winkleighmorris

SSUMMER PROGRAMME 2008
All events start at 8.00 pm unless in italics or otherwise stated. Dancing may be affected by the weather. We make every effort to keep to the published programme displays may be postponed or cancelled due to inclement weather or unforeseen circumstances. Changes will be posted on this web page whenever possible.
APRIL		JULY
Tue 29	Kings Arms, Winkleigh	Tue 1	Laurels, Petrockstowe
MAY		Thu 10	Maltscoop, Lapford (Revels)
Wed 7	Bell Inn, Chittlehampton (with Exmoor Border)	Tue 15	Kings Arms, South Zeal
*Sat 10*	*Treacle Eater Day of Dance, Yeovil*	Tue 22	White Hart, Bow
Tue 17	Devil's Stone Inn, Shebbear	Tue 29	Half Moon, Sheepwash
Sat 17	Ceilidh, Winkleigh Village Hall	AUGUST
Thu 22	7 Stars, South Tawton (with Exeter Morris Men)	Tue 5	Esplanade, Sidmouth (Festival)
	Tom Cobley, Spreyton (9 pm)	Tue 12	Bideford Folk Festival (times & venue tbc)
Tue 27	Clinton Arms, Frithelstock	Tue 19	Grove, Kingsnympton
JUNE		Tue 26	Green Dragon, Northlew
Tue 3	Culm Valley, Culmstock (with Babylon from Yeovil)	SEPTEMBER
Tue 10	Royal Oak, Dolton	Tue 2	New Inn, Roborough (with Tarka Morris Men)
Tue 17	Duke of York, Iddesleigh (with Cogs & Wheels)	*5th - 7th*	*Full Moon Morris Weekend, South Wales.*
*19 - 24*	*Visit to France*	Tue 30	First practice night 2008-09 New members welcome !
We usually have a song & music session in the pub after our evening dance displays. You are very welcome to join us.

Winter Practice Sessions every Tuesday from October 2nd 2007 to end of April at Winkleigh Community Centre

New members, dancers or musicians, always welcome, whether absolute beginners or with some previous experience with other groups. See below for contact details.

Formed in 1990, we are a mixed side of about twenty dancers and musicians. We perform a variety of dances from Cotswold and Border Morris traditions, as well as some dances of our own. From May until September we can be seen on a Tuesday evening around the villages in the heart of Devon, where you are welcome to join us afterwards in a friendly hostelry for further music, singing and dancing. We have danced at several festivals in this country and usually attend at least one Morris weekend every summer as guests of another group. Every two years we organise our own Weekend of Dance (last in 2007) at which we welcome friends old and new from all over the country. We have visited Eire, France Holland & Germany and are always keen to establish new contacts elsewhere. We have an invite to France in 2008. We are a member of the Morris Federation.

You are welcome to share our fun whether as a spectator or by becoming a dancer or musician!

Winkleigh Morris at Dartmoor Folk Festival 2007 - there's more of us behind the camera in the beer tent !

At the Duke of York, Iddesleigh, on the evening of Tuesday 22^nd January, Winkleigh Morris handed over a cheque for over £1000 to the Children’s Oncology Unit at The Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital. This was supplemented by a further sum in excess of £400 from collections on the night and by a donation from Tarka Morris Men, who, along with Cogs and Wheels, joined in the evening of dancing, music & singing.

Jamie Stewart, the landlord of the Duke of York, and his wife Pippa, always make Morris dancers very welcome at their pub. Over the past year their young son has been receiving treatment for a type of cancer at the R.D. & E, and is making good progress. He enjoyed watching the dancing on Boxing Day.

Winkleigh Morris make a substantial donation every year to a chosen charity, and it was a unanimous decision of the members that any money collected at performances during 2007 should go to support the cancer treatment for children at Exeter. In the 2008 season we shall be supporting research & support for Parkinson's Disease.

Return to home page ..................................................................................................................... More Morris<---

Original & adapted Border & Cotswold Morris from the foreman of Winkleigh Morris. A4 comb-bound format. Full instructions and music. Also, a mummer's play based on the local Franken's Night legend.