Events

For anyone curious about how rapper swords are made ... Frank Lee reveals all from his workshop in Brampton, Cumbria. Frank will explain the processes involved in making rapper swords, the way he has made them since 1977, and demonstrate them using video clips.  The processes will start from raw materials and work through to a finished product.  Frank will explain how the processes have evolved, and mention alternative methods as he goes. Click on the link below to book a place and you will be sent a Zoom link to access the event.

2 consecutive workshops on 2nd & 9th January. Georgia Shorrock of Hadrian Clog will teach a Clog Stepping routine over 2 weeks, for those with some dance experience but that are absolute beginners to clog dancing.  If you fancy having a go, Georgia will teach the basic steps along with some Lancashire Waltz steps so you will be able to dance your first clog routine. A series of 2 one hour teaching sessions (over Zoom) to build to the performance of a clog stepping routine. Click on the link below to book a place and you will be sent a Zoom link to access the event.

Malkin Morris will teach a North West Processional Dance from Nelson, Lancashire, with a brief intro to the dance research, a practical session for you to learn the dance, and a Q&A. Suitable for beginner/intermediate. Click on the link below to book a place and you will be sent a Zoom link to access the event.

Geoff Roberts will talk about making a Morris beast - held up by a single pole with the carrier under a fabric body.  He has already made 3 beasts in his morris career, using just a workmate and some basic hand and power tools. Click on the link below to book a place and you will be sent a Zoom link to access the event.

Andrew Knight and Lin Steel, with musician Tony Warren, will teach a Cotswold morris jig (solo dance) for those with some experience of Cotswold morris, suitable for those who attended our beginners Cotswold workshop in November/December.  The dance is 'Bonnets so Blue' in the style of Bucknell.  Click on the link below to book a place and you will be sent a Zoom link to access the event.

From Tudor Treasury records, through gentry household accounts and local newspapers, join Jameson Wooders on a trawl through the archives in search of some of the actual people who performed and witnessed the morris between the fifteenth and the nineteenth centuries.  Think you know the history of morris dancing?  You may be in for some surprises! Click on the link below to book a place and you will be sent a Zoom link to access the event.

'Lockdown' is a North West style dance for 4 distanced dancers written by Hazel Old of Chinewrde Morris.  She wrote this dance during the first lockdown, and some of Chinewrde were dancing it outdoors as soon as the guidelines allowed. Hazel will be teaching the dance in a 1hr 30min session suitable for all, especially for those with some morris experience.  Click on the link below to book a place and you will be sent a Zoom link to access the event.