www.morrisfed.org.uk fedThe quarterly newsletterextra of The Morris Federation Winter/Spring 2018 Inside this issue... Bucknell Pipe and Tabor The events that led to their discovery and reuniting DERT 2018 Three of the best women's teams take first, second and third prizes Our AGM and Festival of Dance New Esperance invite you to London Passing it on... Creating, adapting and sharing dances www.morrisfed.org.uk www.morrisfed.org.uk fed www.morrisfed.org.uk fed extraWinter/Spring 2018 extraWinter/Spring 2018 fedextra inside Winter/Spring 2018 this Festival of issue MorrisWinter/Spring 2018 20th-22nd September 2018 Our AGM and Festival of Dance – London New Esperance Morris are proud New Esperance Morris invite you20 to the Bucknell Pipe to host 2018’s Morris Federation and Tabor AGM in our hometown, the Morris Federation AGM and a wonderful 08 vibrant city of London. We would weekend of dance hosted in the heart like to invite all Federation sides to celebrate a Festival of Morris weekend of our vibrant capital city with us - a celebration of the living Our programme is overleaf, and Saturday evening’s entertainment tradition of Morris which we are proud more details about the schedule, includes a ceilidh, performances, to champion. local area, workshops, ceilidhs, Library lecture, a folk costume DERT and performances are available on exhibition, sessions and songs. New EsperanceBecoming Morris draw their oura websiteclog - where you willWomen's also On the Sunday there will Boughton Sharing women ethos from Mary Neal, a pioneer of find a booking form and payment be dance and music workshops led Morris dances morris in her time,maker who originally – part information. 2 dayby ofguests dance from across the Federation, win big founded the Esperance Guild from followed by a relaxed local dance out 07 14 17whom we take inspiration and20th our Saturday’s - 22nd dancing22 Septemberwill be a exploring 2018 some of the best30 watering Welcome to the winter/ Rooster News: Dorking’s Phil and Pat Honeysett:name. So in turn it is Folkour Costume aim to Archive: tour of the LondonHalesworth SouthbankDay of Dance: holesCover in Camden Stars Town. spring issue: editorial and Rampant Rooster Morris is celebrating their diamond Chloe Middleton-Meltcalfefeaturing popular spotscancelling along was thenot an river option, committee contacts celebrating 25 years wedding anniversary showcase not only the givessights a project and update even with nationwide snow Henry Proctor (Anonymous Morris) 04 12 18 sounds of our beautiful26 city, but to between 33Trafalgar Square and We lookbeing 'shot'forward in their to original welcoming dance you President's prologue: Lancashire and Cheshire &39 Paul White's Diaryshowcase: pioneering MorrisSomerset of Morris: all the Londonthriving Bridge. SightsWinterbourn will Down: include revisiting for the'Duel weekend! of Honour', Wimborne, If you 2017have any reflections on changing Clog Dance Competitions: two instalments from the north-east Somerset women's Catalonia and re-kindling Photograph: Dorset Morri'arty traditions to the broad audiences of several popular London attractions queries, and to book, please contact 05attitudes towards women 13an introduction 19 itinerant morris columnist 27 side is seeking musicians 34 friendships after 15 years Do you have a great action the capital. When you arrive, TfL will so be sure to bring your camera, us viapicture our website of your team below. that Boughton Morris: Send Sharing Dances: Judith Our AGM & festival of dance: Hammersmith Morris:your sharpest dancingFurness Clog and Dancers: your ‘charity could feature on the cover them your memories of the Proctor tells how her team New Esperance Morrisproudly tell you “Londonkeeping is Open” friendships - and triple whammy’ raises money of FedExtra? team in pictures and videos created and adapted dances welcome you to London traditions alive in Vienna for local and national causes 07 14 20 and we look forward28 to welcoming best smiles!36 We can guarantee HowSend a high much quality image will suitable the to print in A4 portrait format, Bucknell Pipe and Tabor: Carn Brae, Looking Back Becoming a Clog Makeryou! 