Recordings of Morris Federation Zoom Workshops

During the Covid-19 pandemic, when morris-dancing activities were curtailed, the Morris Federation organised a series of online talks and workshops which covered various aspects on the history of morris and other style of traditional dance together with sessions which focussed on best practices for sides.  In light of the popularity of the sessions we continued to run the Zoom events after the end of the lockdown. Many of the sessions, which were held on the Zoom software, were recorded and we have now made available many of the recordings.

Zoom events

Pages for Zoom events which contain videos as well as event details are given below (note not all video recordings are available but currently 70 recordings are available).  The sessions are grouped as:

  • Research: primarily talks based on research into dance traditions or related areas
  • Dance: talks about specific dances
  • Fitness: fitness-related sessions
  • Performance: performances of song and dance
  • Demonstration: demonstrations of areas of relevance to the morris community
  • IT: talks on use of IT by the morris community

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Summaries of talks

Starting in January 2025 500 word summaries of many of the talks have been made which are are linked to from the following table. Details of how the summaries were created is available. 

TitleSpeakerTypeDateSummary
Recruitment Ideas and ExperiencesJon Brenner and Ed WorrallTalk2024-11-24500 words
Morris Census 2023 ResultsJack WorthResearch2024-05-20
Yoga for Morris DancersCarla WilsonFitness2024-04-28
Teaching Morris and Maypole in Primary SchoolsBarry Goodman and Virginia CrewePractice2024-02-21500 words
Using Digital for Recruitment and Marketing: No IT Expertise Needed! Brian KellyIT2023-12-10500 word summaries:
Part 1 – Supporting the discovery of information about your side
Part 2 – Exploiting the potential of video
Cecil Sharp and the Quest for Folk Song and Dance: a new biographyDavid SutcliffeResearch2023-11-26500 words
More morris than you can shake a stick (or handkerchief) atMichael HeaneyResearch2023-04-02500 words
Dalliance[s] with Dance … Clogs, Bells, Horns and Straw!Doc RoweResearch2023-03-26500 words
The Ancient Festival of Abram, called the Morris DancePeter BearonResearch2023-03-25500 words
Dancing with Giants, Hobby Horses and MorrisStephen RowleyResearch2023-03-05500 words
Recruitment Ideas and ExperiencesVariousPractices2023-02-26
Exploiting IT for your Outreach and MarketingBrian KellyIT2023-02-26500 word summaries:
[Recap]
[Making a Short Video]
[Working Together]
Winter Sword Dancing: a black and white issue?Andrew KennedyResearch2023-01-29
Morris dances in Cumbria in the early twentieth centurySue AllanResearch2023-01-28500 words
Carnivals, Contests and CoronationsRichard NelsonResearch2023-01-25500 words
How Can IT Help Your Side?Brian KellyIT2023-01-15500 word summaries:
[Getting to Top of Google]
[Exploiting video]
Getting to the Top Of Google (and Other IT Issues)Brian KellyIT2022-04-03500 words
Sticks, Hankies, Baldricks & Bells – Dances of CatalunyaStephen RowleyResearch2022-03-27500 words
Custom and creativity: the chicken and egg of folk performance historiesPeter HarropResearch2022-02-05500 words
Fieldtown Jigs – Ladies’ Pleasure & Nutting Girl Owain BoormanDance2022-01-30
Traditional TreasuresGill & Barry GoodmanPerformance2022-01-22500 words
Straw Bear – 40 Years of Straw & StringBrian KellResearch2021-12-12500 words
Coconut Dancing – more than just a Lancashire traditionPeter BearonResearch2021-12-03500 words
Morris Dolls in the Museum of British FolkloreSimon CostinTalk2021-12-11500 words
