Morris Dancing (Dance)

Morris Dancing further on these related pages:

Border Carnival Cotswold Garland

Molly North West Step Clog@ Sword

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Morris Dancing Sites:

The Morris Federation The Morris Federation: One of the three umbrella organisations for morris sides in the UK. Site contains contact details, member directory and details of events organised by the federations. (Morris Dancing) http://www.morrisfed.org/mf/home.html Morris Dancing & May-day Games Morris Dancing & May-day Games: Scanned pages from Walford's Antiquarian, 1886. (Morris Dancing) http://chrisbrady.itgo.com/morris/morris.htm New Zealand Morris Dancing New Zealand Morris Dancing: List of sides in New Zealand. (Morris Dancing) http://morrisdancing.org.nz/ Morris Links Morris Links: A list of links to morris related websites, mainly team sites, organised by region. (Morris Dancing) http://web.syr.edu/~rsholmes/morris/rich/morris_links.html Side Finder Side Finder: Find contact details for all sides in a specific area by clicking on a map of the UK. (Morris Dancing) http://www.morrisdancing.org/finder/sfcgi.html Rattlejag Morris of Retford, Notts. England Rattlejag Morris of Retford, Notts. England: New mixed side from Retford, Nottinghamshire. (Morris Dancing) http://www.rattlejag.fsnet.co.uk/ Old Mettle Old Mettle: "A Very Celebrated Banbury Character" (Morris Dancing) http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/mettle.htm Shave The Donkey Shave The Donkey: The online newspaper for the Capering Classes. Up to date news about all kinds of Morris and related folk activities. (Morris Dancing) http://www.TheDonkey.org Directory Of Online Morris Dancers (DOOMD) Directory Of Online Morris Dancers (DOOMD): A list of individual morris dancers from all over the world, showing what types of dances they perform, which sides they dance for, what type of beer they drink and other personal details. (Morris Dancing) http://web.syr.edu/~rsholmes/morris/doomd.html Betley Window and its copies Betley Window and its copies: History and description of the five hundred year old Betley Window, the earliest representation of English Morris Dancers, and its several copies. (Morris Dancing) http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.e.price/betley.htm Home Pages of Morris and Sword Sides Home Pages of Morris and Sword Sides: A list of all known morris and Sword groups around the world, with information on the gender and style of dance as well as contact details. (Morris Dancing) http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/jcb/morris-teams.html Mr Fox Mr Fox: Contact details, history, photographs, and details of future performances of The Langsett Fox Dance. An unusual side from South Yorkshire who dance only at night, and often unannounced. (Morris Dancing) http://www.mr-fox.org.uk The Fabulous Fezheads The Fabulous Fezheads: Contact details, photographs and amusing member biographies of this groups of 'Sand-Dancers from tropical Kent'. Site also contains details of their annual Fig and Date Fayre. (Morris Dancing) http://members.lycos.co.uk/fezheads/ Morris Jargon Morris Jargon: A short glossary for the uninitiated (Morris Dancing) http://www.weavemaker.com/morris/html/morrisglossary.html Ballet Instructor's Newsletter Ballet Instructor's Newsletter: A brief article discussing the history of Morris Dancing. (Morris Dancing) http://www.100megsfree4.com/ballet/newsletter.html The Morris Dancer's WebRing The Morris Dancer's WebRing: The Webring for Morris Dancing sites (Morris Dancing) http://www.webring.com/cgi-bin/webring?ring=morris Open Morris Open Morris: One of the three umbrella organisations for morris sides. (Morris Dancing) http://www.open-morris.com/ Leicestershire Morris Dancers Leicestershire Morris Dancers: A listing of all sides in Leicestershire & Rutland including contact details and a photo of each team. (Morris Dancing) http://www.philpreen.co.uk/folk/morris/leicsmorris.htm Morris History in the USA Morris History in the USA: An article describing accounts of the history of morris dancing in the USA and North America. (Morris Dancing) http://web.syr.edu/~rsholmes/morris/usa_history.html Martin's Morris dancing Page Martin's