Carnival ("Fluffy") Morris
- NEMDCO {North of England
Morris Dancing Carnival Organisation} links to other sites page
This is a links page for all the currently known Carnival Morris sites, entertainers (the leg-slapping,
gymnastic and tableau-building style of dance also seen at carnivals) Majorettes and carnival bands.
Some of the morris sites listed are new and therefore not on my lists - eg MDMDA, DMDA, TMDA, REMA,
Phoenix (Liverpool) Fusion, Farnworth Carousels, Tameside Emmarettes, Weston Royals and possibly others....
Note from
- Over 200 Troupes of Morris Dancers, Entertainers and Majoretteswww.carnivaldance.com.
However this is a closed site which only members can see. However see morrisdancers.net
- Geoff
Bibby's Account of the genesis of Carnival Morris, and the associated
competitions.
- Reunited Morris Dancers Association
- Lancashire Carnival Association
- Carnival
Miscellaneous Morris
- Historic UK.com - the History & Heritage Accommodation
Guide for the UK - and nice link to the new Ring Morris Tradition Booklet!
- Pictures (FreeFoto.Com.): Durham Rams,
Tyne Bridge Women's Morris
- Morris Dancing for Young People
- The NUT on the Net - Rapper Sword Dance -
See especially the links to Rapper Sides
and DERTy information from 1994!
- Rapper Dance Discussion List - started in 2001, but with very few postings in 2005,
and none so far this year, 2006
- Chesterfield Dance Teams - also Morris
- National Youth Folklore Troupe of England
- Newcastle Kingsmen Sword Dancers have a useful links page
for all Rapper and Longsword, the latter is especially
welcome, Longsword is rather neglected in favour of its snazzy neighbour - Rapper!
- The Morris Cafe
Characters, Animals, Fools, etc in the Morris
- Yahoo Morris Club
Yahoo Morris Performance Calendar has also decreased in popularity
- Morris Dance - Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia -
whoever wrote the introduction section would do well to consult John Forrest's Book about dates! My estimate of Morris Groups in the UK is currently
>=700 (Fed + Open + Ring)
- John Kirkpatrick's Morris Page, and the
chip off the old block!
- Lynn Noel's Crosscurrents - The Paper Bag Mummers
- The Demon Barbers - Damien Barber's Lot! - Black Swan and Dog Rose
Morris via BBC and Film
- BBC links:
- Morris Dance Searches of http://www.britishpathe.com/
- "MERRIE ENGLAND" - ONCE AGAIN! 11/06/1931 809.22
Traditional folk dancing festival at Blenheim Palace.
- WITH FAMOUS RACECOURSE AS "VILLAGE GREEN" 04/08/1932 679.27
Morris dancers entertain large crowds at Chester racecourse. NW but could be fluffy!
- BETTER THAN EVER 12/08/1929 798.19 Crowds of people turn
out for the Newport Carnival, Wales.
- DUKE AND DUCHESS AT GARDEN FETE (aka DUKE AND DUCHESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND) 04/09/1922 280.27
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland attend garden fete at Alnwick Castle.Rapper, Morris and dance
- VILLAGE DANCE (issue title PATHE PICTORIAL GOES INTO THE COUNTRY) 11/08/1947 1341.06
Morris Dancers give displays in a village street and on the village green. Bampton with Jinky Wells
- ( DANCE COMPILATION ) 1940 - 1959 2979.01 Lots of bits and pieces of
dance footage - mostly 1940s and 1950s.
- "YE MERRIE MONTHE OF MAYE" 04/05/1931 759.15 People in Oxford celebrate
the start of May with traditional ceremonies.
- FAIR'S FAIR! 12/07/1956 587.23 London's International sector goes gay.
- NB
Mitchell and Kenyon Archive films shown on BBC from 1900s had some NW Morris footage.
A DVD of the BBC series is now (30/1/2005) available. I'm at the head of the queue!
Related Dance
- Clogfest -
A celebration of the glorious tradition of English step-dance
- The English Folk Dance Project
A project to record as much as possible of current English Folk dance Music
- Martin Kiff's Webfeet: Dancing on the Web : English Ceilidh, Folk Dance, Barn Dance, Cajun, French/Breton, Morris,
Index by County, Map, Links, Events listings.
webfeet.users.ftech.net
- Early-Dance The Calendar of
Historical Dance from many countries. Early Dance enthusiasts don't take much notice of morris dancing. Well, it is uncouth isn't it!
Festivals with a Morris Content
Morris dancing continues to get a very poor billing at nearly all UK
folk festivals. Summed up perhaps by the statement "Take part next year
yourself and experience the many dance styles that are part of folk's rich heritage",
i.e. come along, dance, don't get paid, and maybe get free tickets in return for acting
as stewards. Not too surprising then that morris dancers organise their own meetings,
such as the
Kirtlington Lamb Ale,
and the
Ring's meetings for it's members. The annual
IVFDF meeting {the University dance festival},
and probably the first three on the list below, should be regarded in a different light.
Morris & Folk Music
Chipping Sodbury Morris in 1916