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SUMMARY:Talk - 'Morris Music - a history' - Taborers Society (LIVE on Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Recording of event\nThis talk took place using the Zoom video service on 6 March 2021. A recording of the talk is available on YouTube: ‘Morris Music – a History’ – Talk – Taborers Society. \n \nTalk – ‘Morris Music’ – a history – Taborers Society\nA talk by Stephen Rowley on the history of morris music\, followed by a discussion chaired by Andy Richards including how to obtain tabor pipes for anyone wanting to learn. \nThere will be a follow-on Pipe & Tabor Beginner’s Workshop on 20th March. \nProgramme\n17:00 Morris Music – a History – or “Whatever did the old dead guys ever do for us?” – Talk by Stephen Rowley \n17:45 Taboring for dance lift with Shepherds’ Hey from Bucknell (we will learn this tune in our Beginners Pipe & Tabor Workshop on 20th March) – Andy Richards \n17:55 Note about the Beginners Pipe & Tabor Workshop on 20th March and how to obtain tabor pipes – Andy Richards \n18:00 Discussion chaired by Andy Richards [approx. 30 min] \nYour hosts\nStephen Rowley.  Musician and dancer\, founder of the International Pipe and Tabor Festival\, The Taborers Society and the International Mummers Festival.  He has performed and taught widely in Europe\, USA\, Russia and Australia.  He has a particular interest in the festival procession dances of the Iberian peninsular and their music. \nAndy Richards.  Andy has many years’ experience of leading\, teaching and playing for morris dancing and early dance with pipe and tabor\, the typical instrument for English morris from the 15th to the early 19th century. He is the EFDSS Morris Class Tutor and current Chair of the Taborers Society. \nThis talk is being jointly presented with The Taborers Society: www.pipeandtabor.org \nTo join The Taborers Society:  http://www.pipeandtabor.org/sample-page/become-a-member/ \nTo register\nPlease complete this online form: Register for the Talk – Morris Music – a History – Taborer’s Society; you will receive a confirmation email immediately (check your spam/junk/promotions folder!).  We will send you a Zoom link a couple of days before the event.  Open to all – you don’t have to be a member of a team in The Morris Federation or the Taborers Society. \nOptional Donations\nIf you enjoy this event\, then it would be wonderful if you could send a donation\, small or large\, to Bowel Cancer UK via: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/stephen-rowley2
URL:https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/event/talk-morris-music-a-history-taborers-society/
LOCATION:Online over Zoom
CATEGORIES:Morris Federation,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210307T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210307T173000
DTSTAMP:20260429T005745
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SUMMARY:Talk - Sussex Bonfires - Keith & Heather Leech (LIVE on Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Recording of event\nThis talk took place using the Zoom video service on 7 March 2021. A recording of the talk is available on YouTube: Sussex Bonfires – Talk – Heather & Keith Leech. \n \nTalk – Sussex Bonfires – Keith & Heather Leech\nKeith and Heather Leech will talk about the history of Sussex Bonfires\, how they came about and why they are so big in the county of East Sussex in particular\, compared with elsewhere. \nThere will be time for Q&A. \nKeith Leech is a Founder of the Hastings Borough Bonfire Society and a member of the Sussex Bonfire Council. \nTo register\nPlease complete this online form: Register for the Talk – Sussex Bonfires; you will receive a confirmation email immediately (check your spam/junk/promotions folder!).  We will send you a Zoom link a couple of days before the event.  Open to all – you don’t have to be a member of a team in The Morris Federation. \nOptional Donations\nIf you enjoy this event\, then it would be wonderful if you could send a donation\, small or large\, to Hastings Borough Bonfire Society (a registered charity)\, Paypal: hbbsac@live.co.uk
URL:https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/event/talk-sussex-bonfires-2020/
LOCATION:Online over Zoom
CATEGORIES:Morris Federation,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210313T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210313T173000
DTSTAMP:20260429T005745
CREATED:20210211T183648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220610T194408Z
