Peter Cole Barn Dance and Ceilidh Caller
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Peter started folk dancing in the mid 1970s. He joined his first morris team in 1977 and, in 1979, was one of the founder members of the revived Lichfield Morris Men, of which he has been squire and is currently foreman. He is also a member of Armitage Mummers. He has performed with these and other teams all over the country, at

festivals including Dancing England, York Festival of Traditional Dance and in Denmark.

He has danced several times on BBC and ITV television, on a pop video and on the radio. He also once appeared in a car programme on the “Men and Motors” channel (don’t ask!).

Peter joined his first folk dance band in 1981, playing bass guitar. He has also had a couple of forays into rock bands and a pantomime! He started calling dances in the mid 1980s. He has been in a number of folk bands and since 1991 has been a member of a band called Jiggery Polkary, with whom he plays bass guitar and is caller. In April 2000, he took part in the “Nine Daies Morris”, the 400^th

anniversary of William Kemp’s dance from London to Norwich, dancing 132 miles in eight days!

Peter works as a quantity surveyor, specialising in health buildings.

Apart from being a caller and the band, his interests include Wagner, English music and anything with an engine! He also plays guitar and tibl (honestly!).

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