Book Ideas For Christmas / What’s On In 2025
If you are stuck with your Christmas shopping, and don’t know what to get for your folky friends or family this year, you may be pleased to learn that we […]
What’s On – Events Roundup, Autumn 2024
Now the dance season is over for 2024, we have put together a Morris Federation guide to the next year’s Fed events, to help you plan for 2025. Featuring a […]
Ringheye Morris “Absolutely Brilliant” on BBC Breakfast
Early on Sunday, January 21st 2024, Ringheye Morris, a mixed North-West Morris team from Mobberley, Cheshire, went live on BBC Breakfast as representatives of the Morris Federation, to discuss the […]
Finding Morris Dancing in Archives, by Jameson Wooders
Here is a review of the talk about Morris from the Archives, given by Jameson Wooders on 30th January. It was attended by around 200 online guests from the UK, […]
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.
How to Make Rapper Swords by Frank Lee – online talk
Here is a review of a demonstration & talk by Frank Lee on how he makes rapper swords. The rapper sword he made in the filming for the demonstration was sword number 2549. He has made 433 sets to date which have been sold worldwide.
Cotswold for Beginners Workshops online
Here is a review of our first Cotswold Morris workshop held over 3 weeks, for participants to learn ‘Jockey to the Fair’ in the style of Ilmington.
Morris in the Museum in Bedford
It is not often Morris dancing can be said to have made history but Redbornstoke Morris (1976-2018) and Bedfordshire Lace Morris (1981-2016) are the focus of a new display at The Higgins Museum in Bedford.
Zooming up the Sun
May Day is a popular day for Morris dancing, as a start to the morris ‘season’ of performing, rather than practising. Some teams get up and ‘dance up the sun’ […]
Learn the Sailor’s Hornpipe
The third solo dance to be released in the ‘Isolation Instructionals’ series of videos made during the Covid-19 outbreak is a Sailor’s Hornpipe. It is danced and taught by Martyn […]