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SUMMARY:Talk - Clogs in Britain & Beyond - Michael Jackson (LIVE on Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Recording of event\nThis talk took place using the Zoom video service on 13 March 2021. A recording of the talk is available on YouTube: Clogs in Britain and Beyond – Michael L Jackson. \n \nTalk – Clogs in Britain & Beyond – Michael Jackson\nMichael Jackson will briefly cover the history of clog making in Britain.  He will consider European influences on British clogs\, and vice versa\, as well as comments of wooden footwear around the world. \nHeritage clogs and wooden shoes\, and clog-making tools\, will be used to illustrate the talk\, plus photographs and other old pictures. \nThere will be time for Q&A. \nYour host\nMichael Jackson grew up in Lancaster\, a town where clogs were available from several retail outlets into the 1980s\, and they were worn both for work and leisure. He bought his first pair in 1980 when he joined John O’Gaunt Morris Men.  Subsequently he has acquired many more pairs of clogs\, and clog-making tools and memorabilia\, sometimes as a result of generous donations. The collection includes not only many different examples of British clogs\, but also styles of wooden shoes from around the world. \nA couple of years ago\, a talk in a local museum about clog making led to a piece in a local newspaper (repeated on a number of websites in the North West)\, which in turn led to an appearance on BBC1’s Bargain Hunt. \nIn a normal year\, he can be seen dancing in clogs with Royal Preston Morris Dancers and Horwich Prize Medal Morris Men.  He can be seen dancing in other footwear with Abram Morris Dancers\, Medlock Rapper\, Regency Rejigged\, and Seven Stars Sword and Step Dancers. \nUntil normal times return\, Michael will continue to be busy with clog-related research.  He is preparing to re-publish an old history of clog-making in Britain\, supplemented by his own research into people and businesses involved in the trade at the end of the nineteenth century.  This will be distributed as a PDF free-of-charge in Facebook groups\, in order to reach as many people as possible. \nOther Resources\nMichael has posted links to hundreds of Google Photos albums of clog-related photographs on the Facebook page of Seven Stars Sword and Step Dancers. The albums include photographs (mainly by Michael’s wife Janet) of many different styles of clogs\, as well as old postcards and various documents. More links are being added\, so keep an eye on the page. \nTo register\nPlease complete this online form: Register for the Talk – Clogs in Britain & Beyond – Michael Jackson; you will receive a confirmation email immediately (check your spam/junk/promotions folder!).  We will send you a Zoom link a couple of days before the event.  Open to all – you don’t have to be a member of a team in The Morris Federation. \nOptional Donations\nIf you enjoy this event\, then it would be wonderful if you could send a donation\, small or large\, to the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS): https://www.efdss.org/support-us/donate-now
URL:https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/event/talk-clogs-britain-and-beyond/
LOCATION:Online over Zoom
CATEGORIES:Morris Federation,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210314T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210314T123000
DTSTAMP:20260429T005745
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SUMMARY:Workshops - Clog Stepping for Intermediate - Melanie Barber (LIVE on Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:2 Workshops – Clog Stepping for Intermediate – Melanie Barber\nMelanie Barber will teach the Whitby Toesday Waltz for Intermediates\, comprising ten steps\, which she wrote for the Whitby Folk Week Community Facebook Group in 2016.  As it’s an intermediate workshop\, participants should have a good basic knowledge of clog techniques such as shuffles\, swanees and crunches. \nA series of two 1.5 hour teaching sessions (over Zoom) to build to the performance of a clog stepping routine. \nThe dates are: \nSunday 7th March (week 1) / Sunday 14th March (week 2) both at 11:00-12:30 \nEquipment Needed\nClogs or hard soles shoes are required\, plus a hard surface to dance on\, e.g. wooden floor\, wooden board. \nYour hosts\nMelanie Barber started clog dancing in 1979\, learning from Sam Sherry and Pat Tracey\, and collecting steps from Bill Gibbons and Bert Bowden\, and has been teaching clog since the early 80’s.  She was a founder Lancashire Walloper\, then a member of Camden Clog\, and now dances with Strictly Clog. \nMike Adamson learnt to play the melodeon in 2006 for Hammersmith Morris\, and started playing for clog and North West Morris in 2007.  Melanie & Mike formed Three’s a Crowd in 2014 having started to do solo bookings. \nTo register\nPlease complete this online form: Register for the Workshops – Clog Stepping for Intermediate – Melanie Barber; you will receive a confirmation email immediately (check your spam/junk/promotions folder!).  We will send you a Zoom link a couple of days before the event.  Open to all – you don’t have to be a member of a team in The Morris Federation. \nThe Zoom link will be the same for the 2 sessions. \nOptional Donations\nIf you enjoy this event\, then it would be wonderful if you could send a donation\, small or large\, to Melanie & Mike’s chosen charities: Christies Cancer Research and their local Sheffield S6 Foodbank.
