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Newsletter
Autumn 2002
Morris Federation Useful Contact Details
Notation Officer
Rhiannon Owen
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President
John Bacon
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HASSOCKS
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Nicola Bouault
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Derbyshire.
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Rachel Pinkney
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CONTENTS
Useful Contacts
President's Prologue
Committee News
Team Talk- Black Dog
Workshops
Letters to Editor
Team Talk- Sarum
Comparison of Festivals
Competition Time
Team Talk- Hook Eagle
From the Archives
Stepback Project
Team Talk- Crook
Help!
Visiting Foreman Scheme
Dancer's Diary
Team Talk- Wreckers
Donation to Archives
Team Talk- Fox Trot
Shop
Well, its been a hectic but
really enjoyable summer of
dancing. I've mainly been
dancing around the northern
end of the country ... having
been to Holmfirth and Whitby
festivals and a weekend of
dance based around
Newcastle.
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Enclosures:
MF Shop Mail Order Form
Performance Tutor Volunteer
May Day Celebration Register
In my eyes nothing can beat
a good festival and Whitby
has to be one of the best. I
went with my rapper team
and we received such a
warm welcome, with plenty
of encouragement from the
crowds and other teams.
There are always loads of
workshops to choose from
too. I went to the 'Instep'
step-clogging all week and
am truly inspired to buy
some new clogs! I've come
away with my bit of lucky
heather and will definitely be
returning in the future ...
This edition of the
newsletter is packed with
accounts of weekends away and
dance events (Some of these
are entitled 'Team Talk') .
Thanks to all those people that
answered my last minute email
plea for articles! The newsletter
is much more interesting when
YOU the readers contribute
YOUR news!
Once again Adrian has sent in
some interesting Archive
information ... ! especially like the
photographs from the Cecil
Sharp book that was so
generously donated.
Two workshops during the
Autumn to get your teeth
into ... with several more planned
for the Spring (look out for those
on the website or in the next
newsletter).
If you haven't already booked for
the AGM weekend ..... why
not???! If you're going, see you
there .. .
Nicola
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Next Issue
Winter 2002 (copy date 1st Nov. 2002)
Front Cover Photograph Maenads at Wimbome, 2002 by Oliver Durey
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
To all Secretaries, Squires, Bag people, etc.
NEWSLETTER
One of the common complaints we get from the average Morris dancer in the street is that they know
nothing about the Federation and what it is doing. Some don't even know if their side belongs. This
usually turns out to be because the person in their side who receives the MF information (ie . YOU!) doesn't
pass any of it on. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE don't be guilty of this . DON'T KEEP THE INFORMATION
TO YOURSELF! Pass it round at practice, make a rota for who has the newsletter next. ...
MEMBERS' MANUAL
All members of the MF should have a copy of the Members' Manual. This conains a lot of material that
members may need to refer to from time to time. If you have misplaced the free copy sent to you when you
joined, a replacement (or additional copies) can be purchased from the MF Secretary at the cost of £4.00
(inc.p&p) each. Please make cheques payable to 'The Morris Federation'.
ADVERTISING
The MF will distribute enclosures with the Newsletter, or other circulars, and items of advertising relevant to
commercial products. A fee is charged to the advertiser for this service. However, this should not be taken
to mean that The Morris Federation necessarily endorses the product. Enquiries concerning any form of
advertising through the MF should be addressed to the Newsletter Editor.
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Annual General Meeting - September 2002
The 2002 AGM weekend is rapidly
approaching -- and if you have not booked yet
-- you may be too late! It promises to be a
superb event so please get the registration
forms completed and sent off.
The Performing Rights Society
In the last Newsletter we published some
comments on the Performing Rights Society
and what it all meant. Negotiations with the
organisation have now been completed and I
am pleased to say that the three Morris
organisations are now PRS licensed. This
means that we can perform dances to nontraditional tunes. This is especially important
at venues where the venue owner has no
licence for whatever reason or when we are
performing in the street where the owner
cannot be determined. We should in theory
present a list to the PRS, after each
performance details of the tunes that have been
played. This becomes even more important to
the team and the Morris Federation as an
organisation if a team member composed a
tune played that he or she has registered the
tune with the PRS. The negotiations with the
PRS have taken some seven months to
complete and during this period we reduced
the tariff from about £1.00 per team to
approximate! y 16 pence per team on the basis
that very few Morris teams play nontraditional music.
We also need a host for the 2003 AGM, so any
team that would like to organise this very
prestigious event please contact Fee, our
secretary in the first instance.
I looked forward to seeing you all at the AGM
in September.
John Bacon- President
PS - Side representatives, please ensure that
everyone has the opportunity to read the
Newsletter. We need feed-back, participation, .
and support, from everybody to ensure that the
Newsletter reflects the views of the majority of
the membership.
Insurance funds
In the Spring Newsletter I talked about the cost
of our Public Liability insurance and asked for
suggestions as to how the Morris Federation
could utilise the surplus funds from the lower
premium that we now have to pay to the Royal
and SunAlliance insurance company. Your
committee really do feel that you as Members
should benefit from the saving and rather than
just reduce the subscriptions, propose
something worthwhile. You will recall that we
suggested promoting a young Morris side,
purchasing a video camera for workshops or
improving the quality of the Newsletter. So
far we have not received any ideas from you,
the Members -- but we have made a start on
improving the Newsletter. So please, can you
let us have some suggestions as soon as
possible.
This could be really quite short. I
always feel busy and then wonder
what I have done. Apart from trying
to get the Morris Performance
Visiting Tutor Scheme going (see page 18 ed.) and writing other items for this edition of
the Newsletter (see pages 11, 13, 17 and 21! ed. ), I appear to have done nothing. I do not
believe it, but there it is. No doubt, I shall
manage to say something at the AGM & will
write something else for the next Newsletter.
With luck, I'll also have done something!
