Home performance schedule dances send email Who We Are Red Herring Morris is a mixed morris dance team which was formed in January, 2000 by a merger of Lemon & Capers Morris and Middlesex Morris. Our repertoire consists of Cotswold dances in the style of Duns Tew. We practice on Thursday nights in Belmont, Massachusetts (USA). Ubiquitous paragraph on Morris origins Morris is a seasonal ritual ...

Oxford University Morris Men -The Ancient Men- Welcome to the Oxford home page of O.U.M.M. and the The Ancient Men. NEWS! This year marks the Golden Jubilee of the Ancient Men (the touring arm of OUMM and 1 year their junior), so a repeat of the first tour with TM around Fairford in Gloucestershire is planned.We are fortunate that several of the original 'cast' will be there. Check regularly for ...

St Albans Morris Men An inaugural member club of The Morris Ring. Want to contact us Click here for your friendly contact points. St Albans Morris Men have been dancing in and around St Albans (that's in Hertfordshire, UK) for over 70 years - but we're still as fresh as daisies! If you don't believe that, come and see us at any of the spots in our Summer Programme. You may notice from our ...

The web site for the Palo Alto women's Morris Dance side Mayfield Morris and Sword ...

Winchester Morris Men ...

An english morris dance team based in Duxford UK ...

What is morris dancing, you ask Well, many others have asked the same question, and, lucky for me, many others have answered it, so I don't have to. Briefly, it's a type of English folk dance; less briefly, here are some theories about its origins, here's some more interesting information about morris dancing in general, and Bay Area morris teams in particular, and here's the text from the ...

The Adderbury Morris Men Squire: Tim Laughton Foreman: Steve Priest Fool: Philip Le Mare Bag: Stephen and Verna Wass Back to WASSAIL A Little History Morris Around Banbury The Revival Practices Dates Bookings Adderbury Goes to Latvia! Adderbury Morris's On! The Adderbury Tune Bank Listen to the new arrangement of Cobb's Horse all the way from Texas The Adderbury Log Books The 26th Day of Dance ...

The Broadstone Morrismen do it on Mondays . . . . . . The Broadstone Morrismen, based in Retford in Nottinghamshire, were formed in 1980, and perform dances in the style collected from Cotswold villages. Each year they dance at dawn on 1st May on top of the old Motte & Bailey at Laxton in Nottinghamshire. Beer and breakfast in provided for the large crowd of spectators. During the period from ...

King John's Morris Men, A traditional dance side from Southampton ...

Banchory Morris Men were formed in 1973 [when an immigrant from John o’ Gaunt Morris Men arrived in Banchory and collided with some members of a local dance group who had been trying to do Morris, but had only books to guide them]. This team perform mainly 'Cotswold' style morris but also do some 'Border' and some 'Rapper' (sword) dances and whilst these are established styles and quite well documented, the team also show a number of ‘new’ dances of more recent devising, these ‘reconstructed’ in the light of what little is known of the old Scottish styles [translation: made up in a style that no-one can actually prove to be wrong].

Uptown-on-Calhoun morris dance troupe, Twin cities Morris dance, Minneapolis morris team, St. Paul morris team, mixed side ...

Berkshire Bedlam Morris Home News + Events Meet the Team History Repertoire Bunfights Gallery Welcome to the Home Page of Berkshire Bedlam ! Rated amongst the top 99% of all Morris sides in the country ....... BB's 25th anniversary weekend 12th - 14th July 2002 - great company, great dancing, great atmosphere, great weather, great success !! Full report to follow soon ...... Who are we

Ripley Morris Men Derbyshire, England Summer Programme 2001 Ripley Morris Men were formed in 1924. The side flourished until the early 1950's and was then re-formed in 1981. In July 1991, to celebrate the 10th Anniversary, Morris Men came from all over the country to dance in the Derbyshire Peak District, passing through the streets of Ripley for a massed display on Ripley Market Place. Morris ...

The Bells of the North Men will tell you that Morris dancing has been done, throughout history, primarily by men. However, the discerning individual knows that more experienced doesn't necessarily mean better . Rumor has it that women have been dancing the Morris in droves (and loving it) ever since World War I, when the men in England left their villages, and the Queen encouraged women to ...

Performers of England''s traditional morris dances (''Cotswold''style)in and around Bedfordshire, UK. Contains our programme and pictures of us and other sides.

