FedExtra Issues

Once again the morris welcomes in the May with dancing at remote and unpopulated locations at an ungodly hour for those who really like to get into the spirit of things, or to the masses at festivals, fetes and such like. Some sides have already travelled to foreign parts, and many are planning to do so during the summer. Apart from these, and other regular features, the Summer Newsletter includes ideas on recruitment and training, the place of traditional dance in fiction, and much more!

Mummers and wassailers didn’t let the weather curb their customary appearance over the festive season, the Cheltenham Folk Festival in February brought morris dancers out on the streets again, there’s a new side in Adderbury to look forward to at the village day of dance in April, and Great Western have persuaded Roy Dommett to come out of retirement to lead a workshop in Exeter.

The Sticklepath Strangler, M.O. Recruitment Conference, Paul White’s moving memories, Lincoln Morris Day, Betty’s ‘Gels’, Where it’s all happening, SVM Rapper Video, Event-ful years, 20th anniversaries, Sticks to ashes, Yorkshire Chandelier, Myles Away

Betty Reynolds – an appreciation, Tinner’s Rabbits, Youthful enthusiasm, Great Western’s 40th, Red Cogs in Baldock, Paul White beside the sea, John Kirkpatrick interview, What’s in a name, Flagcrackers of Craven, Abroad for pleasure, A Ragged and Old summer, A grave moment

JMO Day of Dance, Interview: Hexhamshire Lasses, Kettle Bridge across the pond, Following father’s footsteps, Paul White’s flag cracking time, Oh to be a mummer, Fresh rapping, Hands around Gorkha, St George’s Day and May Day, Workshop reports