing from school groups who might be interesting in taking part, either in specially-organised schools events in York on the Friday daytime, 23 May - see below - or over the weekend.

You can also learn the Haxby Longsword Dance in a free workshop at Haxby Village Hall at 2.3pm on Monday 26 May. Open to all, including beginners, just turn up!

Activities for schools

The York area once had a thriving tradition of longsword dancing, so it is fitting that the Sword Spectacular festival will be carrying out a limited number of performances at local schools. On Friday 23 May.

Clownfish Rapper from the USA and Sallyport Swords from Newcastle will be performing at these and there is also an opportunity for a small number of UK groups to come early to the Sword Spectacular and join in with these. It's a fun way to open the festival and bring the experience of sword dancing to life for many young people.

If you would like to know more about how to be a part of this, contact us

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