Online Talks & Workshops up to April
If you fancy meeting a Giant, soaking up some morris history, or having a go at a new dance or dance style, we may just have something for you. And due
Talk about How to Make a Morris beast
Here is a review of a talk by Geoff Roberts, assisted by Katie Palmer-Heathman, on how to make a morris beast, held on 23rd January over Zoom, attended by around
Talk – Goathland Plough Stots Long Sword Tradition
Here is a review of the talk about the history of the Goathland Plough Stots Long Sword Tradition, given by Keith Thompson, Steve Pierson, Jim Eldon and Sally Smith on 10th January. It was attended by over 70 online guests from the UK, Netherlands, USA and Canada. “Keith Thompson is the Honorary President of Goathland Plough Stots, one of Britain’s oldest sword teams and his talk was the story of their tradition. It linked a long history of the team dating back to 1812 to social movements in and around the village with a selection of live music, slides and videos.
Learning the dance from Nelson in Lancashire
Here is a review of an online workshop teaching The Nelson Dance from Lancashire, run on 10th January by Virginia Crewe, Peter Crewe, and Carol O Reilly of Malkin Morris from Lancashire.
“An impressive 140 North West Morris dancers logged into this workshop, from the UK, Netherlands and Australia. The workshop was led by Virginia Crewe of Malkin Morris at 11am on a Sunday morning. Everyone was keen, lots of people danced around their living rooms and it was good to share a learning experience with so many like-minded people.
Clog Stepping for Beginners Workshop
Here is a review of a 2-part Clog Stepping for Beginners workshop run on 2nd and 9th January by Georgia Shorrock of Hadrian Clog, based in Northumberland. “I’ve been a Cotswold dancer for more than 40 years, I dabbled in North West at University and have danced rapper intermittently for 20 years. However learning clog stepping has passed me by. They say you should start something new in lockdown so I dusted down my rapper shoes, cleared the rug from the conservatory floor and took part in the beginners clog stepping workshop.
Practices go online
The Morris Federation launched a series of online workshops, talks and demos over Winter 2020-2021. Here is a review of our workshop about running online practices over Zoom, hosted by
