Summary: Vol. 37 Issue 2

Published: 2018

Table of contents

• On the standardisation of Folk Customs, traditions and native Peculiarities within the countries of the European Community Directive of 1 April 1993 
• Lucky Lukey’s Sword Dancers, by George Frampton
• The Morris Sighed, by Andy Hillditch
• DERT 2018 – Sheffield, by Charlotte Dover and Sally Wearing
• Shows past and present
  • Indommettable
  • Travelling with Thomas
• Morris Ring Constitution Changes 
• Whittlesey Straw Bear – Molly Dancing, by George Frampton and Tony Forster
• Do it Yourself, by Roy Dommett
• From the archive: ‘The Morris Dancer’ Ring publication recalls the 1930’s 
• Collecting Problems – Geoffrey Metcalf
• Bampton Style – Walter Absom
• A new use for morris bells… Mike Heaney

Editorial

This must be the first year in a while that many British festivals will not be bemoaning the muddy campsites; as I write we are still (in the south east) waiting for a drop of rain! Events mentioned in the last issue have been and gone – farewell to Redbornstoke and welcome to their ‘phoenix’ team Golden Hare; hopefully the legacy of dances and tunes is safe. The Morris Ring annual meeting accepted changes in the constitution to allow non-male dancers in member clubs: having been watching the gradual changes in their policies since the 1970s I was very pleased to hear this. I have been digging around in old materials – interesting to read more old Morris Ring publications and many thanks to the Ring for allowing me to reprint them: also to find a few scribblings from Roy Dommett that hadn’t yet made it into these pages.