Our History
The Redheughers were established in 1984, growing out of workshops in traditional dance and the associated music held in the Redheugh Library in Gateshead. This proved so popular it has been running ever since. We are proud to have been one influence in the early development of Folkworks, the folk music development agency for the north of England. Folkworks in turn is one of the founding partners of The Sage Gateshead.
| 1987 Winners of "The Committee's Cup" in the open Country Dance Band class at the Morpeth Gathering. |
1998 Winners of "The Committee's Cup" in the open Country Dance Band class at the Morpeth Gathering. Later in the year, also winners at the Rothbury Traditional Music festival and the Alnwick Northumbrian Gathering. The picture is of our regular ceilidh following the third of these wins. |  |
2001 Awarded a national lottery grant to cover an intensive rehearsal weekend, the making of a CD and dance booklet for educational use in north-eastern England and the commissioning of two new dance tunes ("Weekend in Stanhope" and "The Redheughers"). |  |
2007 Winners of "The Committee's Cup" in the open Country Dance Band class at the Morpeth Gathering. |
2008 Second place in the open Country Dance Band class at the Morpeth Gathering. |