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Morris Dancing in Devon

WWINKLEIGH MORRIS

COMING  SOON

WINKLEIGH MORRIS CEILIDH,  

WINKLEIGH VILLAGE HALL

FRIDAY 19th MARCH 2010

8.00 pm 

Bring & share food & drink

All proceeds to Shelter Box and Devon Air Ambulance.   Shelter Box will have a display of their equipment at this event, and presentation cheques from last season's collections will be made to these charities during the evening.

Winter Practice Sessions every  Tuesday from  29th September 2009  to end of April  at  Winkleigh Community Centre  

  8.00 - 10.00 pm   

      WINKLEIGH MORRIS 2010 DANCING PROGRAMME

(Provisional)

 

APRIL

 

 

 

Mon 12th

W.I. 

 Roborough

8 pm

Sat  17th Crediton Folk Festival Cheriton Fitzpaine from 11 am

MAY

 

 

 

Tue 4

Kings Arms

Winkleigh

 

Wed 12th     *

Bell Inn

Chittlehampton

+ Exmoor Border

Tue 18th

The New Inn

Sampford Courtney

 

Sat 22nd

Glebe House

Eggesford

 

Tue 25th 

Clinton Arms

Frithelstock 

 

JUNE

 

 

 

Tue 1st

The Laurels

Petrockstowe

 

Fri 4th      *

The Plough

Fremington

+ supper

Tue 8th

Tom Cobley

Spreyton

+ Tinners   

Tue 15th

Fox & Hounds

Eggesford

 

18th – 20th

Family weekend

Ripley, Derbyshire

 

Tue 22nd

The Grove

Kings Nympton

+Borderline

Tue 29th

Exeter Inn

Chittlehamholt

 

JULY

 

 

 

Thu 8th

Lapford Revels

Lapford

 

Tue 13th

New Inn

Roborough

 

Tue 20th

The Square

Chagford

+ Raddon Hill 

Tue 27th

The Globe

Beaford

 

AUGUST

 

 

 

Tue 3rd

Sidmouth  Folk Week

 

 

Sat 7th

Dartmoor Festival

 

Venues tbc

Tue 10th

Devils Stone

Shebbear

 

Tue 17th

Duke of York

Iddesleigh

 

Tue 24th

Green Dragon

Northlew

+ Cogs & Wheels

Tue 31st

The White Hart

 Bow

 

SEPTEMBER

 

 

 

3rd- 5th

Full Moon weekend

Llangynidyr, Brecon

Cowboy theme

Tue 7th

Cyder Press

Weare Gifford

+ Tarka

Tue 14th

Resting

 

 

Tues 21st

AGM

 

 

Sat 25th

Federation AGM

Maidstone

 

Tue 28th

First practice

 

 

 

PLEASE NOTE:  Our regular evening dancing takes place from 8pm.  As we perform in the open air we are subject to the vagaries of our wonderful weather.  This programme is as accurate as possible at the time of printing, but there may be last minute changes.  Therefore, if you are travelling any distance to see us dance, or need more details, please call one of the numbers overleaf

 

current dance repertoire

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

 Photographs of  Franken's Night Weekend, May 2009  

Contacts

BAGMAN: Angela Haines 01837 83219

FOREMAN: Colin Andrews 01363 877216    Email : morris

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 (next in 2009) 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 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 !

(more photos: presentations, visit to France)

 

 

We have enjoyed the hospitality of  other groups throughout the U.K.  and  further afield and have welcomed  many to participate in our own weekend of dance, held every two years usually on the third weekend in May.  We are pleased to  offer a link to their web pages.

Babylon  Morris  (Somerset) Carn Brea Morris (Cornwall) Cardiff Ladies 
Full Moon Morris  (S.Wales) Ripley Morris Men (Derbyshire) Priston Jubilee Morris Men  (Somerset)
Queens Oak Border (Northants) Somerset Morris Sompting Village Morris (Sussex)
Treacle Eater Clog (Somerset0 Utrecht Morris Men (Holland) Ladies of the Rolling Pin (Rhode Island, USA)
Carreg Las (West Wales) Jackstraws ( N. Hampshire) St Clements Clog  (Kent)

  (Others to follow)

 

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THE WINKLEIGH MORRIS COLLECTION

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.

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