Adrian Williams- Archive Officer
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Standon Green North West Junior Side
Our junior side danced a 'spot' at the
Children's Festival held at Hatfield House. It
was a gratifying experience
to see so many schools
performing country dance,
with no less than ten
maypoles!
The Morris Futures Project
This is still moving forward and a Job
Description is being prepared for the post of
Dance Development Officers, to be employed
by EFDSS. We hope to publish this in the
next Newsletter. Sally Wearing, on behalf of
the three Morris organisations is sitting on the
EFDSS Education Steering Group and will be
looking after all our interests in this project.
You will note from the AGM agenda that there
is to be a discussion on the Morris Futures
Project and any ideas and thoughts on the
subject will be extremely useful and welcome.
It set me wondering why
were we the only ones, along
with a long sword team, to
perform the 'Morris'.
It seems a shame 'Morris' is not encouraged
more in schools. I know part of the answer is
'not enough time in the curriculum'. How
about after school clubs? If anyone has
anymore to say about this please write to the
newsletter editor. Thanks.
(The Morris Futures Project is a joint venture
between the three Morris organisations and the
EFDSS to directed at improving the image of
Morris).
John Bacon -President
Rachel Pinkney - Treasurer
Morris Federation Gathering
As an organisation, the Morris Federation
meets officially just once a year, at the AGM
weekend. What about considering further
weekend/days of dance, that is an additional
Morris Federation event that does not have the
title of AGM, perhaps in a different part of the
country to the AGM?
GUIDE FOR CONTRIBUTORS
Can you please come up with ideas. It has
been suggested that a festival might be a
suitable event since this is partly organised
already, but even so there needs to be a side
that is willing to act as the host and seek the
agreement of the festival organisers - and of
course organise something. Any volunteers
please - with ideas. It may be possible for the
Morris Federation to sponsor a team for this
event.
Contributions on disk, email or hard-copy are welcome.
Headings in BOLD. No indents or tabs. 2 SPACES after a full-stop.
Please contribute in TIMES ROMAN 12.
'MORRIS' and MORRIS STYLES with a capital letter.
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house-style onto your text, rather than having to undo your style
first!
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Please let us know as soon as possible please.
John Bacon- President
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"Team Talk"
Black Dog Molly Meet Conway Morris
Black Dog Molly from Stoke-on-Trent danced
at Conway Morris Festival for the first time in
mid June.
extended lunch we watched England beat
Denmark in the World Cup (priorities you
chaps!!) Following this a Morris welcome was
given as the Queen's Jubilee Baton passed
through Conway town.
We arrived on Friday night after travelling
through the most horrendous weather- rain
like stair rods, where was Noah and his ark
and a few pairs of wellies? We arrived at the
festival campsite situated among stunning
views of the North Wales coast and watched
the sun set in a cloudless sky!!
We had enough energy left to dance the night
away at a ceilidh with Random "Electric
Ceilidh-Music with Guts" .
Sunday morning, not too worse for wear, we
danced at Conway quay and West Shore. The
Mayor and Mayoress of Conway joined us
again , they'd had such a good time, they kept
coming back for more!
Anna, from Conway Morris had assured us
they had never had rain on one of their
weekends yet!
We danced with
a small but elite
group of quality
Morris sides in
the town of
Conway and the
sea shore of
Llandudno.
All in all the weekend was
excellent - good weather,
great food , new friends ,
wonderful scenery, 5 star
toilets on the camp site
(we've never seen
anything like it before!! )
and oh yes the dancing
was pretty good too!!
We were
excellently fed
and watered by
Conway Morris
all weekend! During an
Thanks Conway Morris
P.S. Can we have an
invite for next year now?
(photo by Les Brown of Argameles)
May Day!
A li ttle while ago I received a teleph one call from the BBC asking wheth er there was an events diary
fo r Mo rris events hap pening o n the 1 May -- I had to advise th em that to my knowledge this did not
exist. Yo u may recall that Janet Dow ling attemp ted to put together a May D ay Events D iary a few
years ago but fo r various reaso ns the diary an d register d id not become a reality.
W ith mo re and more emph asis on M orris promotion, and imp rovement of Morris image I think it
wo uld be great and very app ro priate to resurrect this again and to publish this on the three Morris
organisation web sites and even get it b roadcast through the BB C web site (still to be negotiated !!).
Ca n yo u all please consider this and complete the form , which is co ntained in the Newsletter and
returned to Fee as soon as possible please -- no later than the I Decem ber 2002.
John Bacon - President
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WORKSHOPS- AUTUMN 2002
Cotswold Workshop
Saturday 5th October 2002
Run by Stroud Morris, hosted by Cardiff Ladies' Morris- Radyr, Cardiff.
This workshop is the one that was postponed from last November! Not
only has the date changed, but so has the location.
Stroud Morris Ladies will be concentrating not only on dance, but also
on style and writing dances.
"Stroud Morris Men were formed 24 years ago in 1978, and were joined rapidly by
Stroud Morris Ladies to make up the present joint team. We have always been very
interested in keeping a high quality of dance, but while enjoying ourselves - and giving
enjoyment (we hope) to our audiences. Stroud Ladies were the first women's Cotswold
side to be invited to dance in the arena at Sidmouth International Folk Festival , where
they again performed in 2002 as part of the Grandson of Morris On show. This show
featured music and dances from the album of the same name on which we were
selected by Ashley Hutchings to perform ."- www.stroudmorris.org.uk
Rapper Workshop
Saturday 26th October 2002
Run by High Spen Blue Diamonds Traditional Rapper Sword
Dancers, hosted by Ryknild Rabble- Brook House, Burton-on-Trent.
High Spen will be teaching the 'High Spen First Dance'. If you have any
swords please bring them, along with su itable footwear (preferably hardsoled shoes, but no taps).
There is overnight accommodation available in the form of 'indoor camping' at the
house on the Friday night, at a small extra cost (for breakfast!). Hot lunch and a barrel
of beer wi ll be provided (a small charge for the beer of course!) to help keep you
refreshed during the workshop.