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Folk Play Website Relaunch 08discovery and reuniting 16weekend of dance 22Brock's journey The weekend 30will be Maudhosted Karpeles at tourists and37 keen-eyed locals... when the image was taken, and Full theWeekend photographer's Ticket name - £20 to: / £17* Mockbeggar Morris: 25 years DERT 2018: three of the best Jackstraws' 40th: rounding City Clickers Workshop: Whittlesey Straw Bear in Cecil Sharp House, London’s centre [email protected] of dancing North-West in the women's teams take first, up members to join infor their Folk Dance and Song, theclose annual to clog the workshop pictures and dates for your 10 North-West 17second and third prizes 24celebrations this year 32 held in Bristol 38 diary Saturdaywww.morrisfed.org.uk Evening only - £15 / £12* 2 amenities, shops, and restaurants of Find out3 more: Saturday Tour only - Free Camden Town. Indoor Camping will Indoor Camping - +£5 per night be available for Friday and Saturday Visit our website at: (150 spaces available) nights, and there is a cafe on site for http://bit.do/FedAGM2018 your use as well as local restaurants. *concession for students and low-income fed www.morrisfed.org.uk fed www.morrisfed.org.uk extraWinter/Spring 2018 extraWinter/Spring 2018 Sam Ross, Newsletter Editor • [email protected] • 64 The Batch, Farmborough, Somerset, BA2 0AJ • 07849 055 339 guidelines for articles submission Please send articles as doc, docx, txt or odt formats. Articles over 750 words will be trimmed, and all articles will be subject to copy editing for both readability and space restrictions. President's Please accompany all from the articles with at least three contact your high quality images, sent prologue separately, not embedded editor committee within the text document. Hello! Many of you Festival, whereupon three Ring tutors. I'm a great believer that welcome to the Winter/Spring issue of Morris FedExtra Melanie Barber, President If images are very large, will already have heard about sides refused to dance with us, we shouldn't forget, or lose, our use WeTransfer.com to ost women However, the recent decision • [email protected] the General Data Protection despite members from each side traditional dances, they are what send photographs and text dancers have by the Morris Ring to remove all • 72 Freedom Road, Walkley, Regulations (GDPR) that came approaching us individually to define our traditions, but morris, Sheffield, S6 2XD documents together, rather heard the reference to gender from their into force as part of the Data compliment us on our dancing and in its widest sense, is very much • 07812 656 036 than sending multiple historical constitution, not only opens the Protection Act 2018 on 25 May. apologise for their team's attitude. a living tradition, constantly emails. stories, as well door to women joining teams We are currently updating The At first I was really upset, then I growing and evolving – even Sam Fee Lock, Secretary as experienced within the Ring, but also paves Morris Federation membership got to thinking that Bromyard had and Pat adapted their dances over Photographs and snide comments in recent years, the way for greater acceptance • [email protected] database to ensure compliance, been a 'Ring festival' for so many the years. There is definitely room illustrations should be jpg, M • 28 Fairstone Close, Hastings, from teams and individuals of non-binary and transgender and we have also had several years that it might have felt like for both old and new. eps, tiff or pdf, although East Sussex, TN35 5EZ unsupportive of our dancing. But dancers, who may have faced enquiries from teams as to what we were wanting to take over other file types may be • 01424 436 052 many ladies' sides, still in fine hostility from the binary action they might need to take, so rather than share the enjoyment of My final reflection goes back accepted. dancing order today, were also dance-team tradition. Jerry West has drafted some notes dancing there. Wind the clock on to the weekend in 2001 when Jenny Everett, Treasurer Make sure you have given advice, support and help on GDPR, which are available on nine years to 2013 and I returned Ravensbourne hosted Rivington appropriate permission to from influential male dancers We should all celebrate the • [email protected] our website. to Bromyard with another women's Morris, in memory of Christine's publish all words of their time, regardless of the small milestones on the journey • Willow Cottage, 20 High Street, Sutton- North-West team, Silkstone Greens, father Ian. We had a great on-Trent, Newark, Notts, NG23 6QA and pictures. verbal abuse those men may to diversity, but although one In light of The Morris Ring's motion but this time we were welcomed weekend, and at the end you • 01636 821 672 have faced by their local teams. small battle for equality may to change their constitution I by those same three teams and invited us to join you in Bonny Credit will be given to have been won, we must not be Mike Everett, Archive Officer thought I would share with you thoroughly enjoyed dancing Green Garters. Afterwards we photographers, and It is testament to the complacent and should strive to an excerpt from my speech at the together. I strongly believe that overheard one of your daughters captions printed, where perseverance of both those call out discrimination wherever • [email protected] Ravensbourne Morris Ale in 2015: there is room for all sides, and yes, say, 'great, next time I can join in' provided.