Roy Dommett and Morris Matters 1 Articles by Roy Dommett in Morris Matters The Future and the Morris ...................................................................................... 6 On Playing for the Cotswold Morris .......................................................................... 9 How it all began .................................................................................................. 20 Milkmaids Garlands ............................................................................................. 23 Cotswold Basics .................................................................................................. 24 On competitions .................................................................................................. 28 The Ring - what's gone wrong? ............................................................................. 31 Women's dancing - some common faults ................................................................ 32 How did you think it was? The political background to the folk revival ....................... 36 Morris at North Leigh ........................................................................................... 41 The Tradition at Brailes ........................................................................................ 43 The tradition in the Forest of Dean (Mayhill, Cliffords Mesne, Ruardean) .................... 45 Information required- follow up to Chandler Biographical index ................................. 48 A brief history of Dover’s Games ........................................................................... 49 Video ................................................................................................................. 53 More New Morris - Stick Dances ............................................................................ 54 Morris in the South - response to May Day in Guildford ............................................ 58 The second Traditional Dance Conference, Alsager .................................................. 60 Future Historians ................................................................................................. 63 The Morris Ale in the Early Nineteenth Century ....................................................... 64 Morris Ales (a reply to Mike Heaney) ..................................................................... 67 General Monk, his March and his Maypole in the Strand ........................................... 68 Sussex Four Handed Broom Dance ........................................................................ 71 The Morris at Withington ...................................................................................... 72 The Morris at Noke .............................................................................................. 74 North West Morris workshop: Wigan ...................................................................... 76 The Cotswold tradition (1) .................................................................................... 79 2 Wishford Garland Dance ....................................................................................... 82 Characters and the Morris .................................................................................... 84 The Cotswold Morris ............................................................................................ 86 Keynsham Christmas Dances ................................................................................ 88 Morris Dancing at Ducklington - by Keith Chandler .................................................. 89 Morris Competitions - A Personal View ................................................................... 91 Nine Mens Morris................................................................................................. 96 Baccapipes ......................................................................................................... 99 Crisis points in Morris Clubs ................................................................................ 101 Styles of clubs .................................................................................................. 107 Lass of Richmond Hill ......................................................................................... 112 Style, Self-expression and Basics ........................................................................ 115 Who should Dance the Morris? ............................................................................ 117 Writing that article ............................................................................................ 121 Handkerchiefs ................................................................................................... 122 Humour in the Morris (parts 1, 2 and 3) ............................................................... 123 Incomplete Set: Cotswold Dances for Three; Dances for Four and Five, Adding another Dimension ........................................................................................................ 129 The Early History of the Morris (parts 1 & 2) ......................................................... 137 Notating Dances: ancient and modern ................................................................. 144 Reflections on the 1992/3 Morris Season .............................................................. 146 Missing Cotswold Tunes ..................................................................................... 147 Forty Something Morris ...................................................................................... 148 Garland Dances ................................................................................................ 150 New Directions .................................................................................................. 152 Who Owns the Dance? ....................................................................................... 154 Putting Morris in the Shade ................................................................................ 155 The End of Morris .............................................................................................. 156 John Forrest's long awaited book "The History of Morris Dancing 1458-1750" ........... 159 Roy Leonard Dommett- the authorised autobiography ........................................... 162 3 Folk Dance to Festivals - what are we talking about? ............................................. 165 Traditional Repertoire ........................................................................................ 168 Off Planet Morris ............................................................................................... 171 Ministry of Silly Walks ........................................................................................ 173 Advice when Starting a Clog Morris ..................................................................... 175 Belle Isle March ................................................................................................ 180 Holiday Reading ................................................................................................ 181 "Leap" at Sidmouth ........................................................................................... 183 Mining the Source - Morris Dance references of the Renaissance - talk by John Forrest ....................................................................................................................... 188 Advice for entering Sidmouth Jig Competition ....................................................... 191 Roy Dommett on Teaching, Teams and Repertoire................................................. 193 Roy Dommett on Influences and memorable moments ........................................... 203 Entertaining Adderbury with sing and stick ........................................................... 206 Fiddling Fieldtown ............................................................................................. 210 Where was the Cotswold Morris? ......................................................................... 215 Innovative Ilmington ......................................................................................... 225 On Sam Bennett ............................................................................................... 229 Eric (aka Tubby) Reynolds .................................................................................. 232 Blacking up and "Border" morris ......................................................................... 234 The Art of Clowning ........................................................................................... 237 Stave Dancing - an overview .............................................................................. 246 Background to Brackley Area Morris .................................................................... 252 My involvement with Abingdon Morris .................................................................. 257 Morris Myths ..................................................................................................... 262 Music and the Morris .......................................................................................... 265 An Ignored Influence ......................................................................................... 269 Why Dance – oxytocin ....................................................................................... 272 4 These articles are fundamentally as published in Morris Matters – bearing in