URL:https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/event/clog-stepping-for-intermediate-2021/
LOCATION:Online over Zoom
CATEGORIES:Morris Federation,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210314T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210314T153000
DTSTAMP:20260429T005745
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SUMMARY:Workshop - Fiddle Playing for Morris - Sarah Matthews (LIVE on Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Workshop – Fiddle Playing for Morris – Sarah Matthews\nSarah will go through a selection of well known and loved morris dance tunes of different styles and traditions\, and talk through some of her thoughts and ideas on how to give life to these ancient pieces.  Ideas to be covered / discussed / developed: \n– speed of the tune \n– relationship of the music with the dancer(s) \n– use of the bow in order to achieve lift\, space\, energy\, drive \n– use of ornamentation \n– use of double stringing \n  \nThe Lionel Bacon manuscript will be referenced. \nThere will be plenty of time for Q&A. \nFeel free to bring your instrument and play along (while muted)\, or just watch. \nYour host\nSarah Matthews is an experienced fiddle player and tutor\, who has been playing for traditional dance of all kinds for around 25 years. \nShe has also been dancing in a variety of traditional styles for most of her life.  When we can meet and dance regularly\, she dances Cotswold Morris with Pecsaetan Morris\, Willington Morris and Harlequin Morris. \nFind out more about: \n– Sarah: www.sarahmatthewsmusic.wordpress.com \n– Doug Eunson and Sarah as a duo: www.dougandsarahduo.wordpress.com \n– Intarsia with Jo May: www.intarsiafolk.co.uk \n– CDs that Sarah has made: www.cothrecords.co.uk \nTo register\nPlease complete this online form: Register for the Workshop – Fiddle Playing for Morris – Sarah Matthews; you will receive a confirmation email immediately (check your spam/junk/promotions folder!).  We will send you a Zoom link a couple of days before the event.  Open to all – you don’t have to be a member of a team in The Morris Federation. \nOptional Donations\nIf you enjoy this event\, then it would be wonderful if you could give a donation\, small or large to an educational bursary being set up in honour of Derbyshire’s Mick Peat for young folk musicians in the area\, donate via: paypal.me/sarahmatthewsmusic
URL:https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/event/workshop-fiddle-playing-for-morris/
LOCATION:Online over Zoom
CATEGORIES:Morris Federation,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210320T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210320T153000
DTSTAMP:20260429T005745
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T132757Z
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SUMMARY:JMO Workshop - Morris Census 2020 Results - Jack Worth (LIVE on Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Recording of event\nThis talk took place using the Zoom video service on 20 March 2021. A recording of the talk is available on YouTube: Morris Census 2020 – key findings – JMO workshop. \nJMO Workshop – Morris Census 2020 Results – Jack Worth\nFindings from the 2020 Morris Census\nJack Worth will present the key findings from the Morris Census of summer 2020. \nSee full report by clicking on the image [PDF] \nFor comparison\, the results of the 2014 & 2017 Morris Census are available at: https://morriscensus.weebly.com/full-set-of-survey-results.html \nThere will be time for Q&A to dig into the detail. \nYour host\nJack Worth is a statistician who has run the Morris Census in 2014\, 2017 and 2020. \nTo register\nPlease complete this online form: Register for the JMO Workshop – Morris Census 2020 Results; you will receive a confirmation email immediately (check your spam/junk/promotions folder!).  We will send you a Zoom link a couple of days before the event. \nThis is a Joint Morris Oganisations (JMO) event – open to members of all teams in the Morris Federation\, the Morris Ring and Open Morris.  Also open to members of teams in EFDSS and overseas teams.
