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28 May 2020

Clog dancers unite online for mass performance

With their traditional May Bank Holiday event cancelled, Hadrian Clog decided they would still take the opportunity to dance together, if only virtually.

On Monday 25th May they  gathered online with friends from the clog dancing community to celebrate the summertime and the beginning of their season of dancing, bringing together as many clog dancers and musicians as possible to perform the well-known Sam Sherry Waltz.

What started as a few Hadrian Clog team members ended up as over 80 performers from all over the country, including musicians who play for dance teams joining in.

One keen clog dancer, stranded in New Zealand, even stayed up late into the night to join in the celebration.  In all there were dancers from over 20 clog teams, as well as several individual clog dancers, who performed first the Sam Sherry Waltz and then a selection of hornpipes.

The event gained coverage on both BBC Radio Newcastle and BBC Look North.

For anyone who wants to try and find themselves on the Zoom screens, or watch the interview on the BBC the dances are posted on the Hadrian Clog Facebook page @HadrianClog and also on their YouTube channel.

Find our more about Hadrian Clog from Hexham in Northumberland.

Filed Under: Current Members, News Tagged With: clog, dance, isolation, zoom

14 February 2020

Grant for East Sussex Schools Dance Festival

East Sussex Schools Dance Festival (ESSDF) has been awarded a grant from The Morris Federation towards provision of tutors to teach morris dancing in May 2020.

The tutors will teach morris dancing at a number of primary schools in East Sussex, with a combined day of activities for participating children at Plumpton Race Course.

The Festival day on 20th May 2020 will involve morris-related activity in the morning, and performances by the participating children in the afternoon.  The festival aims to get young children actively engaged with the Morris and traditions, including Morris, Molly, Maypole and social dancing, and raise awareness amongst children and their parents of the active dance community and local sides.

The team of tutors will be dancers and musicians of Brighton Morris Men, The Knots of May, Chanctonbury Ring Morris Men, Long Man Morris Men, and Traditional Arts Development.

Financial support has been provided by: The Morris Federation, The Morris Ring, EFDSS, Ashdown Morris, Brighton Morris, Chanctonbury Ring Morris, Cuckoos Nest Morris, Temporary Measured, The Orchard Project, Longman Morris, Mish Mash Morris, Ditchling Morris, plus individual sponsors.

For more information on the East Sussex Schools Dance Festival see: ESSDF

Filed Under: Current Members, News Tagged With: children, dance, east sussex, ESSDF, maypole, molly, morris, plumpton, social dance

30 October 2019

Fool’s Gambit at U.Dance 2019

Fool's Gambit Morris photo
Fool’s Gambit Morris

On Sunday 21st July 2019, the English Folk Dance & Song Society (EFDSS) presented a free programme of youth folk dance and music at U.Dance 2019 – the national youth dance festival run by One Dance UK – at the Southbank Centre in London. Events across the day included a dance workshop, youth dance ceilidh and pop up performances from Morris Federation member Fool’s Gambit Morris, plus Young Miscellany, London Youth Folk Ensemble and ICanDance.

See video at: Folk Dance and Music at U.Dance 2019

Filed Under: Current Members, News Tagged With: 2019, dance, efdss, folk, morris, u.dance, youth

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26 February 2021

More online Talks & Workshops to April

23 February 2021

Upcoming Events

  1. Talk – Morris Music – a history – Taborers Society (LIVE on Zoom)

    Saturday 6 March @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
  2. Workshops – Clog Stepping for Intermediate – Melanie Barber (LIVE on Zoom)

    Sunday 7 March @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
  3. Talk – Sussex Bonfires – Keith & Heather Leech (LIVE on Zoom)

    Sunday 7 March @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
  4. Talk – Clogs in Britain & Beyond – Michael Jackson (LIVE on Zoom)

    Saturday 13 March @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
  5. Workshop – Fiddle Playing for Morris – Sarah Matthews (LIVE on Zoom)

    Sunday 14 March @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

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