The Morris Federation

The UK's largest association of morris and traditional dance teams

Newsletter archive 2015

Our newsletter is a printed magazine that is part of the membership offer to both our team and individual members. It is published four times a year.

Newsletter Winter 2015

The leading article by incoming Newsletter Editor, Sam Ross, is tinged with sad news of the passing of Roy Dommett, without whose knowledge and inspiration many of us would never have shared with him the ‘Joy of Morris’. Fortunately Roy was able to witness the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of The Morris Federation at the Bath Day of Dance. Several teams have carried our morris traditions beyond our shores – as far afield as Alaska and India. Reports of these trips and other visits to Europe appear in this issue, together with articles about some spectacular events in this country.

View and download: Newsletter Winter 2015 (6Mb)

Contents:

  • The Joy Of Morris
  • Roy Dommett Obituary
  • Big Appalachian Paul White’s Diary
  • Sompting Village Morris Ale
  • Morris Madness In The Asylum
  • Scilly Roosters
  • Cyprus Morris
  • Staves In Bordeaux
  • Black Dog Bolognese
  • North To Alaska
  • Passage To India
  • Halesworth Day Of Dance
  • Not The Day Job
  • Recruiting In The Cathedral
  • CD Reviews
  • Northfields Morris:To Bath And Beyond
  • The Bath Day of Dance

Newsletter Autumn 2015

Amazing Headbangers and a Geometrical Hedgehog are just two of the more unusually titled articles in this edition of the newsletter. There are the regular features such as Paul White’s Diary and accounts of anniversaries and trips, and a return of the interview feature. Plus, a wealth of photographs – has your side been caught on camera? For anyone not yet booked into the Fools and Beasts Unconvention please note that there is a new contact address only in this on-line edition of the newsletter.

View and download: Newsletter Autumn 2015 (7Mb)

Contents:

  • Interview: Doug Eunson & Sarah Matthews
  • The Lost Art of Communication
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog,etc.
  • Paul White’s Diary
  • Bells, Broomsticks, One-pots & Tinners
  • Ossett Beer Cart on the Map
  • English Miscellany’s 40 for 40th
  • Bear With Me – It’s All for Charity
  • Cardiff Ladies Morris 1973 -2015
  • Amazing Headbangers
  • Ridgeway Boards
  • Obituary: Peter Wallis
  • The Geometrical Hedgehog
  • Evesham Weekend

Newsletter Summer 2015

The 40th anniversary of The Morris Federation features prominently in this issue, together with signficant anniversaries from other sides. Our Notation Officer describes how to access some of tremendous amount of material now available, and some of the tasks still to be undertaken. There’s also a good mix of interesting articles on a range of subjects – dancing for the internment of Richard III, a beer named after a morris side, a bureaucratic nightmare from Cyprus – and many more.

View and download: Newsletter Summer 2015 (5Mb)

Contents:

  • Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye
  • Panic, portaloos & primus stoves
  • Notation, notation, notation
  • Dancing for the dead king
  • So you think paperwork is onerous?
  • Heather and Gorse 30th anniversary
  • Sheffield City 40th anniversary
  • Paul White’s diary
  • Dancing in the May
  • JMO Statement of Purpose
  • Medusa’s 10th anniversary
  • Beer tasting fowl?
  • Green Willow support hospice
  • Review: Rag Bag morris dances

Newsletter Spring 2015

This year we celebrate the 40th year of The Morris Federation, so the main focus in this issue is on reflections back to earlier times. However, we also look to present day concerns such as health and safety, and to the future in using modern technology to improve availability of information about morris dancing in all its manifestations.

View and download: Newsletter Spring 2015 (4Mb)

Contents:

  • Health & Safety For The Federation
  • Morris Federation Agm 2015
  • Memories – Former President
  • Memories – Former Editor
  • Pateley Longsword
  • Poynton Jemmers At 40
  • A Wight Fifteenth Year
  • Tess Goldsmith – An Appreciation
  • Paul White’s Diary
  • In The Side Lines
  • The Early Days
  • Not Just For The Record
  • Under The Rose – Review
  • Belfagan’s Charities

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