Issue 68 (Summer 2002)
Traditional Drama Conference...
...this international conference is being held at the University of Sheffield from Friday 19 July to Sunday 21 July.
The list of 14 speakers on the provisional agenda reads like a veritable who’s who of Traditional Drama research.
Most of the conference papers will be delivered on the Saturday and Sunday, attendance can be available as a full resident or non-residential day delegate. For further information visit the following web site: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~tdrg/TD_Conf_2002 or, if you are not on line, telephone 0161 881 8640.
If you are interested in learning more about folk drama (mumming, pace egging, soul caking, etc.), perhaps after reading the books reviewed in this issue, then try the following web site:
http://www.folkplay.info/ . The site includes texts of many plays from all around the country. (Bearing in mind the budget constraints on schools, many may not be able to afford bundles of mumming books so teachers may find this site extremely useful as an alternative.)
Is Your Team On The Web? ...
... If not, why not? I was inspired by the examples of team web sites I found when researching issue 67 that I decided to do a new site for Shredded Feet Appalachian Dancers. Using the template based site CommuniGate (at www.communigate.co.uk/lancs/ ), the job couldn't have been easier. I carried on to create a site in memory of the former Royal Lancashire Morris Dancers, and one for Abram Community Link, which includes much material about Abram Morris Dancers and Abram Pace Eggers, plus the famous Morris Dancers Ground. All the sites appear as part of 'This Is Lancashire' and have banner advertisements at the top of each page. I would recommend Communigate to anyone who wants a web site but who hasn't got the time to learn HTML and to use FTP. It's free and easy to use, though it does place limitations on what you can achieve by its use of fixed templates. [MJ]
Other teams with their own web sites include Ossie Cloggers and Mersey MM, and information can be found about Southport Mummers and the former Men of the Mere.
'Allo, 'allo!...
... Royal Preston Morris Dancers are due to travel to Azay-le-Rideau during the summer. Their predecessors, RLMD, had been invited five years ago, but had to turn down the opportunity.
What's Going On? ...
... So much that we've decided to include the forthcoming activities of our local dance sides in a diary format. Please telephone team secretaries before making a long journey to a particular event to confirm that the team you want to see will be there.
Diary Dates
MAY
1 Chapel en le Frith MM: Eccles Pike, 5.30am.
1 Southport Swords: Southport Library at dawn, & later at the Scarisbrick Hotel, Beer Festival.
1 Horwich Prize Medal MM, Rivington Morris, Stone the Crows Border Morris: The Black Bull, Horwich (evening).
2 Winster Morris Dancers: The Fishponds, Matlock Bath, evening.
4 Adlington MM, Manchester MM, Leyland MM, Ringheye Morris of Mobberley: Knutsford Royal May Day Procession, 2.00pm
4 Cumberland MM: Beatrix Potter Tour, Ambleside 12.00pm, Elterwater 2.00pm, Hawkshead 3.00pm.
6 Saddleworth MM: Stalybridge Beer Festival, Railway Station Buffet Bar, lunchtime.
6 Black Dog Molly Dancers: Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, Cheshire.
9 Manchester MM, Stockport MM: Hinds Head, Heaton Chapel, 8.00pm
10/12 Betty Lupton's Ladle Laikers, Black Swan Rapper, Carlisle Sword, Morris & Clog, Flag & Bone Gang, Mortimer Morris, Rivington Morris, Martha Rhodens Tuppeny Dish, Shropshire Bedlams, Slubbing Billy, Stone Monkey, White Rose Morris: Holmfirth Folk Festival.
11 Horwich Prize Medal MM: Rivington, Lancashire - village green. 2.00pm.
12 Clog & Morris dancing displays & workshops, Wigan Pier.
17/19 Britannia Coconut Dancers, Leyland MM, and others: Lancashire Clog & Folk Festival, Accrington & Oswaldtwistle .
18 Mersey MM: Ness Gardens, Craft Fair.
19 Rykknild Rabble: Etwall Well Dressing, South Derbyshire.
25 Royal Preston Morris Dancers: Crossroads Care scheme, Chorley, Lancashire.
26 Leyland MM: Chipping, Lancashire.
26 Mossley MM: Community Arts, Mossley. 2.00-4.00pm.
26 Britannia Coconut Dancers: Garstang, Lancashire - Fire Station H.Q. 12.30pm.
28 Chesterfield Garland Dancers, Cock and Magpie Morris: Ashford in the Water, Well Dressing.
31/03 Addison Rapper, Bradshaw Mummers, Chester City MM, Dawnswyr Delyn, White Hart MM: Chester Folk Festival, The Morris Dancer, Kelsall.
JUNE
1 Ringheye Morris of Mobberley: Mobberley Rose Queen.
2 Adlington MM: Adlington, Cheshire - village, afternoon.
3 Colne Royal MM: Marsden Park, Nelson, Lancashire, noon - 4.30pm.
3 Mersey MM: Newton le Willows, ‘Craft in the Park‘, Willows Park.
3 Mossley MM: Carrbrook Village, Mossley.
3 Leyland M M: Hesketh Bank, Lancs.
3 Black Dog Molly Dancers: Wirksworth (Derbyshire) Well Dressing.
4 Abram Morris Dancers: 'Party in the Park', Abram. (TBC)
8 Colne Royal MM: Longridge, Lancashire - Field Day, 12.30pm.
8 Southport Swords and others: Clitheroe, Lancashire - Great Days of Folk.
14/16 Celtica, Grand Union MM, Pink Bunnies, Plain Capers, The Witchmen, Wrigley Head MM: Middlewich, Cheshire - Folk & Boat Festival.
