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In this issue J.M.O. DAY OF DANCE OH TO BE A MUMMER ! INTERVIEW: HEXHAMSHIRE LASSES FRESH RAPPING KETTLE BRIDGE ACROSS THE POND HANDS AROUND GORKHA FOLLOWING FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS ST GEORGE’S DAY & MAY DAY PAUL WHITE’S FLAG CRACKING TIME WORKSHOP REPORTS © THE MORRIS FEDERATION 2010 Morris Federation Committee President Notation Of cer Barry Goodman Rhiannon Owen [email protected] [email protected] Secretary Newsletter Editor Fee Lock Colin Andrews 28 Fairstone Close Bonny Green, HASTINGS Morchard Bishop, TN35 5EZ Crediton, 01424-436052 EX17 6PG [email protected] 01363 877216 [email protected] Treasurer Jenny Everett Co-opted members: Corner Cottage 2 Lower Street Web Site Editor Sproughton Kevin Taylor IPSWICH [email protected] IP8 3AA www.morrisfed.org.uk 01473 742334 [email protected] John Bacon – Licensing Bill Archive Of cer [email protected] Mike Everett Corner Cottage Adrian Williams – Dommett Collection and 2 Lower Street Wantage [email protected] Sproughton IPSWICH To contact all email-able Federation members: IP8 3AA [email protected] 01473 742334 To notify us of a change of contact details: [email protected] [email protected] NEWSLETTER 15th August 2010 15th November 2010 COPY DATES 15th February 2011 15th May 2011 Contributions for the Autumn edition to the Newsletter Editor by Sunday 15th August 2010 [email protected] www.morrisfed.org.uk CONTENTS EDITORIAL Summer 2010 Firstly I should like to thank everyone who provided feedback from the Spring issue, which I found very valuable as the new Editor. Thanks, also, to the many sides and individuals who responded so promptly and Committee Contacts 2 prolifically to my reminder about submissions for this Federation Shop 4 issue. President’s Prologue 4 I was a little surprised that the new ‘Sound Opinions’ J.M.O. Day of Dance 6 item on ‘enjoyment & excellence’ didn’t generate Diary of Events 9 Letters 10 more responses. Perhaps the issue has already been Newsletter Editor’s Ramblings 11 done to death and there’s nothing more to say! Interview: The Hexhamshire Lasses 12 Amendments to the public entertainment licensing N.W. Workshop Reports 14 laws are still in the melting pot. We await developments Remembering Jan 15 under the new coalition, since the Lib Dems were Following Father’s Footsteps 16 supporting change. Hands Around Gorkha 18 The start of my summer dancing season has been Kettle Bridge Across The Pond 22 the most hectic ever, with four engagements up to St Snippets 24 George’s Day, and Morris activities in nine out of Paul White’s Diary 25 ten consecutive days over the May Day Bank Holiday, St George’s Day Activities 27 six in kit, one practice and two days travelling ! (I’m May Day Activities 28 knackered already !). I wish everyone an enjoyable summer of dancing, and, of course, the fine weather to go with it. I look forward to receiving your photos and reports in due course. Colin NEWSLETTER ADVERTISING The Newsletter is the quarterly publication of The Morris Federation does not necessarily endorse any product the Morris Federation. The aim is to provide a or service advertised in or with the Newsletter. 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Front cover photograph: The Hexhamshire Lasses Printed by: Hedgerow Print Ltd, Crediton, Devon. 3 MORRIS FEDERATION SHOP PUBLICATIONS: Cotswold Glossary: An invaluable reference book including de nitions of steps and gures found in two or more traditions; a cross-reference to all Cotswold traditions and types; terms used by different authors for the same movements; Morris musicianship and much more. £5.75 Adderbury: Produced jointly by Tim Radford and The Morris Federation, this book contains the history of the tradition, copies of original notation from the Blunt manuscript and modern notation with easy-to-follow diagrams for 13 stick and 13 hanky dances. Includes photographs and music. £6.25 North West Morris: This book contains notations, illustrated with gures and diagrams for ten of the best North West Morris dances, originally researched by Trefor Owen. £5.75 Wheatley: Wheatley is a very pleasing tradition to dance and yet one of the most straightforward. 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Order form on the Federation web site or from the treasurer. © The Morris Federation 2010 4 COMMITTEE COMMUNICATIONS Holiday weekend, when there will already be plenty of Morris activity throughout the country which could feed into the pre-Games focus. In the meantime, July 23rd – 25th this year will be Open Weekend – a chance for all kinds of organisations to get involved with celebrating the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. To join in you need to set a challenge that the The ‘summer’ dancing season got off to a public can participate in, that encourages terri c start on April 17th at the Joint Morris people to try something new or take an existing Organisations’ day of dance in Bury St. Edmunds! interest to the next level – running a workshop This was the rst JMO event to be held outside to introduce people to Morris dancing, or taking a metropolitan city, and was enthusiastically Morris to an existing dance group could be received by the town on a warm, cloudless spring ways of getting involved, and may pay off with day. Forty-nine teams from the three Morris increased awareness of what your team does, Organisations descended on this beautiful East opportunities for recruitment and local publicity. Anglian cathedral city, performing at sixteen To nd out more and register your event, go to different dance spots, and making sure that no- www.london2012.com/get-involved/. one visiting was left unaware of the excitement, joy and spectacle of Morris dancing.