Video collection
A collection of 50 short videos of Morris Federation sides will be released during 2025.
50 videos of 50 sides for the Morris Federation’s 50th anniversary!
The Morris Federation is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2025. To celebrate this occasion during 2025 we will be publishing short videos which feature 50 Morris Federation sides.
The videos will be available on YouTube. In addition we will be inviting the featured sides to download videos of their side which they are free to use as they see fit: thee videos could be uploaded to the side’s YouTube, Instagram, TikTok or similar video hosting account; posted on social media services such as Facebook; added to the side’s website – or used in other ways as the side sees fit!
Featured side
Downes on Tour comprises 2 teams who dance Cotswold morris – a men’s team and a women’s team.
The men currently dance Bledington and Ascot styles, plus the Upon on Severn stick dance. Their kit is black breeches & shoes, red socks, white shirts, yellow-red-grey sashes & arm bands, bells pads with yellow ribbons, and black top hats.
The women currently dance Fieldtown style. Their kit is white trousers, shirts and trainers, plus red belt and bell straps, and red-yellow rosettes at the elbow.
Practices and dance outs are organised by team members at weekends – a practice on the Saturday and dance-out, or walk, on the Sunday. They also dance out at festivals and morris weekends.
- View our Teamfinder profile.
Download video
The following short video (available in landscape and portrait formats) are also available on YouTube. Note these videos are due to be published in week 10 (between 5-11 March 2025).
Download short video: (landscape mode) – (portrait mode)