URL:https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/event/jmo-workshop-morris-census/
LOCATION:Online over Zoom
CATEGORIES:JMO,Morris Federation,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210320T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210320T183000
DTSTAMP:20260429T005745
CREATED:20201101T092130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220610T194541Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop - Pipe and Tabor for beginners - Taborers Society (LIVE on Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Recording of event\nThis talk took place using the Zoom video service on 20 March 2021. A recording of the talk is available on YouTube: Pipe & Tabor for Beginners – Workshop – Taborers Society. \n \nWorkshop – Pipe and Tabor for beginners – Taborers Society\nAndy Richards will lead a workshop using the tune Shepherds’ Hey\, Bucknell. \nPipe and tabor is a super and fun instrument for dance\, just as it was in the earliest morris we know about in the 15th and 16th centuries\, or in the 17th century when we get the earliest reference to a Cotswold morris tradition. Here is a fun video of Hunt the Squirrel: \nhttp://www.pipeandtabor.org/2020/08/18/taborers-hunt-the-squirrel/ \nOur session will be extremely friendly\, supportive and collaborative\, and there will be a lot of laughing as we encourage each other to learn together. We will use tabor pipes in high D such as the Generation\, available from the Taborers Society Price; £9.95 including postage for UK orders): http://www.pipeandtabor.org/the-pipe-and-tabor/buying-a-tabor-pipe/generation-tabor-pipes/ \nWe will have fun holding and manipulating a tabor pipe\, a stick or stick-like object such as a wooden spoon held in your leading hand\, and hitting a tabor or some sort of percussion instrument (e.g. tambourine or disc of thick cardboard attached to your non-leading arm). We will enjoy very slowly learning a super morris tune Shepherds’ Hey from Bucknell\, slow and dance speed versions of this will be available in advance in the Beginners Workshop Videos on the Taborers Society YouTube channel. You can see the fingers and get used to the tune. We will do some stepping to help internalize the rhythm\, and there will be time for questions at the end. Sheet music of the version of the tune we learn will be at http://www.pipeandtabor.org/the-pipe-and-tabor/how-to-play-the-pipe-and-tabor/beginners-workshops/. \nYour host\nAndy Richards has many years’ experience of leading\, teaching and playing for morris dancing and early dance with pipe and tabor\, the typical instrument for English morris from the 15th to the early 19th century. He is the EFDSS Morris Class Tutor and current Chair of the Taborers Society. \nThis workshop is being jointly presented with the Taborers Society: www.pipeandtabor.org \nTo join The Taborers Society: http://www.pipeandtabor.org/sample-page/become-a-member/ \nTo register\nPlease complete this online form: Register for the Workshop – Pipe and Tabor for Beginners – Taborer’s Society; you will receive a confirmation email immediately (check your spam/junk/promotions folder!).  We will send you a Zoom link a couple of days before the event.  Open to all – you don’t have to be a member of a team in The Morris Federation or the Taborers Society. \nOptional Donations\nIf you enjoy this event\, then it would be wonderful if you could send a donation\, small or large\, to Bowel Cancer UK  via: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/stephen-rowley2
URL:https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/event/workshop-beginners-pipe-and-tabor-taborers-society/
LOCATION:Online over Zoom
CATEGORIES:Morris Federation,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210321T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210321T110000
DTSTAMP:20260429T005745
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SUMMARY:6 Week Programme - Return to Dancing Fitness - Rhys Boorman (LIVE on Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Recording of event\nThese workshops took place using the Zoom video service between 21 March and 2 May 2021. Recordings of the workshops are available on YouTube: \n\nReturn to Dancing Fitness – 1 of 7 – Rhys Boorman\nReturn to Dancing Fitness – 2 of 7 – Rhys Boorman\nReturn to Dancing Fitness – 3 of 7 – Rhys Boorman\nReturn to Dancing Fitness – 4 of 7 – Rhys Boorman\nReturn to Dancing Fitness – 5 of 7 – Rhys Boorman\nReturn to Dancing Fitness – 6 of 7 – Rhys Boorman\nReturn to Dancing Fitness – 7 of 7 – Rhys Boorman\n\n6 Week Programme – Return to Dancing Fitness – Rhys Boorman\nRhys Boorman is running a ‘return to dancing fitness’ programme starting with a ‘live’ session on Sunday 21st March\, and another ‘live’ session 6 weeks later on Sunday 2nd May. \nIn