Douglas Kennedy danced in Cecil Sharp’s morris demonstration team before the First World War, and he was its youngest member. After Sharp died he took over as Director of the English Folk Dance Society, and he led it through the 1932 merger with the Folk Song Society until he retired in 1961. He was also Squire of the Morris Ring.
Douglas Kennedy
Director of the English Folk Dance and Song Society
- Born
- 11 May 1893, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Died
- 7 January 1988
Further reading: Cecil Sharp's People