Contents:

04: Welcome to the Winter/Spring issue: a message from the editor
04: Contact your committee: details of how to get in touch
05: President’s prologue: email broadcasts, website revamp, and risk assessments
06: The Centenary of Percy Manning: the man who collected Oxfordshire
08: The Isle of Wight’s Oyster Girls celebrate their 35th anniversary
09: Cardiff Ladies Morris invite teams to keep the Llareggub Tradition alive
10: An introduction to the Rumworth Morris of Bolton as they turn 40 years young
11: The Morris Ring dance in/out: Adam Garland passes the baton to Eddie Worrall
12: Bare Bones Border Morris celebrate their 30th year out and about in Loughborough
12: “I didn’t know women were allowed to do that!”: our 40th photo exhibition
14: The National Youth Folklore Troupe of England: could they appear at your event?
15: Boss Morris: an introduction to the team and their unique morris style
16: Invicta: The first ladies team in Kent mark their 40th year by dancing with friends
17: Dancing England: a review of the rebooted celebration of traditional dance
18: Mepal Molly: one of the first Molly revival teams looks back over the last 40 years
20: Oyster Morris: continuing their year of 40th anniversary celebrations
21: Morris Dance Database: a resource for searching traditional dance repertoires
22: Kingston Morris in Poland: providing a very English display on the Baltic Coast
23: Dartmoor Border Morris: Go West! with photos of local shenanigans
24: Mayflower Morris: the Hants/Surrey North-West side, share details of last year’s events
25: Goathland Community Hub: the new cultural exhibition centre for sword dancing
25: Debbie’s Dance: a fitting tribute to a sadly missed musician, Debbie Howard
25: Diary Dates: a collection of up-coming dance events from around the UK
27: Paul White’s Diary: Going nuts in May, and what’s morris got to do with wassail?
28: Get set for our Day of Dance and AGM in Hull – the 2017 city of culture!