between the two ‘live’ sessions\, Rhys and the Morris Federation will be sending you workout sessions to focus on improving your fitness in preparation for (finally!) returning to dance practice and/or dancing out. \nThe sessions will be approximately an hour and will be structured as the following: \n– 5 minutes – Warm-up\n– 5 minutes – Mobility/Stretching\n– 5 minutes – Basic Morris Stepping\n– 15 minutes – Core workout to aid balance while dancing\n– 15 minutes – Plyometric Workout – to add some power and spring into your step\n– 10 minutes – Cool down\n– 5 minutes – Q&A \nYour host\nRhys Boorman is a PE Teacher\, and while in lockdown has kept up his fitness by completing weekly core and plyometrics sessions similar to the ones which he will be leading in the workshop.  He has had plenty of practice at leading unruly groups due to his job as a PE Teacher! \nHe also likes to regularly run half marathons for fun\, and is currently in the middle of marathon training. \nRhys dances with multiple teams including: Mad Jacks Morris\, Sussex Junction Morris\, Clausentum Morris\, Harlequin Morris & Berkshire Bedlam. \nTo register\nPlease complete this online form: Register for the 6 Week Programme – Return to Dancing Fitness – Rhys Boorman; you will receive a confirmation email immediately (check your spam/junk/promotions folder!).  We will send you a Zoom link a couple of days before the event.  Open to all – you don’t have to be a member of a team in The Morris Federation. \nOptional Donations\nIf you enjoy this event\, then it would be wonderful if you could send a donation\, small or large\, to Mind\, supporting people experiencing mental health problems:  https://www.mind.org.uk/donate/
URL:https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/event/programme-return-to-dancing-fitness/
LOCATION:Online over Zoom
CATEGORIES:Morris Federation,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210321T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210321T160000
DTSTAMP:20260429T005745
CREATED:20210112T174637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220610T194614Z
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SUMMARY:Talk & Workshop - Kirtlington Morris (LIVE on Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Recording of event\nThis event took place using the Zoom video service on 21 March 2021. A recording of the event is available on YouTube: Kirtlington Morris – Talk and Workshop. \n \nTalk & Workshop – Kirtlington Morris – “And I often wonder – How did it all start?”\nTalk and a workshop by Kirtlington Morris introducing the Kirtlington cotswold morris tradition from Oxfordshire. \nProgramme (times are approximate):\n– Musical introduction – 5 mins \n– Talk – 45 mins \n– Dance Workshop – 45 mins \n– Q&A – 25 mins \nTalk:\nThe history of Morris at Kirtlington Lamb Ale in the 17th to 19th centuries is outlined by Bob Dunlop. \nPaul Davenport describes the reconstruction of the Kirtlington dances in the 1970s. \nTim Radford reflects on the Kirtlington revival. \nNigel Holt talks about the work of Len Berry and Barbara Berry as first squire and first musician of the revived Kirtlington side. \n  \nThe drawing is a Kirtlington dancer in 1912\, from an article in Oxford Times 1912 for a lecture at Kirtlington by Tindall Wildridge. \nWorkshop:\nDillon Browne introduces the steps and figures of the tradition\, with a chance to join in and see how these fit into some of the dances – wear comfortable dancing clothes and bring a pair of hankies. \nMusic by John Leslie\, principal musician for ten years\, who has played\, sung and danced since the 1970s.  John Leslie is busy recording all the Kirtlington tunes as ‘a tune a day’ on Facebook. \nYour hosts\nEvents and website officer John Mayo will be your MC and introduce the speakers. \nA brief history about the team and Lamb Ale is on their web site: Kirtlington Morris. \nTo register\nPlease complete this online form: Register for the Talk/Workshop – Kirtlington Morris; you will receive a confirmation email immediately (check your spam/junk/promotions folder!).  We will send you a Zoom link a couple of days before the event.  Open to all – you don’t have to be a member of a team in The Morris Federation. \nOptional Donations\nIf you enjoy this event\, then it would be wonderful if you could send a donation\, small or large\, to Prostate Cancer UK: https://prostatecanceruk.org/get-involved/donate
URL:https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/event/talk-workshop-kirtlington-morris/
LOCATION:Online over Zoom
CATEGORIES:Morris Federation,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210328T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210328T153000
DTSTAMP:20260429T005745