'The Blue Diamonds were formed in the Durham pit village of High Spen in 1926 by
Fred Forster. When formed , all of the dancers were young boys, and one of them was
Fred's own son of the same name. He grew up and led the team until his death in 1986
when his son Frederick (Ricky) took over leadership. Ricky's two brothers , Joe and
Col in are also active members of the team as are his two sons Gary and Gordon along
with Joe's son Lee.
This family team is now supplemented by other dancers and musicians living in the
Newcastle Area. The High Spen Tradition now consists of some 40 different figures
(developed by the team) wh ich have been grouped to form four different dances
including the new High Spen 'Express'." - www.highspen.org.uk
For either of these workshops please contact the Events Officer
for more details and booking forms.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor
The Rolf Gardiner letter in the Summer 2002 issue was f ascinating ,
e spec ially for me as I li v ed at Charney Bassett which RG mentions
in the second to l ast paragr aph.
I think that 'Haywood Smit h ' in the second paragraph should read
'Wayland Smith' . The Way land Smith or Smith is the barrow near
Uffington Castle , so called becaus e of t he legend t hat horses left
there at night would be reshod by the smith . I thi nk that it
features
in a Walter Scott novel , 'Kenilworth ' possib ly?
Is the Ursula to whom the letter is addressed Urs ula Vaughan
Williams?
Sarah Crofts
MOLLY GETS MARRIED ON BIKE!!
Black Dog Molly dancer and lady biker, Lynn
Palmer shunned convention and arrived on a
Harley Davidson, in full leathers, complete with
white veil , to wed Rob Biddulph at Leek
Registry Office!!
Just in case the bride-to-be and the cavalcade
of bikes hadn't attracted anyone's attention (as
if!) Black Dog Molly, based in Stoke-on-Trent
were there to form a guard of honour, through
which the newly weds had to pass! Then of
course, bride Lynn, was presented with a Big
Stick and had to have her first dance with us as
a married lady ("She's no lady, she's my wife"
said Rob!)
Needless to say it was a wedding to be
remembered by aii.The Registrar, unfazed by
the unusual wedding she has seen, dared to
ask if we were always so vicious with the big
sticks? "Oh we are - and they love us for it,"
replied all the female dancers!!
(photo by Paul Pickard)
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"Team Talk"
Sarum Morris 201h Birthday Celebrations
Monday 19th August 2002 was
the 20th Anniversary of the first
public performance of Sarum
Morris back in 1982. To celebrate
the event, Sarum Morris returned
to the same location of this
historic event- the Black Horse,
West Tytherley on the
Hampshire/Wiltshire border, and
we invited 2 other local sides to
join us for the evening of dance
and music.
The Sarum Morris 20th Anniversary Ceilidh
Saturday 16th November 2002
at the Michael Herbert Hall, Wilton, Nr. Salisbury, Wilts.
dancing to the superb band
BEDLAM.
The evening started just after
8pm with the 2002 version of
Sarum Morris performing a
dance in the tradition of Bampton. The
written by Pete Sibley and the dance
foreman and also one of the original
dance is called Pacing the Steam.
Starts at Bpm.
Licensed BAR available.
Tickets £6.50.
Contact Graham Read, Sorum Morris Bagman, on
01722-710796 or [email protected]
www.sarummorris.org.uk
music for this dance was
itself developed by our present
members of Sarum Morris, Katrina Ellis. The
Katrina was not alone as one of that group of dancers that first performed in 1982 who is
still with the side and there were also a number of others who are longer dancing with us,
that returned for the evening. In all, over 20
members of Sarum Morris, both old and new,
appeared for the evening.
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Also dancing with Sarum Morris that evening were
Wickham Morris and also Red Stags from
Southampton. Many thanks to both sides for coming
along. There was also representation from
Boghoppers and Brushbeaters from Christchurch.
After 'cutting the cake', we all ajourned to the bar for
an extremely good music session.
We at Sarum Morris look forward to the next 20
years.
Happy capering! .
Chris Cox
Sarum Morris
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her 4x4! Hopefully the tyre tracks were better
received that the stuck vans and cars would have
been to the school. A real shame the weather but
good memories. We are hoping to return next year.
Comparison of 3 Summer
Festivals by Maenads
Maenads (a.k.a. The Wild Women of Kent) always
ready for a sociable time, danced at three festivals
this summer. Armed with their latest acquisition a
very impressive party tent, they were to be seen at
Wimborne, Ely and Broadstairs.
ELY: This is an old favourite of ours an4 we were
delighted to see it back after a break last year Maenads love the fact that the campsite
encompasses virtually everything- craft stalls,
band and ceilidh marquees, fantastic food and
drink stalls, (yummy mushroom stroganoff and a
good selection of real ale) -It means that you can
party along and still not miss out. Some really
good bands this year too- old favomites like the
Old Rope String Band as well as some good new
sounds. The festival is not too large but as they
say, perfectly formed- makes it very unique!
WIMBORNE: It has been quite a while since
Maenads were last at Wimborne - that time began
with thunder and lightening and the inclement
weather continued for the whole week-end. This
time however was initially very different and on
the Saturday the weather was warm and sunny.
Dancing went really well. There are some lovely
areas set aside for dancing, friendly sides to dance
with and not too
much walking
between each
stand. Very
appreciative
audiences appeared
at each site too and
we are sure that not
all of them had
been "paid" by the
organizers to be
there. We had a brilliant day which culminated in
a large but very well organized procession with
lots of people cheering the many sides on and lots
of very friendly faces watching. We are real party
The campsite returned to the Rugby club. Thi s is a
very spacious site loads of room for party
animals like us and families alike. We asked
for the noisy corner with our pals the
Witchmen from Kettering and nobody
seemed to object to our revels in fact we had
some gatecrashers! Ely saw the launch of the
Nadwitch Cup; (MaeNads-v- Witchrnen) a
'campsite quiz' now to be an annual event
between our two sides. This year the
Witcbmen won but we think they cheated;
not only did they set the questions but they
got our Dutch squire to write down our answers next year we set the questions and they will be in
Flemish!
animals and the friendly relaxed atmosphere at
Wimborne really appealed to us. Some of us felt
that the total ban on alcohol outside the public
houses was a bit harsh as it is not always possible
for thirsty dancers and musicians to have time to
stand inside pubs for a drink .. .in spite
of the obvious appeal the show needs
to go on!