The story of .. HARWICH MORRIS MEN INDEX - Click on the appropriate section: - The History of Harwich Morris Men - Photos #1 / Photos #2 / Photos #3 / Photos #4 / Photos #5 - The 2001 Season - The 2002 Season - The Summer Weekend at Bradfield - The officers of Harwich Morris Men - Members past and present - Squires of Harwich Morris Men The History of Harwich Morris Men Harwich Morris Men could ...

Eynsham Morris Greetings from Eynsham Morris to all our Surfers! Eynsham Morris in The Square, Eynsham, July 1986 These are the World Wide Web pages of Eynsham Morris. They are being hosted at the Bodleian Library, to whom our thanks are due Read what Cecil Sharp said! The dancers met me, I remember, one dull, wet afternoon in mid-winter, in an ill-lighted upper room of a wayside inn. They came ...

Fenstanton Morris Page still in course of construction FENSTANTON MORRIS DANCERS A mixed dance side formed in 1978 in the Huntingdonshire village of Fenstanton, taking the lion from the squires coat of arms for their mascot. The dances performed are from the Cotswold villages, The current repertoire comprises dances from Sherborne, Ilmington, Kirtlington, Fieldtown, Bampton and Adderbury. They ...

Morris at the extreme - But no ordinary Morris team ...

Traditional English Morris Dancing and mummers play, live performances, details of our 1997 summer programme.

Magog morris dancers, ...

Pokingbrook Morris Dancers is a joint team comprised of separate men's and women's sides under a single Squire. We perform Cotswold dances from Adderbury, Bucknell, and Ducklington (men) and Bampton, Fieldtown, and Lichfield (women) at local fairs, festivals, and pubs in the upper Hudson River Valley and Capital District of New York State, in the USA. Our dancing season runs from late April to ...

Bloxham Morris Back to WASSAIL Bloxham Morris is a team founded in the early nineties by Tim Radford and Verna Wass to provide opportunities for women to dance Cotswold morris in and around Banbury. The style and repertoire was based on dances from Ascot-Under-Wychford but has moved on a long way since the early days. The first dance out was at the Adderbury Day of Dance in April 1992 and the ...

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THAMES VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (TVI) ....doing more with less Thames Valley is a Cotswold Morris team with an administrative center in London, Ontario, Canada, where it was founded in 1981. Since its origins, it has been a single tradition team: we set out with Field Town, but over the years it evolved into what we came to call Thames Valley. This was simply intended as a reflection of the fact ...

Mens Cotswold Morris Dancing Side based in North Norfolk ...

Faithful City Morris For those of you who haven't got images switched on, our kit is a blue tabard with the black pears of Worcester on the front and the black pear tree on the back. Black britches, white shirts and socks and black shoes are de-rigour. We wear black top-hats (if we can get one - try finding a size seven and a half!). Those of us who have reached a certain level of dance can wear ...

The home pages of Jockey Mens' Morris Club of Birmingham, England ...

Stroud Morris Dancers provide quality traditional English folk dance in the Cotswold tradition ...

THE VANCOUVER MORRIS MEN Traditional English ceremonial dance, theatre & song 2211 Portside Court, Vancouver, BC, CANADA V5P 4T9 Tel: +1 604 322-5476 - Fax: +1 604 681-4166 - E-mail: info@vancouvermorrismen.org Squire: Graham Baldwin - Foreman: Innis Pencarrick What is Morris The dances & plays performed by the Vancouver Morris Men Planned upcoming public performances Practice Details List of ...

Helsinki Morris Dancers ...

Hereburgh Morris http://come.to/hereburgh Hereburgh Morris is a mixed Cotswold Morris team from the village of Harbury, Warwickshire, in the heart of England. To find out more, choose from these links: Last updated: 06 Aug 2002 These pages are maintained by Peter McDonald just for fun. Since February 1999, you are visitor number FastCounter by bcentral News and Gossip Some basic information A ...

Gillian's Morris ...

Ha'penny Morris Boston, Massachusetts, USA Squire: Karen Clarke Foreman: Lilo Gallagher Ha'penny Morris (spelled thus so our American audiences have a chance at pronouncing it properly!) is a women's team based in the Boston, Massachusetts, area. A History of Ha'penny Morris, by Jan Elliott. A picture of us. A listing of current and erstwhile members. Since 1981, Ha'penny has organized an ...

