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Lustleigh
Every May the children of Lustleigh elect a May Queen, who is crowned on a granite throne in the Town Orchard, with maypole dancing and morris dancing. Cecil Torr revived it in 1905.
Wassailing is the winter custom of visiting an orchard to sing to the apple trees, make a noise to drive off evil spirits, and bless them for a good crop.
Tavistock
Wheelhouse Folk Choir are a 45 strong mixed voice a cappella choir directed by Julu Irvine and Heg Brignall of folk duo Suthering.
Jim Causley and Miranda Sykes mark the centenary of Sabine Baring-Gould's death with an album of songs he collected on and around Dartmoor.
Which spot on Dartmoor has also been known as "the Devil's Dome"?
Jim Causley's 2021 double album of 40 Devonshire songs, the final chapter in his trilogy of Devon song albums.
Jim Causley's 2011 collection of lesser-known Devon folk songs, the first in his trilogy of Devonshire song albums.
Jim Causley's first album of exclusively Dartmoor songs, a musical tour of the moor featuring ballads collected by Sabine Baring-Gould, music hall ditties and new compositions.
Devon folk singer and songwriter whose album Songs of Dartmoor is a musical tour of the moor, from ballads collected by Sabine Baring-Gould to modern compositions.
Bill Murray's 2008 collection of traditional Dartmoor songs and music, produced with Wren Music.