Ely is a beautiful city and there are lovely sites for
dancing_ the Maltings was back on the agenda and
this is now a really attractive and well placed site
for a stand. Outside the Cathedral is always the
highlight with everyone doing a tum. In between
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dawn came totally ghastly weather; so
bad in fact that we had to abandon
dancing which was a big
disappointment.
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was very good, lovely level ground and
plenty of space. Even so the amount of
rain on the Sunday soon turned it into
a quagmire and Paula one of our
wonderful musicians was the busiest
person around, towing people out with
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dance stands we were lucky enough to see Iron
Men and Severn Guilders, Gog Magog, our old
friends Devils Dyke and some really amazing
Scots drummers with proper kilts; with half a
chance some of our girlies would have prevented
this lot from ever going back North of the border!
There is a fair bit of walking between stands and
between the campsite and the town, but buses are
laid on and with a little ingenuity you can park in
the town itself. We had a great time and shall
return, 100% recommended.
IDENTIFY THE TEAM!
This team was spotted and photographed by
Malcolm Smale of Brighton Morris Men.
There will be a modest prize for the first
person to identify them correctly. Replies to
Adrian (Archive Officer), please.
BROADSTAIRS: This is a well established, local
festival to us being just down the road from our
base in Lenham, Kent. We have been going now
for quite a few years and find the seaside
atmosphere great fun. There are plenty of good, if
possibly a bit crowded, dance stands and although
in the past the dance schedule has been fairly
hectic, this year they really got it right - plenty of
time for dancing but also for relaxing, just what
you need after a busy summer season.
The highlight of Broadstairs for Maenads, has got
to be the torchlight procession - a fantastic event
with all dance sides and acts participating and
friends and partners carrying torches - this is well
organised with friendly enthusiastic crowds lining
the route.
There is a good family atmosphere at Broadstairs
with lots to do for children. For us as
Bacchanalian revellers however this could be seen
as a bit of a problem. We did ask for a comer of
the campsite where we could boogie in our party
tent to the wee small hours on the first night but
were very conscious that the campsite quietened
down early evening.
We love Broadstairs and have suggested to the
organisers the possibility that, like at Sidmouth
and other larger festivals, the two very adequate
and well situated campsite fields be specified as
performer and family sites. A large group of
Morris dancers is going to be off putting to
families with small children but also vice versa.
Maenads like to be an asset to any festival they go
to and as performers want to feel welcome rather
than be seen as a problem.
Despite this minor drawback we met up with lots
of good Morris friends, the boys from Motley were
in fine fettle, Offcundums are always worth
seeing, Fabulous Fez Heads with their very own
brand of humour and Royal Liberty being Royal
Liberty and long may they be so. This is a
growing festival that is well worth a visit.
Trisha Payne, Secretary- www.maenads.co.uk
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"Team Talk"
Hook Eagle Morris Men
Hook Eagle Morris Men have been around
now for 11 years and rightly claim to be
Hampshire's Oldest Men's Border Side
(true claim on two counts 1. We have
some of the oldest men in Hampshire
dancing with us and 2. there are no other
men only border sides in Hampshire!). In
common with most sides we need new
recruits so any publicity would be good.
We mostly dance our own stuff to
traditional , self penned and Caribbean
style tunes and generally have a great
time. We have great connections with the
USA and will be dancing in West Virginia
for the second time on May Day 2003.
Just us and the turkey vultures (oh and
Shepherdstown NW Morris our hosts!).
Find us on www.hookeaqle.org.uk
John Ellis (Bagman)
email.john @ellismail.net phone: 01252 642444
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Save May Day Protests
There were two protests in Westminster in 1993 with particular interest to the Morris world. They took place because
John Major's Government was contemplating abolishing the May Day Bank Holiday and moving it to, for example,
Trafalgar Day, in October. There was a lobby of Parliament on 30 April when many dancers and musicians went into
the lobby and asked to see their MP s. A petition was handed in to 10 Downing Street on 23 October, with Keith Leech
and Sally Wearing (then MF President) among those allowed to the door.
One of the events made it onto BBC's Have I Got News For You? And the transcript is recorded on
www.hig,~fy.net/transcripts11 .htm . I reproduce it here, if for no other reason than to remind ourselves that we are
so meti mes the butt of others' humour.
The pane l was Ian Hislop (who quite likes
Morris apparently), Paul Merton, Baz
Bamigboye and Caroline Quentin. It was
Episode 4 of Series 5, broadcast on 7th May
1993.
PICTURED: Film footage of Morris dancers,
motorway traffic jams and men clad in leaves.
P: Oh, this is the new lnterjlora Dial-A-Prat
service.
B: This is a traffic jam. Ah, someone I know!
1: Oh, it 's Richard Branson!
B: Jolly green giant!
P: That's what happens if you eat all your
spinach!
B: This is to do with the Government's attempt
to try to stop May Day. The Government wants
to bring in Trafalgar Day in October. That, of
course, will upset our European partners.
1: What - because they got stuffed?
B: Yes. Something like that, yes!
A: Have you ever workedfor the diplomatic
serv1.ce.?
B: I think you could be right!