Cotswold Morris Workshop – Ducklington Jig ‘Nutting Girl’Andrew Knight, Lin Steel and Tony WarrenDance2021-11-14
A History of MummingStephen RowleyResearch2021-11-14500 words
Whitby Toesday Hornpipe – Clog Stepping WorkshopMelanie BarberDance2021-11-07
Considering Morris Dance Costumes as English National DressChloe Middleton-MetcalfeResearch2021-11-06500 words
Morris Dancers and Rose Queens’ Volume 1: 1888-1900Johnny HaslettResearch2021-05-15500 word
Who were the sword dancers and why did they do it?Andrew KennedyResearch2021-05-02
Return to Dancing Fitness (7 of 7)Rhys BoormanFitness2021-05-02
Adderbury Morris MenVariousResearch2021-04-25
Return to Dancing Fitness (6 of 7)Rhys BoormanFitness2021-04-25
‘The Celebration’ North West danceJohn EarnshawDance2021-04-24
Bacca PipesRachel Cole-WilkinDance2021-04-24
Return to Dancing Fitness (5 of 7)Rhys BoormanFitness2021-04-18
Return to Dancing Fitness (4 of 7)Rhys BoormanFitness2021-04-11
“Good Morning, Lords & Ladies” Calendar Customs in word & songGill & Barry GoodmanPerformance2021-04-11500 words
‘Waiting for the Vaccine’ – Solo Border DanceLinda Glanville and Pauline Woods-WilsonDance2021-04-10
Return to Dancing Fitness (3 of 7)Rhys BoormanFitness2021-04-04
Merrie England Once More? The Morris Revival c.1886-1951Matt SimonsResearch2021-04-03
Cotswold Morris – 2 Ilmington JigsAndrew Knight, Lin Steel and Tony WarrenDance2021-03-28
Return to Dancing Fitness (2 of 7)Rhys BoormanFitness2021-03-28
Return to Dancing Fitness (1 of 7)Rhys BoormanFitness2021-03-21
Kirtlington Morris – History and DanceVariousDance2021-03-21
Pipe & Tabor for Beginners WorkshopAndy RichardsDemonstration2021-03-20
Morris Census 2020Jack WorthResearch2021-03-20
Clog Stepping for Intermediate (part 2)Melanie BarberDance2021-03-14
Clogs in Britain and BeyondMichael JacksonResearch2021-03-13500 words
Clog Stepping for Intermediate (part 1)Melanie BarberDance2021-03-07
Sussex BonfiresKeith and Heather LeechResearch2021-03-07500 words
Morris Music – A HistoryStephen Rowley and Andy RichardsResearch2021-03-06500 words
Cotswold Morris – Bledington JigAndrew Knight, Lin Steel and Tony WarrenDance2021-02-28
Shrewsbury Morris on TwitterRay Langton and Graydon RadfordIT2021-02-21500 words
North West ‘Lockdown’ danceHazel Old and Clare WattersDance2021-01-31
Bonnets so Blue, Bucknell Jig WorkshopAndrew Knight, Lin Steel and Tony WarrenDance2021-01-24
How to Make a BeastGeoff Roberts Demonstration2021-01-23
Goathland Plough Stots Long Sword TraditionKeith ThompsonResearch2021-01-10500 words
The Nelson North West Processional Morris DanceMalkin MorrisDance2021-01-10
Clog Stepping for Beginners Georgia ShorrockDance2021-01-02
How to Make Rapper SwordsFrank LeeTalk2020-12-12500 words
Cotswold Morris Beginners Workshop Ilmington (3 of 3)Andrew Knight, Lin Steel and Tony WarrenDance2020-12-06
Cotswold Morris Beginners Workshop Ilmington (2 of 3)Andrew Knight, Lin Steel and Tony WarrenDance2020-11-28
Cotswold Morris Beginners Workshop Ilmington (1 of 3)Andrew Knight, Lin Steel and Tony WarrenDance2020-11-21
Demonstration of ClogmakingSimon BrockDemonstration2020-11-21
Hastings Jack in the GreenKeith Leech & Fee LockResearch2020-11-08500 words
Sailors’ Hornpipe – Isolation Instructional #4Martyn Harvey, musicians Jen Wilson and Frank LeeDemonstration2020-04
Celebration – North West Morris solo – Isolation Instructional #3John Earnshaw, musician Will PoundDemonstration2020-04
Bledington – Staines Morris – Cotswold Morris Jig – Isolation Instructional #2Jess Arrowsmith, musician: Richard ArrowsmithDemonstration2020-04
Fieldtown – Nutting Girl – Cotswold Morris Jig – Isolation Instructional #1Owain Boorman, musician Rimini Dick-CarrDemonstration2020-03

Last updated: 22 Mar 2025

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