England
Kent
The Hoodeners (St Nicholas with Sarre Hoodeners) [Website]
Category:
Folk Play-only Group
Home Town:
St Nicholas-at-Wade, Grid Ref.: TR2666, Lat.& Long.: 51.3519, 1.2533
Description:
Hoodening has gone on for over 200 years in East Kent, featuring Hooden Horses (wooden heads on poles with a sack-cloth 'coat'). It is performed in the week before Christmas / Winter Solstice. Songs are an important part; dance not at all.
Established:
1800
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events:
 23-Dec-2008
1. - 19:00
Village Hall, The Length, St. Nicholas at Wade, Kent, CT7 0PW, England
2. - 22:00
Bell Inn, The Street, St. Nicholas at Wade, Kent, CT7 0NT
22-Dec-2008
1. - 20:00
Crown Inn, Sarre, Kent, CT7 0LF, England
2. - 21:00
White Stag, Monkton St, Monkton, Kent, CT12 4JF
20-Dec-2008
1. - 21:00
Bell Inn, The Street, St. Nicholas at Wade, Kent, CT7 0NT, England
2. - 22:00
Gate Inn, Boyden Gate, Marshside, Kent, CT3 4EB
19-Dec-2008
1. - 18:30
Quex Barn, Birchington, Kent, CT7 0BB, England
2. - 21:00
Crown and Sceptre, Acol, Kent, CT7 0JA
16-Dec-2008
1. - 20:30
The Rodney, Garlinge, Kent, CT9 5LR, England
04-Dec-2008
1. - 20:30
Whitstable Folk Club, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 1QP, England
Other past years: 2002 (5), 2003 (4), 2004 (4), 2005 (4), 2009 (4), 2010 (4), 2011 (2), 2013 (6), 2019 (6), 2022 (6)
Media Links:
1. Christmas horseplay in east Kent - Validated link
BBC - Video
[6min 53sec], Hamish Reid, 14-Dec-2009
Contact:
Ben Jones (music@ozaru.net), Phone: 01843 847701 (Work)
Notes:
There have been gaps of several years without any active hoodeners, but the current troupe has been performing regularly in pubs and private houses around Thanet since around 1966.
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