A: It's the argument about whether or not to
keep the May Day Bank Holiday. Those in favour say it's crucial because it's the day when Morris dancing traditionally
takes place. Those against say it should be abolished, for exactly the same reason. The protest marchers, many of
whom were Morris dancers, descended on the Houses of Parliament. Historically, Morris dancers have apparently
been regarded as fertility symbols, and presumably there's nothing more fertile than someone who hasn't had it for
weeks because he's wearing a top hat and breeches.
Among the revellers were Mad Jack's Dancers, the Hampshire Garland, and the so-called Loose Women of Maids tone.
Once they turned up there was no trouble getting "the MPs' attention.
The October protest received Little cov~rage in the media as ten people were killed on the same day when a bomb being
planted by the IRA exploded prematurely as it was being planted in a fish shop on the Shank.ill Road, Belfast. One does
need to keep Morris in perspective at times.
Anyway, the protests worked. The May Day Monday is still a holiday and long may it continue. We do
need to keep up the pressure on Government over the matter of two in a bar. Let this be an example. The
photos were commissioned by the MF. I believe that the photographer was Ray Little.
Adrian Williams
(Pictures include Lizzy Dripping dancing in Trafalgar Square, the petition being delivered to No 10 in a party led by
Sally & Keith, supporters outside No 10 (who else could brandish a stick there?), and dancers on Big Ben comer).
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University Dance Students
Meet Cotswold Morris
•
In January 2002 the Stepback Project took
Cotswold Morris to first year dance students at
University College Chichester. The idea was
fairly straightforward - spend 2 1/2 hours
teaching some basic material from the
Fieldtown tradition
(plus
Carolyn
O'Mahoney taught
a little English clog
for balance) to the
full class of 38
students,
·then
spend 3 hours more with a group of 10
volunteers who would write a piece of their
own using elements from the tradition. This
was followed by a showcase performance in
the evening with a demonstration from the
Step back Morris Dancers and the students'
own piece with the rest of the students and
some staff as audience.
To write something of their own we specified
that students should draw one or two concepts
from the workshop and use that to inform
something entirely of their own creation.
Elsewhere when traditional dance is used by
professional dancers it often becomes a
pastiche as they try to capture 'the essence'
without leaving their own formulas
exemplified perhaps by the gratuitous
deployment of Milk Maids.
Our students chose to use figure work and the
strong physical dynamic. Plus of course the
sticks - they saw great potential in a stick. For
movement 6 dancers took a hey, then
collapsed it down till they rolled through the
shape touching continuously, and then added
arm movements so as to claw their way past
each other in a tight figure. Four more dancers
used the thrust to take the attention from the
first group by taking over the stage in a single
bar of music and then laying down their own
sticking sequence - the sticking they invented
would have felt quite comfortable for most
Morris teams.
We set out to be challenging- to challenge the
students preconceptions of Morris, to
challenge them physically and mentally, and to
challenge ourselves by performing in front of
an audience that would be knowledgeable and
critical of the dance underlying the ritual.
Learning the vocabulary of a new dance form
is always difficult - it's not just movements
that are new, but a whole set of rules:
•
•
Strong cooperation and awareness of
other dancers and the ability to time a
specific movement to a single beat is
something
rarely
seen
outside
traditional dance.
The purpose here was not to create 38 new
Morris dancers, or really even one, the real
purpose was to show students and staff alike
that traditional dance is still an important and
original source of untapped inspiration that can
inform what they do for the rest of their
careers. English
traditional
dance is
marginalized within higher education - it is not
possible to do a degree that majors in
traditional dance at any University in England,
and at present no dance module within a
degree course specialises in English dance.
Students only encounter it, if at all, through
cultural diversities modules, so most dance
students in England graduate knowing little or
nothing of their own traditions.
The timing and rhythm of movements
and interaction with a live musician
(much of contemporary dance works to
a canned sound track) was new to
many of them, and having the music
follow the dancer and complement
their movement was something few of
them would have experienced before.
The strong rapid acceleration and
deceleration within figures, and
working mostly in the air, gave a
strong dynamic they could identify
with.
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The Stepback Project is funded for three years
by South East Arts to take English based
traditional dance to students, to alter
preconceptions amongst students and staff and
explore the value it has for dance studies. We
are keen to help any students wishing to study
traditional dance from the British Isles and
related American traditions as part of their
college work either for dissertations or
presentation pieces.
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Finally, we wish to thank
Dale Thompson, dance tutor
at UCC for her support and
enthusiasm and the studio
technician for staying on
into the evening to provide
lighting and to replace the
dance floor covering for
classes the following day.
Also, of course, thanks to
Dan Quinn for providing the music and
endless patience and the Stepback Morris
dancers for performing and teaching. Thanks
also to the students for their energy, creativity
and willingness to leave their prejudices
outside (hopefully for good).
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"Team Talk"
The rest of our tour took us around the edges
of Lake Windermere to Hawkshead and a
square full of Japanese tourists and a chance
to see some of the other teams. On to
Lakeside where we danced (in the only rain of
the weekend) and on to the steamer back to
Bowness, a number of teams taking a spot on
the top deck of the boat.
Crook Morris Weekend
How should morris dancing step into the 21st
century? One way is to make use of the
internet when invited to a weekend away. See
http://www.angelfire.com/co/bordermorriseuap
/page07.html.
It was thus with a certain amount of
trepidation that we set off for Crook Morris's
weekend, for clearly there could be a danger
of bad weather. Not really a problem to
Sheffield City Morris (Motto: Let's get this
show off the road) who for many years have
considered singing and playing in the bar
equally as important as dancing in the street.
So when the skies opened on the M6 on our
Friday night journey we were thinking of
helping the ailing Lake District hotel industry
and foregoing the superb camping facilities at
Lakeside School. The rain cleared just as we
arrived. We camped, knowing our contribution
to the Lake District economy could also be
made elsewhere.
The evening meal certainly lived up to the
standard of Friday night; the beer- having
had an extra day was better - and the wine at
supermarket prices was also excellent. The
band ''This Way Up" for the evening ceilidh,
with caller Peter Bearon, made the whole of
the rest of the evening a great success and
everyone from our team went off to bed very
tired and a few were even emotional. Great
night out, thanks again.
