Welcome to a world of music, dance and costume! Earthly Delights
is both the name of a wonderful band and the banner under which
a cluster of related passions are exercised.
As
a band Earthly Delights might be anything from a wandering trio
to a full-on five-piece, and might be caught doing anything from
garden weddings to grand concerts, playing anything from pavans
to tangos and leading anything from a simple 17th century country
dance to a snazzy 19th century couples dance.
As
a banner, Earthly Delights covers everything from tutoring dance,
putting on balls to producing CDs, publishing dance & tune
books, making fine historical costumes and as the Earthly Delights
Historic Dance Academy - the home of the Bordonian Heritage Dancers.
Besides creation and performance, however, Earthly Delights is
also about sharing - and hence our intention to develop this web-site
into as much of a public resource as possible.
This
site has been created by and is maintained by John and Aylwen
Garden. John is the band leader, tune & dance writer, book
& CD producer, and dance researcher and teacher. Aylwen is
the home office manager, event organiser, teaching assistant,
costume maker and computer wiz. They met dancing in 1989 and have
shared a passion for social dance (and each other) ever since.
They have 4 children and a pretty home, studio and cottage garden
in a leafy lakeside suburb of Canberra, the small but beautiful
capital of Australia.
We
hope you enjoy exploring the world of Earthly Delights and have
time to delve into the many corners of this site. It is best to
always go to the main chapter page for an introduction and explanation
before going to the subsiduary pages.
We
hope that you find our offerings of interest and that you can
catch up with us one day - perhaps by coming to one of our up-coming
events, by booking the band for your own event, or by ordering
a CD set, book or a dance dress, or perhaps by simply emailing
us to comment on something here presented. We'd love hear from
you.
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