London Pride Morris Men The Club Welcome to the London Pride Morris Men's home page. We are a friendly morris club specialising in the Cotswold traditions, and based in central London. We were founded in the 1930 s as part of the London Pride Country Dance club and have been a member club of the Morris Ring since 1937. We dance out mainly at pubs in London, from April through to September, and ...

Morris dancing in Devon, information on Winkleigh Morris & Exeter Morris ...

R since October 2000 About Us - Information about the history and performances of the Dartington Morris Men. News - The latest side newsletter. Bells Tour info. 'For Sale' Items. Scrapbook - Pictures of the Side 'at work', press cuttings and other memorabilia. Guestbook - Leave a message for the Morris Men. Programme - Information on upcoming events. Links - Access to related sites or ...

Peterborough Morris Website ...

Quick return to Site home page Navigation Bar ( Note topic areas are grouped by colour and section pages have corresponding back- ground colours.) Model Railways Weymouth Model Rly Assn. WMRA The webmasters own Hornby Dublo Exhib- ition layout. Layout Wessex Assoc' of Model Rly Clubs WAMRC York Model Rly Show (on Freeserve) York MRS Morris Dancing & Folk music etc. Royal Manor Morris Links Links ...

East Suffolk Morris Men Welcome to the East Suffolk Morris Men................. In the Morris Dance proper, we have a dance of grace and dignity, instinct with emotion gravely restrained in a manner not unsuggestive of its older significance; full of complex co-ordinated rhythms of hand and foot, demanding the perfection of unstrained muscular control. Cecil Sharp (1859-1924) See our events ...

Welcome to the Lassington Oak Morris Men Home Page. Lassington Oak Morris Men mourn the passing of Graham Harris ex-squire and dance foreman of Lassington Oak who passed away on Wednesday, 3rd July 2002 Please Click on any of the links below to navigate the site Graham Harris - In Memoriam History Programme 2002 The 6th Annual Squire's Tour 2001 Lassington Oak Mummers Contact Us News Gallery ...

Last updated 13 Jan 1997 Millstone River Morris--New Jersey's finest Morris team (New Jersey's only morris side )--dances Cotswold Morris, an English folk dance tradition originally from villages in the Cotswold hills of England. We are a mixed (gender) team from picturesque Princeton, New Jersey. A Few Comments flexible and professional - Norfolk (VA) Festevents) best described as 'the polka ...

The Ashdown Forest Morris Men's homepage - everything you never knew that you needed to know about their ancient arts!

The home page of Derby Morrismen, Derby, England ...

Kits Coty Morris - Cotswold Morris dancers from Maidstone ...

Kits Coty Morris - Cotswold Morris dancers from Maidstone ...

Ramsey's Braggerts This fine team of strapping young-ish (as in young, not as in ish) men originally started as an off-shoot of MTM when MTM became too unwieldly to be controlled by any man (and this has changed perhaps ). However, I digress. They have developed a fine, lanky style of Bledington (that's a town in the Cotswold's (in England) for those of you who just tuned in), and dance on a ...

Royal Oak Morris, Eydon, Daventry, Northamptonshire, UK, Homepage for Eydon's Morris Dancers ...

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HuMP, Hurst Morris People, Morris Dancing ...

Cardiff Ladies Morris Homepage CLM - Cardiff Ladies Morris (Wales, UK) - Information Who are we Cardiff Ladies Morris were formed in 1973 and average 8 members with a range of ages. Where do we meet and practice Rookwood hospital gymnasium on Tuesday evenings at 7:45 prompt-ish. Dance out at local hostelries usually the last Tuesday of the month. Kit CLM kit consists of white shirt, black ...

MEN OF HOUSTON - MORRIS DANCERS For more information, contact: Eamonn Mulchrone emulchrone@pdq.net * Scottish Country Dancing and More Constant Billy Men of Houston (MoH) was formed about 17 years ago, to play English folk music & perform morris stick and hanky dances. Instruments include melodian, guitar, fiddle, mandoline, tenor banjo, and bodhran. MoH is looking for recruits! They practice ...

Pennyroyal: Mentha Pulegium, a member of the mint family, Pennyroyal is an herb native to England and other parts of Europe. A variant, American Pennyroyal, Hedeoma Pulegioides, is native to California. Morris Dance: The name given to a family of rigorous traditional English dances that are accented with the ringing of bells, clashing of sticks, and waving of large white handkerchiefs. Click ...