Sunday's day out is in Kirkby Lonsdale - a
place of excellent coffee bars and tea shops
and (down by the river) a famous bacon butty
stand. Well organised parking- parade
through the streets - dancing in the square a quality fish and chip shop- excellent
dancing: what more could a morris team on
tour want? Well, the final singing of John
Tam's "Rolling Home" brought tears to a lot of
eyes.
The reception and Friday night meal set the
standard for the rest of the weekend - superb
organisation and wonderful food. And a choice
of beer from a local brewery at prices that
even those of us in the north of England would
like to become accustomed to. Squire ''Two
Dinners" Bates pronounced the quality of the
food top class - remarking especially upon the
quality of the desserts ... and the salads ...
and the home-made chutney received a very
honourable mention ... and the ice cream ...
and the ... you get the idea.
Our only criticism was a result of the
simultaneous performances, 20 yards apart, in
the Market Square, which were a bit
bewildering for those of us emotionally
challenged from the night before and
probably distracting for the audience as well.
We would have been quite happy with a
couple of times through all the teams - all in
the same place; a last chance to see anyone
you missed - and the fond farewell of the
massed Dorset Four-hand.
Saturday morning saw a short coach trip to
Ambleside which seemed a great shopping
centre especially if you were into outdoor
clothing. We toured with Chiltern Hundreds
and were greatly impressed, not just by their
dancing, though that was as good as ever, but
by the fact that they did not go on about the
last time we had met - Seven Champions
Weekend a year or two ago when we took our
clothes off in our version of the Full Morris.
Thanks Chilterns!
And the weather? See
http://www.citymorris.f9.co.uk/Crook.htm.
Gerry Bates
Squire, Sheffield City Morris
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• Who is the policeman?
• Who is the dog?
• Why are they here in the MF Newsletter?
They were both in Westminster on the day of the May Day
protests that are featured in photographs elsewhere. I believe
that the dog was on duty, as for the policeman, I could not
say.
It is one of many photographs that Sally Wearing has on
behalf of the Federation. Somehow, Presidents pick up all
sorts of odd jobs and photographs, together with, photo
albums and scrapbooks. Well, Sally has loads of photographs, such as ones that did not get into the
photo albums that record matters, such as dancing at the Morris Federation Annual General
Meetings. No doubt John Bacon has many also. There are lots of interesting images and pictures
of particular teams that could be of immense interest, if only they were known about!
The astute among you will have realised what will follow! Yes, volunteer please. Help. Offer your
services . Spend some time delving into our history. Make it accessible to yourself and others.
Classify it. Essentially, we need someone to take on the photo archive and sort it out. Like to rise
to the challenge? Contact me- Adrian Williams.
Can I watch a video Mum?
Of course, as long as I approve of the content and that means Morris! Can I do anything else while
watching it? Yes, indeed - observe and take notes. Notes of what? The music? Not mainly. So
what then?
Well, for example, there are all the videos of the Solo Jig competition at Sidmouth. You know, we
do not seem to have a complete list off all the competitors and the dances that they did. It is just the
sort of thing that ought to be in the Archive.
And then , there are all those AGM videos. People often want to see their own team as they were in
19xx and how they did a figure. It would help so if we had it all indexed.
And then there are all those workshops . We spend ages doing them and recording them. How nice
to be able to look it all up in an accessible computer index.
What about that Archive Officer chap? Can't he do it? He must have time on his hands! Well, try
asking them who know him! Anyway, 11
~s the video archive just now and
she is still sunounded by boxes e tre
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Morris Performance: Visiting Foreman Scheme
Progress Report
Since the last Newsletter, there have been eight volunteers with nearly two hundred years of
experience between them. They all have many skills to offer as well as those summarised below.
The Langtons, for example, have run workshops at several festivals and are both teachers. A
good start I feel. There is plenty of opportunity to volunteer and, of course, to make use of their
skills. Their names, main specialisms and some geographical details are shown below. Contact
me if you wish to make use of them. Fill in the form if you wish to volunteer - team contacts,
please alert your members about this.
Remember that the Federation will subsidise travel by the roving tutors to visit your team. So get
on with it now, while the offer is still open!
Name
Brian Mander
Martin Barter
John Bacon
Janet Dickson
Trefor Owen
lain (Jethro)
Anderson
Ray Langton
Beverley Langton
Experience in these Styles
Home location
Distance willing to
travel
Cots wold
Toddington, Beds 50 miles
Cotswold Border
Lincoln
2 hours
Cotswold Raglan & obscure Ditchling, West
Anywhere expenses paid.
dances
Sussex
NW
Enfield, Middx
London & Home
Counties
NW Yorkshire
Canterbury, Kent 4 hours
Cotswold
Bristol
Anywhere reasonable
Cotswold, Border,
Wem, Shrewsbury Negotiable, weekends &
Longsword, "Own dances"
holidays
NW, Garland, Border, "Own Wem, Shrewsbury Negotiable, weekends &
Dances"
holidays
Adrian Williams
Morris Matters- an independent magazine full of articles relating to
Morris- team profiles , archival stuff, events reviews, tunes and dance
notation- how they came about, interviews, letters ..... even glossy
pictures. If you don't already subscribe- why not (if you used toget in touch and start again)? The content is somewhat governed by
the readership- so if you have something you'd like to write aboutplease get started; copy date for next issue is the end of November.
Published twice a year- January and July; cost will be £6 for two
issues as of 2003 . Back copies of most issues are available if you
have a gap in your collection; ask for details.
Send subscriptions (payable to Morris Matters) to :
Beth Neill, 27 Nortoft Road, Chalfont StPeter, Bucks. SL9 OLA
e-mail [email protected]
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AUGUST
NOVEMBER
30- I SEPT.
