Newsletter Winter 2010 In this issue THE STICKLEPATH STRANGLER SVM RAPPER VIDEO JMO RECRUITMENT CONFERENCE EVENT-FUL YEARS PAUL WHITE’S MOVING MEMORIES 20th ANNIVERSARIES LINCOLN MORRIS DAY STICKS TO ASHES BETTY’S ‘GELS’ YORKSHIRE CHANDELIER WHERE IT’S ALL HAPPENING MYLES AWAY © THE MORRIS FEDERATION 2010 Morris Federation Committee Useful Contact Details President Notation Officer Barry Goodman [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 Officer [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 February 2011 15th May 2011 COPY DATES 15th August 2011 15th November 2011 Contributions for the Spring edition to the Newsletter Editor by Tuesday 15th February 2011 [email protected] www.morrisfed.org.uk CONTENTS EDITORIAL Winter 2010 Is there any common sense in the Commons? Our chosen traditional activity seems to have become Committee Contacts 2 increasingly affected by recent legislation. We are Federation Shop 4 already required to take care lest we offend by President’s Prologue 5 dancing to unlicensed amplified music, singing and Something’s Missing 6 playing in unlicensed premises, or risk suspicion of Coming Events 7 paedophilia if we encourage minors to join our teams Letters 8 without approved supervision. The Sticklepath Strangler 10 SVM’s Rapper Video 13 JMO Recruitment Conference 14 Morris dancing was reprieved from PEL requirements Event-ful Years 15 but the position of Appalachian dancers and Mummers 20th Anniversary Celebrations 16 is still an issue, as is live music in pubs. Thankfully the Paul White 18 new government have backpedalled over proposed Lincoln Morris Day 19 child protection measures but CRB checks are still Betty’s ‘Gels’ 20 required in certain circumstances. Sticks to Ashes 23 Myles Away 24 The new equalities legislation may require single sex Where It’s All Happening 25 sides with over 25 members to revise their constitution Yorkshire Chandelier in France 26 to retain their current status. The Federation itself Cultural Olympiad 26 shouldn’t be affected, unlike the Morris Ring, which is facing some difficult decisions. 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. Enclosures, other platform for news, views and announcements circulars, and items of advertising relevant to commercial products can relating to the world of traditional dance and be distributed with the Newsletter. A fee is charged to the advertiser associated activities. The Newsletter goes out for this service. 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Order form on the Federation web site or from the treasurer. © The Morris Federation 2010 4 COMMITTEE COMMUNICATIONS Bros performing to a huge, appreciative audience, while down at the food market Mortimer’s and President’s Eynsham complemented each other well – the sophisticated, French music-led precision of Prologue Mortimer’s and the wonderfully rustic style of Eynsham’sclassic village Morris team. On the Barry Goodman terrace outside the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Stone Monkey performed their rapper and longsword dances to much acclaim, Belles entertained the I’ve had a lot of positive response following crowd with their unique two- and three- person my remarks in the last President’s Prologue jigs and Boggart’s Breakfast brought a touch of about performance standards, and about the “dark side” to the proceedings. Roy Dommett’s letter as featured in the same newsletter – I’ve been hearing of Musicians’ Meanwhile, inside the QEH, a free concert was workshops and performance workshops being taking place, featuring such acts as Dogan planned, so watch out for news of this via the MF Mehmet and the Deerhunters and Mawkin (a Broadcasts and on the Morris Federation blog. few Morris dancers there as well!). Big evening If you don’t already subscribe to the blog, take a concerts included the Imagined Village, Demon look at it on the MF website (www.morrisfed.org. Barber Roadshow and Morris On, and there was uk) where you can register and start talking to a première showing of the film, “The Way of the other Morris dancers in the Federation. Morris” by Tim Plester, a documentary following Plester’s search for a connection with the native At the AGM in September (of which more later), dance traditions of his family.