The Westerly Morris Men were organized by Peter Leibert in 1974. The traditon that we dance is primarily Cotswold. We dance Bampton, Adderbury, Bledingtion, Litchfield, Fieldtown, and Headington. The Westerly Morris Men practice almost every Tuesday night at 7:30, in the community room over McQuades Supermarket, on Main street, Westerly, Rhode Island. EVENTS THE WESTERLY MORRIS MEN ON TOP OF ...

This is the home page of Golden Star Morris Dancers, from the Fine City of Norwich ...

UK, Hertfordshire, Aldbury Morris Men, Cotswold Morris Dancers ...

Full Moon Morris - the web home of this South Wales based morris dancing side, includes diary of events, and various information including pictures ...

Click here WELCOME TO OUR WEBSITE If you've just been browsing the net and hit this site by accident we hope that when you leave you'll at least have found out a little more about Morris dancing in general - and Taunton Deane Morris Men in particular. However if you were actually looking for our site (wow!), maybe with a view of taking up Morris dancing as a hobby, we hope you find it ...

Morris Dancing in the Island of Jersey. We dance Cotswold, with some Welsh Border, Litchfield and Sword.

Grand Union Morris is a male Cotswold Morris team based in at the Memorial Hall, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England. GUM were formed as the result of a local government adult education class in 1976 so we celebrated our Silver Jubilee last year. The event was last March, we had a hugely succesful reunion and many of the current and old members of the team got drunk in unison. Photos are here under ...

The Mersey Morris Men originated in 1960 from the merger of the Liverpool Men (founded 1936) and the Wirral Men (1953). They dance Cotswold Morris from the villages of Bampton, Leafield, Bucknell, Adderbury, Bledington, and many more. These dances were traditionally danced exclusively by men to promote the fertility of nature. Their costume consists of white shirts and black breeches with ...

Whitchurch Morris Men ...

Home page of Bourne River Morris Men ...

The home page for The Pilgrim Morris Dancers of Guildford.

Stafford Morris Men home page ...

Bangor were my first team, and it was they that put me on the road to Morris. Bastards! Snowdon 1979 In the Summer of 1976, I was shopping one Saturday in Bangor, and was passing the King's Arms pub (or was it the Queen's Arms ). The doors flew open and a crowd of Morris Men fell out. Literally. The front two fell to the floor, and the rest just fell over them. They were obviously too pissed to ...

Headcorn Morris is a joint Men's and Women's dance team, performing traditional and innovative English Folk Dance. We are based in Headcorn, Kent, England.

Merrydale Morris Merrydale Morris is a mixed Cotswold morris side. We are a group of men and women that get together to do Morris Dancing. We come from Wolverhampton, England. The side's name comes from Merridale, an area in Wolverhampton not far from where we practice. We meet on Thursday nights at 8pm. Between September and May we practice at Bradmore Comunity Centre. In June and July we dance ...

Morris dancers from Saffron Walden in Essex. We do a variety of dances, some chosen from the traditional repertoire and some invented, all done in our own unique way.

Welcome to the Offley Morris men Web Site, On it is information about the tradition of Morris dancing and who you can contact if you are interested. About Offley Morris Men When we are dancing in summer at fetes and pubs we are often asked questions about Morris Dancing such as: What is Morris Dancing How did it start Where does it come from Why are we called The Offley Morris Men and of ...

Oxford City Morris Men Who Are We and What Do We Do Programme of Events - We dance on most Wednesday evenings from May to July, as well as at fetes, festivals and other events all year round. May Morning - Oxford is famous for its May celebrations. It's not an organized event, just a very strong tradition. How To Book OCMM - Fetes, conferences, weddings ... Practices - If you want to see what ...

Wantsum Morris Men Tours Sat May 1st 1999 12:00 am Hever Castle 7:00 pm The Prince of Wales at Maypole 8:00 pm The Canterbury Tales in Canterbury Sun 2 May Penshurst Place Sat 22 May Boulogne Sat 5 June Rhiems Sun 4 July Canterbury Tales Pub, Canterbury (Beer Festival) Friday 13! August Broadstairs Folk Week Sat 4 September Canterbury Hop Hoodening (with East Kent MM Sat 11 September Penshurst ...