CREATED:20210126T174819Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop - Cotswold Morris - 2 Ilmington Jigs (LIVE on Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Recording of event\nThis workshop took place using the Zoom video service on 28 March 2021. A recording of the workshop is available on YouTube: Ilmington – Nelson’s Praise & Jockie to the Fair Jigs – KOKI – Workshop – Cotswold Morris – 2021. \n \nWorkshop – Cotswold Morris – 2 Ilmington Jigs\nAndrew Knight and Lin Steel\, with musician Tony Warren\, will teach 2 Cotswold morris jigs (solo dance) for those with some experience of Cotswold morris\, and also suitable for those who attended our beginners Cotswold workshop in November/December. \nThe dances are ‘Nelson’s Praise’ and ‘Jockey to the Fair’\, both in the style of Ilmington. \nThis is being run as a 1 hr 30 minute run through of the Ilmington Style and is open to anyone wanting to give the Ilmington Style a try; particularly suitable as a reminder for those that followed the Nov/Dec workshop on Ilmington.  It is hoped that some will take a jig out in the summer of 2021 and perform it in some form if we are able.  Whatever your genre of morris adding a Jig is an excellent way to make a contrast in the performance of your side. \nA desire to learn / better one’s technique / be able to learn from viewing on a screen is desirable. \nYour hosts\nDance leaders – Andrew Knight and Lin Steel\, with Musician Tony Warren.  Lin has danced from early childhood and is a professional dance teacher with the RAD\, her Morris history starts with Border and she made the transition to Cotswold on moving to Somerset\, she has danced most genres of Morris.  Andrew is an Osteopath and has danced Morris for 25+ years almost exclusively Cotswold; both have been teachers/fore(wo)men and leaders/squires of several teams and both dance with multiple teams.  Andrew wrote the Warm up information 2nd edition for The Morris Federation. \nAndrew\, Lin and Tony currently perform with the Knights of King Ina morris jig team\, based in Somerset (see more below). \nTo register\nPlease complete this online form: Register for the Workshop – Cotswold – 2 Ilmington Jigs; you will receive a confirmation email immediately (check your spam/junk/promotions folder!).  We will send you a Zoom link a couple of days before the event.  Open to all – you don’t have to be a member of a team in The Morris Federation. \nOptional Donations\nIf you enjoy this event\, then it would be wonderful if you could send a donation\, small or large\, to Yeovil Freewheelers Blood Bikes: https://www.yfwbloodbikes.org/ \nResources\n– Video: Warming up and Cooling Down for Morris Dancers  on the MF YouTube Channel \nFor Nelson’s Praise:\n– Video: Andrew Knight dancing Ilmington – Nelson’s Praise and dancing Ilmington – Nelson’s Praise (filmed from behind\, no music) \nFor Jockie to the Fair (which we workshopped for beginners in Nov/Dec 2020):\n– Video: Andrew Knight dancing Ilmington – Jockie to the Fair \nFor Ilmington in general:\n– A folder containing: Dance Notation\, music dots and MP3 for Ilmington (incl Nelson’s Praise & Jockie to the Fair) in the MF Notation Library \nKnights of King Ina\nSee the KOKI Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheKnightsOfKingIna and the King Ina YouTube Channel \nKOKI – back in 2010 faced with the imminent demise (never happened) of a set team\, several people joined to study Jig dancing as a way of improving their dance and to avoid being reliant on large numbers to go to Festivals. That and there are not many Jig teams about – at the time we found 2 active and 2 inactive in the UK and another also just starting out like us. \nAt the outset we decided to avoid the inevitable provenance arguments about how its supposed to go and to revisit the – usually handwritten – first collection notes. Our re-interpretation of these is the same starting point that all the revivalists had (apart from those meeting the old dancers) any subsequent variation from first recorded is to suit the dance to us. \nOver the years from humble beginnings we have performed at many festivals\, won medals\, and given a workshop series twice a year in Somerset covering most of the traditions that have Jig dances in their repertoire. There is a notation series and music for all of these available free from us. We now have regular members from the South Coast to Herefordshire and meet regularly to practice (subject to legal restrictions!)\, members of the team have taught and performed in Europe and Australia and during Lockdown we developed a video set and notation for Ilmington teaching used internationally.
URL:https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/event/cotswold-morris-ilmington2-2021/
LOCATION:Online over Zoom
CATEGORIES:Morris Federation,Workshop
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