In this issue BBC RADIO 2 FOLK AWARDS WHERE CHARITY BEGINS FLEET OF FOOT AFTER 25 YEARS INTERVIEW WITH CHAZ OLDHAM UPTON - BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT ANYONE FOR ASDA ? IN MEMORIAM - ALAN GREEN PAUL WHITE’S DIARY PHOENIX ON THE BOX MORRIS FUTURES FLORA & ANCHOR - SPREAD THE WORD DERT 2010 © 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 Web Site Editor Corner Cottage Kevin Taylor 2 Lower Street [email protected] Sproughton www.morrisfed.org.uk IPSWICH IP8 3AA 01473 742334 [email protected] Co-opted members: 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 May 2010 15th August 2010 COPY DATES 15th November 2010 15th February 2011 Contributions for the Summer edition to the Newsletter Editor by Saturday 15th May 2010 [email protected] www.morrisfed.org.uk www.mfnewsletter.info CONTENTS EDITORIAL Spring 2010 First of all, an observation test for our readers. How many changes have you noticed to the Newsletter? Committee Contacts 2 President’s Prologue 3 Committee News 5 While the basic format of the magazine is unchanged, at Federation Shop 6 least until I’ve had an edition or two in print, the eagle-eyed Diary of Events 7 may notice some tweaking with layout and type face, and Letters 8 the introduction of colour on the cover. I’ve some ideas for BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 11 regular features, such as regional reports (if volunteers are Where Charity Begins 13 forthcoming !), and an opportunity for sides to feature a new Fleet of Foot After 25 Years 14 dance that they are willing to share. I am, however, open Interview with Chaz Oldham 15 to suggestions as to how the newsletter could be improved Upton - but not as we know it? 17 and what other features might be included. The last thing Phoenix on the box 19 I want is to produce a magazine full of my own opinions Anyone for ASDA ? 20 In Remembrance - Alan Green 21 and articles, so please send in reports & photographs Paul White’s Diary 22 etc about your own side’s activity, or items which may be Morris Futures 23 of general interest to members. I cannot guarantee that To Slay A Bullock 24 everything I receive will be printed, but I can assure you DERT 2010 25 that everything will be read, and properly acknowledged. Flora & Anchor - Spread the Word 26 There is no shortage of on-going concerns (insurance, P.E.L., for example) about which I will endeavor to keep you informed, and to provide a forum for expressions of diverse points of view. 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: Somerset Morris, South Molton, Devon, May 2009 (photo: Carole Henderson-Begg) Printed by: Hedgerow Print Ltd, Crediton, Devon. 3 COMMITTEE COMMUNICATIONS and it would be great if we could get projects happening all over the country, involving Morris teams with their local schools and schoolchildren with young Morris dancers. You can contact me at [email protected] . There will be other ways for Morris teams to get involved with the run-up to the 2012 Olympics How do you feel about the 2012 Olympics? Is it – the Torch Relay will offer opportunities for just an event for London to get excited about, or community events and celebrations as it makes does it affect the whole country? What about the its way around the country before reaching build-up to 2012? Are there ways for the Morris London; there may be opportunities for Morris world to get involved with and bene t from this dancing to be seen around the various venues major world sports occasion which, like it or not, where the Games are being held, and there is a is de nitely going to take place? golden opportunity for Morris dancing, calendar customs and traditional crafts and activities to A few weeks ago, together with representatives be lmed for TV as “segues” between sports from the Morris Ring, the Open Morris and events and where there is a need to show some EFDSS, I attended a meeting with the organisers “local colour”. of the Cultural Olympiad in London. We went to talk about what Morris and traditional dance We’ll keep you posted about these aspects of might be able to offer, and to nd out how we the Cultural Olympiad as they become clearer, could t into this rolling national arts festival. but it’s worth giving a bit of thought now to how your team might bene t from and participate The overall impression was very positive. A in the build up to London 2012. Meanwhile, major Morris project has already been piloted if you’re planning a day or weekend of dance with the help of Richard Crowe, the Creative on the last weekend of July in 2010, 2011 or Programmer for South West England; called 2012, you may like to know that this is “Open “Dinosaurs Not Allowed”, it involved teaching Weekend”, when all manner of arts and sports Morris dance to children in a number of schools activities are featured right across the country. and giving them the opportunity to display their You can nd out more and register an event on new skills to the public, together with young the www.london2012.com website. dancers from established teams. The event was held in Weymouth (where the Olympic sailing I was also recently invited to a meeting to competition will be based), but the format is one introduce the Community Media Association, which could be used and developed anywhere, which brings together community radio stations, and could have far-reaching effects in terms lm-makers and newspapers. There are 200 of introducing young people to the Morris, community radio stations in the UK with an FM recruitment and providing a showcase for young licence and, although they tend to broadcast to Morris dancers. a very local audience, they could be of use to Morris sides promoting events, recruiting or just This type of project relies on having good trainers telling people what they do. Community Radio who can work with children, but also requires producers like to build broadcasting around an funding to make it happen. If you think this might event, so if you have a day of dance planned, or be the sort of project you and your team would you do something special on May Day or Plough like to get involved with, let me know. We want Monday, for example, you local community radio to nd out who is already working with young station might like to hear from you. Find out people in teaching Morris, who would like to give more at www.commedia.org.uk. it a try, and who has the expertise to write funding applications to help make this happen. All the The Licensing Act continues to fascinate! Morris organisations are involved in this search, A recent consultation on exempting small- 4 scale live music events from the Act gave us I’m very grateful to the assistance and advice the opportunity to remind the legislators that I’ve received from Doug, the retiring Editor, and Mumming still requires a licence (and shouldn’t!) for the support of the rest of the Federation and that a common-sense approach to minimal Commitee, in getting familiar with the demands ampli cation of quiet instruments is not beyond of Newsletter production.