15 Chester MM, Westminster MM: Chester Lord Mayor's Parade. 11.00am, then dancing in and around Chester.
15 Furness Clog Dancers, Furness MM, Royal Preston MD: Grange over Sands, Edwardian Festival.
15 Thelwall MM: Thelwall Rose Queen.
15/18 Argameles Morris, Conwy Morris, Black Dog Molly Dancers: Conwy Weekend of Dance.
21/23 Beggars Oak, Black Dog Molly, Flag Crackers of Craven, Glorishears of Brummagen, Green Man’s Morris & Sword, Plumb Jerkin Border Morris, Three Spires Morris: Lichfield Folk Festival.
21/23 Eryri, Morris, Earl of Stamford's, Ringheye Morris of Mobberley: Eryri Weekend, Caernafon.
22/23 Fylde Coast Cloggers, Stockport MM: Fylde Coast Weekend of Dance, Lytham, Lancs. and area.
23 Britannia Coconut Dancers: Rossendale Carnival
23 Saddleworth MM: Honley Carnival, Nr Huddersfield.
28/30 Newburgh Morris, Chapel en le Frith MM, Shredded Feet and others: Four Fools Festival, Chorley, Lancashire.
28/30 Argameles Clog, Barley Break, Fylde Coast Cloggers, Inclognito, Southport Swords, and possibly Cottonmill Clog, Furness Clog Dancers, Jenny Geddes Clog Morris, Milltown Cloggies, Rainbow Morris, Singleton Cloggers, Stockport MM, Yorkshire Coast Morris: Argameles day of dance, Lydiate.
29 Abram Morris Dancers: annual walking tour of Abram, Bickershaw, Hindley and Platt Bridge.
29 Ringheye Morris plus guests: Feast of Dance, Mobberley, Cheshire.
29 Thelwall MM: Goostrey Rose Queen
29 Earl of Stamford's Morris: Daresbury fete.
JULY
2 Argameles, Southport Swords: Cains Brewery Tap, Liverpool.
4 Manchester MM, Poynton Jemmers: Hare & Hounds, Werneth Low, 8.00pm.
6 Winster Morris Dancers, Winchester MM: Winster Wakes.
6 Royal Preston MD: Lostock Hall, Lancashire - Festival.
6 Mersey MM: Neston Village Fair, 2.00pm.
7 Britannia Coconut Dancers, Bradshaw Mummers: ‘Crown Affair’ Crown Inn, Bacup, Lancashire.
12/14 Argameles Morris, Cumberland MM, Green Ginger Clog, Furness MM, Shuttlers Clog, Southport Swords:: Furness Traditional Festival, Ulverston.
13 /14 Mossley MM, plus other dance sides, including Ukrainian, Romanian & Middle Eastern Dancing: Tameside Canal Festival.
14 Poynton Jemmers: Day of Dance, Macclesfield area.
19/21 Clerical Error, Padiham Panache, Saddleworth Clog & Garland, Saddleworth MM, Roll Back the Carpet, plus possibly Clydeside Sword & Step, Dukes Dandy, Wayzgoose: SAFRA’s 5th Saddleworth Folk Festival.
19/21 Traditional Drama Conference, University of Sheffield.
20 Chapel en le Frith MM, plus guests: Buxton Day Of Dance.
21 Winster Morris Dancers: Ashbourne Highland Games.
21 Britannia Coconut Dancers: Bury Agricultural Show.
27 Colne Royal MM: Rawtenstall & Ramsbottom, Lancashire.
27 Rochdale Morris, Earl of Stamford's Morris, Poynton Jemmers: Littleborough Rushcart.
AUGUST
17 Earl of Stamford Morris, Ringheye Morris of Mobberley: Nantwich Folk & Roots Festival
24/25 Saddleworth MM, plus many guest men’s sides: Saddleworth Rushcart.
26 Thelwall Morris Men: Statham & Thelwall walking tour.
30/01 Addison Rapper, Chiltern Hundred, Feet First, Mossley Rose & Clog, Stockport MM, Stone Monkey Sword, Stone the Crows: Fylde Folk Festival, Fleetwood, Lancashire.
30/01 Argameles Morris, Milltown Cloggies, Mossley MM: Glossop, Derbyshire - Victorian Weekend
31 Colne Royal MM: Pendle, Lancashire.
SEPTEMBER
7 Winster Morris Dancers: Bakewell & Hartington Well Dressing, plus Wirksworth Festival.
7/8 Horwich Prize Medal MM: Kirkby Lonsdale Victorian Fair.
9 Abbots Bromley Horn Dancers: traditional day in Abbotts Bromley, Staffordshire.
13/15 Argameles Morris, Poynton Jemmers, Westmorland Step & Clog Dancers: Kendal.
15 Winster Morris Dancers: Matlock Bath Illuminations.
20 Southport Swords, Argameles, Stockport MM: Southport W/E of dance, Lydiate
21 Colne Royal MM: Bury.
21 Ryknild Rabble: Burton on Trent, Beer Festival, Town Hall.
27/30 Cock & Magpie Morris, Winster Morris Dancers: Weekend of dance with a Danish Folk Dance Team.
Duncan Broomhead and Michael L. Jackson
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