Morris dancing Page: This web page is about Morris Dancing and Morris Teams local to Leicestershire in particular. (Morris Dancing) http://www.martinwildig.com/mwmorris.htm Hastings Jack in the Green Festival Hastings Jack in the Green Festival: Occurs every May over the Early May Bank Holiday weekend. Features Folk Music, Ceilidhs, Morris Dancers, Giants, and the Jack in the Green. (Morris Dancing) http://www.jack-in-the-green.co.uk Origin of the Morris Origin of the Morris: Warning, each time you go to this page you get a different explanation/theory as to the origins of morris. It is up to you to work out which is actually true. (Morris Dancing) http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/Red_Herring/origins/ Mainly Morris Dancing Mainly Morris Dancing: The web's most comprehensive list of Links to all known morris sides and other morris related websites. (Morris Dancing) http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/johnmaher/mmd/ The Britannia Coco-nut Dancers The Britannia Coco-nut Dancers: Contact details, history and photographs of this unique traditional men's side from From Bacup, Lancashire. (Morris Dancing) http://www.rossendale-pages.co.uk/coconutters/ The Flag & Bone Gang The Flag & Bone Gang: Description of this very modern side who have created a new style based on the so-called 'Forgotten Morris' From Yorkshire. (Morris Dancing) http://website.lineone.net/~teddodsworth/fandb/flagbone.htm The Morris Café The Morris Café: A forum for people who are associated with morris dancing but who play parts other than dancers and musicians. i.e. Characters, Animals, and Fools, Etc. (Morris Dancing) http://themorriscafe.pagehere.com/ BBC Online - Beyond the Broadcast - Making History BBC Online - Beyond the Broadcast - Making History: Factsheet from a BBC Radio broadcast by Alun Howkins on the origins of Morris Dance. (Morris Dancing) http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/beyond/factsheets/makhist/makhist5_prog9d.shtml Roy Dommett's Morris Notes Roy Dommett's Morris Notes: Cotswold & Border Morris Notes (Morris Dancing) http://www.opread.force9.co.uk/RoyDommet/ The English Folk Dance Project The English Folk Dance Project: These chaps claim to make, collect and preserve recordings of the dance tunes and songs that are commonly heard in connection with the traditional English dance. (Morris Dancing) http://www.englishfolkdance.org/ The Hidden Morris The Hidden Morris: Transcripts and scanned copies of some of the early C20 collectors notes. (Morris Dancing) http://tradcap.crosswinds.net/ Kemps Nine Daies Wonder Kemps Nine Daies Wonder: Historical account of Will Kemp's marathon jig from London to Norwich. (Morris Dancing) http://www.uoregon.edu/~rbear/kemp.html New England Folk Festival Association New England Folk Festival Association: List of sides in New England, USA. (Morris Dancing) http://www.neffa.org/Top/Folk_Dancing/Morris/Teams/index.shtml Britannic Bedlam Morris Gentlemen Britannic Bedlam Morris Gentlemen: Based in Wellington, New Zealand, this side has taken the dances from Headington Quarry and adapted them into their own style now known as 'Bedlam'. (Morris Dancing) http://groups.msn.com/nzmorrisdancing/bedlam.msnw Recently Traditional Fictional Morris Recently Traditional Fictional Morris: Anti Morris (This is the 'other' morris described by Terry Pratchett) from Boston Mass, USA. (Morris Dancing) http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/AntiMorris/ Morris Dancing Discussion List Morris Dancing Discussion List: The MDDL is an email discussion group for all things related to morris dancing, mummers plays and other traditional activities. The site contains subscription instructions and links to the list archives and FAQs. (Morris Dancing) http://web.syr.edu/~hytelnet/mddl/ San Francisco Bay Area Morris teams San Francisco Bay Area Morris teams: One of the first local directories of Morris Dance teams and their specialities. (Morris Dancing) http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/morris/ba.html The Morris Ring The Morris Ring: The national association of men's Morris and Sword Dance clubs. Details of membership, events and links to member sides. (Morris Dancing) http://www.themorrisring.org/