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Feet First. Fylde Folk Festival.
Contact alan bell @fylde-folkfest.demon .co.uk.
Feet First. An Evening of
Music and Dance, Belper.
Contact Dick Watson 01773826750 .
Stone Monkey Rapper. Fylde
Folk Festival.
SEPTEMBER
6-8
Poacher Morris. Wolf's Head
and Vixen Weekend of Dance,
Rochester, Kent.
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Southern Lights Dance Team
and Band. Solent Folk Festival,
Southampton . Workshops and
concerts . Contact
mwake @onetel.net.u k or
02380-43221 6
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Three Shires. Green Ginger
Day of Dance with Green
Ginger, Harthill Morris,
Grimsby Morris and Barley
Break.
OCTOBER
5
Shrewsbury Morris Dancers.
Autumn Ceilidh with 'This Way
Up' and Martyn Harvey.
Contact 01939-233977.
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Poacher Morris.
Gainsborough Folk Festival.
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DECEMBER
7
Shrewsbury Morris Dancers.
Grand Christmas Ceilidh .
Contact 01939-233977.
8 & 15
'
•
Please send any
information about your
side's forthcoming
activities to the Events
Officer, so they can be
included in the Dancers'
Diary in the next issue of
the MF Newsletter.
Remember that the
Newsletter is published
quarterly, so try to
include events only for
the forthcoming quarter.
Flagcrackers of Craven .
Skipton Medieval Fair.
MF WEEKEND OF DANCE &
AGM 20 02
"'ofriS f~~t..-,
20-22 September 2002 •
We're now under starter's orders for the MF's
annual get-together, hosted this year by Ripon
City Morris Dancers and Betty Lupton's Ladle
Laikers.
Please note that runners and riders need to be
booked in to avoid disappointment at the
starting line.
If you have mislaid your form, please contact the
Events Officer.
Three Shires . Matlock
Illuminations. 7pm Derwent
Gardens.
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"Team Talk"
Wreckers Morris
These are
traditional
Cornish
characters
which also lend
their name to a
couple of
Skinner's real
ales. Skinner's
support is
mainly in the
form of ample
supplies of ale,
which is much
appreciated by
many members
Sandra Hopper cools off in the
of the side. In
return ,
fo untain in Munster
Wreckers
promote the name of Skinner's and are happy
to appear at open ings and other events run by
the company.
Wreckers Morris was born two years ago with
five founding members. Now there are over 40
on the books and the side has built up quite a
reputation and following in its home county of
Cornwall. The only border morris side in the
county, Wreckers dance in black and gold
tatters -the colours of Cornwall. It is a mixed
side which puts a great deal of vigour into its
dancing and enjoys great music and song
sessions wherever it goes.
At least half the 40 members play one or more
musical instruments and many are
accomplished - or at least experienced singers.
Wreckers has a weekly practice at St.
Dominick village hall , after which there is
always a lively pub session at the village pub the Who'd Have Thought lt.
In the summer months, the practice is
replaced with dance-outs at local pubs in and
around the spectacular Tamar Valley. The
side also ventures into Devon , with
appearances in Tavistock, on Dartmoor and in
Plymouth.
Sally Hamlyn , foreman and founder of the
side, has taught a range of dances, both
traditional and newly-written. Worcestershire
Hay, Brimfield and Pershore Stick are
regularly danced . Dances created in honour
of Knocker and Betty are also performed, as
are those written by other members of the
side, including Millbrook (after a local village)
and Stars and Stripes.
Over the last two years W reckers has danced
at some terrific venues , including the Royal
Cornwall Show, Plymouth Air Day on
Plymouth Hoe, at the Devon Day of Dance
and the side has recently returned from a
week-long trip to Germany.
This year's programme goes th rough to
October, when Wreckers will be performing at
the Falmouth Oyster Festival. Before then
they will also have danced at the Tavistock
Balloon Festival , the Launceston Castle
Cornish Day, the Tintagel Charter Day and will
have enjoyed the delights of the Swanage
Folk Festival. With two years' performances
at Sidmouth International Festival also under
their belt, Wreckers will be going back to
practice new dances from October and
looking forward to another busy season
in summer 2003 .
The organiser of the three-day RASS festival ,
staged each year in Paderborn , booked
Wreckers on the spot when he saw them
dancing at the Royal Cornwall Show last year.
It resulted in the side spending one practice
day and three performance days at the
festival , followed by two days of sightseeing .
That included a trip to Munster where the side
danced in the main square (and one member
cooled off in the fountain).
Paul White - Wreckers publicity officer.
Everywhere they go, Wreckers are supported
by their sponsors, Skinner's Brewery of Truro.
Skinners has produced artwork for a couple of
morris figures known as Betty and Knocker.
Susie Weeks is Wreckers bag and can be
contacted on 01579 383554 or at
sue weeks @lineone. net
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onation to the Morris Federation Archives
We are indebted to Malcolm Smale of Brighton Morris Men
for presenting the Federation Archive with a splendid old 28
page publication. It is entitled Cecil Sharp and English Folk
Dances and was written by Winifred Shuldham-Shaw. It
appears to have published by the English Folk Dance
Society, although it is not explicitly printed. It was written
between Cecil Sharp's death in 1924 and 1930 when Cecil
Sharp House was opened as the national headquarters of the
English Folk Dance Society. Also in 1930, Cecil Sharp's
replacement as Director of the Society, Douglas Kennedy (married to Helen Karpeles) invited the
Folk Song Society to merge to form the English Folk Dance and Song Society.
It contains an evocative map showing the location of the site of CSH, drawn by Mary Wortley
Marshall in 1928, so it probably dates from 1928 or 1929. The work contains a brief biography of
Sharp, together with some anecdotes about his song collecting activities.
