The UK's largest association of morris and traditional dance teams
Postponed from 2020
The Morris Federation and Customs & Exiles North West Morris extend a warm welcome to all members of The Morris Federation to join us in a day of dance in Reading on Saturday 25th September 2021, followed by The Morris Federation’s AGM at 4.30pm (4pm sign-in) and a ceilidh.
Save the date – more details will be announced as they become available.
The JMO Day of Dance is a collaborative event organised in turn by one of the three morris organisations in the UK – The Morris Federation, The Morris Ring, and Open Morris. The day of dance is a celebration of morris and traditional dancing held annually at a different location around the UK, in 2021 it will be in Liverpool.
The Joint Morris Organisations’ Day of Dance will take place on Saturday 17th April 2021 in Liverpool City Centre hosted by The Morris Ring in the North West. This was postponed from 2020 due to the Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak.
Registration (inc. collecting tin/info pack allocation) from 9.15am is at Liverpool Central Library, William Brown Street L3 8EW (just across the road from Liverpool Lime Street Station, right hand side of St Georges Hall) where visiting sides will find women’s and men’s changing facilities, toilets, secure storage and a cafe. Early arrivals will find lots of great places to breakfast within a few minutes walk, and the city is blessed throughout with a cornucopia of really fine pubs and eateries.
The event starts at 10am at Liverpool One’s Sugar House Steps (outside John Lewis) with a welcome from the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, and ends at 4pm with a centrally located closing ceremony.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
Our attention has just be drawn to The Morris Federation’s day of dance and AGM in 2017 in Hull.
Eric Brady says: “A unique feature of the 2017 Morris Federation’s AGM was the opportunity for some teams to dance on Hull’s Scale Lane bridge as it opened to allow River traffic to pass. The only bridge in the UK where this could happen and a first in the long history of Morris.”
Unless you know otherwise!!
Here’s the Buttercross Belles from Otley taking advantage of the opportunity!
The JMO Day of Dance is a collaborative event organised in turn by one of the three morris organisations in the UK – The Morris Federation, The Morris Ring, and Open Morris. The day of dance is a celebration of morris and traditional dancing held annually at a different location around the UK, this year it will be in Liverpool. For more info click on the link below.
As a result of Coronavirus Covid 19, running the JMO DoD in Liverpool in 2020 became impractical, so the decision was made to postpone the event until Saturday 17th April 2021.
See the video of the teams who would have attended
See team photos and videos of the virtual event by searching for #nogoJMO
The Morris Federation and Kinfauns Step Dancers extend a warm welcome to all members of The Morris Federation to join us in a day of dance in Perth, Scotland on Saturday 28th September 2019, followed by The Morris Federation AGM at 4.30pm at the Salutation Hotel.
Perth is a beautiful and historic city on the banks of the River Tay. Come and view the stunning scenery of the Perthshire hills and explore the intriguing royal history of this ancient capital of Scotland as you are guided around the city by our stewards. Why not visit https://www.perthcity.co.uk to find out more?
All dance spots are within easy walking distance of the centrally positioned Salutation Hotel which is our base for the day. There will be a Scottish ceilidh in the hotel in the evening with the popular Cragganmore Ceilidh Band. And on Sunday there will be dance and music workshops led by guests from across the Federation.
We look forward to welcoming you for the weekend. If you have any queries or require any further information, and to book, please contact Morag
The fair city of Perth is also the home of the Perth Glovers’ Sword Dance. Their 17th century dance costume is on display at the Perth Museum & Art Gallery. This is an ink and wash drawing of the Ancient Morrice dancers’ dress in possession of the Incorporation of Glovers of Perth by J G Howie c.1840.
Reproduced courtesy of Perth Museum & Art Gallery, Perth & Kinross Council.