Also, there is a brief history of the English Folk Dance Society and the
money-raising activities that led to the building of CSH. There are several
photographs of "collected" singers and musicians, along with revival dancers
of considerable energy. There is a rather odd photograph of the man himself,
which suffered from a long exposure and his moving! The pen portrait by
William Rothenstein in 1920 is far more sympathetic.
The only wholly imagined image, apart from the map, is entitled Princess
Royal. It shows a young woman in a dress
that would not have wholly out of fashion in
Jane Austen's time (well, that's my opinion)
dancing a jig. No concerns in EFDS then about a woman dancing
Morris.
)
The picture of a set of
women finishing dancing
Brighton Camp from
Eynsham is odd. It appears, at first sight, to be a
photograph of a set taken in front of a crowd dressed in
outfits that seem suited to late Victorian or Edwardian
times. There is just one problem with it. On closer
inspection, the image of the dancers looks rather like a
drawing and probably done by the same artist as Princess
Royal. Why?
The book appears to have been owned by a Mrs Stanley
Brown (now there's a naming fashion that has all but died
out), Round Church House, Bridge Street, Cambridge. Does anyone know anything of her?
Adrian Williams
(Images reproduced courtesy of the English Folk Dance and Song Society.)
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"Team Talk"
Fox Trot 2002
Over the weekend of 28th - 30th June 2002,
FOXS Morris, from Cookley, near
Kidderminster, Worcestershire- a mixed
border side, arranged a weekend of dance
taking in some beautiful north Cotswold
villages. Keeping in with the name of our
side, it was given the name Fox Trot.
We had an ideal camp site in the village of
Bretforton , on land belonging to a relative of
the side, giving great views towards the
Cotswolds Hills. It was also a short walk away
from the Fleece Inn (National Trust) which
was used for evening sing-a-rounds and
dancing. There was a good selection of real
ales and lovely grounds too. The weather was
fantastic and the company good so we felt
pretty sure that we were in for a great
weekend - and we were right!
performed away from the prying eyes of the
public inside a children 's play house!
Back on the coaches for the short drive to
Chipping Campden where all the sides
danced in the square and outside the
Volunteer Inn , who kindly stayed open for us.
Returning to Bretforton it was back to the
Fleece for a night of merry making. It was
during the evening that Steve passed out, it
seemed that his new tankard , purchased from
an antique shop in Broadway earlier in the
day, was a two pint one, and he had drunk
twice as much as every one else. I must get
one of those.
Joining FOX Morris, were Step On Board, an
Appalachian dance side from Birmingham ,
Phoenix Morris, a Cotswold side from Bideford
Devon , Wriggerly Head, dancing North West
processional from Oldham . For part of the .
weekend we were joined by Pebworth Morns,
Belle d'Vain and Crendon Morris, and a brass
band from a village in the former East
Germany!
The next day several of the sides danced and
sang in St Leonard's Church, a beautiful
Norman building in the centre of the village as
part of the morning service. It had been well
advertised and was packed out. Following this
there was more mass dancing outside the
Fleece, which coincided with a vintage
motorbike rally.
The coaches picked us up from Bretforton on
Saturday morning and took us to Broadway
for our first spot. Here we entertained the
usual morning shoppers, along with tourists
from all around the world - especially
Americans and Japanese, who greatly
appreciated the spectacle!
Thanks to all the sides who came , to Henry &
Margaret for the use of the land, the good
people of Bretforton who allowed us to take
over their village, and to John, my special
operations organiser!
Next it was on to Snowshill (recently used in
the film Bridget Jones Diary), for lunch . The
pub did an excellent job in pulling the beer
and serving the food. In between eating and
drinking there was an inter side skittles match,
and of course more dancing , after which we
went to dance at Broadway Tower. It was here
that Wriggleyhead became very shy and
Any side interested in joining us in 2003?
Martin, Squire FOXS Morris.
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West Morri s dances, originally researched by Trefor Owen.
yellow, green, white, ro yal blue
Price: £7.50
Wheatley: Wheatl ey is a ve ry pleasing tradition to dance
and yet one of the most strai ghtforward. Thi s book was
produced fro m a co mplete rev iew of source materi al and
in cl udes current practice and innovati on.
Price: £5.00
red ,
£5.50
Please give 2"d and 3rd colour choice.
Enamel Badges:
1" di ameter round badge with MF logo
standing in relief against a burgundy enamel background .
SORRY ....sold out!
£1.80
Hinton (new publication): Traditional and creati ve Morris
Stickers: 4" di ameter bearing MF name and logo -
by Sue Swift.
adhesive for music cases, files, etc.
self-
£0.50
Price: £6.00
Abram Circle: Prov ides background , complete notation,
pi ctures and music fo r the Abram Circle dance. The dance
originates fro m the North West but has a different structure to
most North West dances.
Price: £5.00
BOOKLET SERIES a series of AS
booklets between 8
and 20 pages
Prices:
Warm-up exercises - Clear di agrams and careful explanati on
of exercises des igned to prepare dancers and reduce the risk
of injury
£0.90
Publicity tips- Hints on promoting your team, attracting new
members, etc.
£0.90
Leather Badges: 2" in diameter bearing MF name and
logo
Black and col our on natural background
£1.25
Gold on bl ack background
£1.25
Leather Key Rings: 2" in diameter bearing MF name and
logo on natural background
£1.25
Women and the North West Morris Dance
£0.90
Beginners and Basics - Roy Dommet's ideas on the basics
of Cotswold . Essenti al reading for leaders and fo remen.
Twenty Years On, 1975-1996
Border Morris - a brief outline
Few Facts About the Morris
Raglan Bantamcocks Morris - characteristic of the
traditi on, notation and some music
£1.25
£1.25
£0.90
£1.00
£1.25
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Last.word ....
Some more photos from the 'Cecil Sharp and English Folk Dances' book.
'A Morris Jig, ''I'll go and enlist for a Sailor", from
Sherborne, Glos. '
'A Sword Dance from Swalwe/1, North
Durham. '
... Last word
© The Morris Federation 2002