AGM Sat 21st September 2024 and 5 Officer Nominations – Morris FedCast

The Morris Federation’s Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 21st September 2024 in person in Cardiff, Wales, and online on Zoom, at 16:30 UK time (sign-in from 16:00) […]
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 […]
Morris on May Day on Guernsey

Belles and Broomsticks Morris in Guernsey danced out on May Day, not having to adhere to any local restrictions, and sent us this message to teams in the UK: “It’s […]
Workshop – How to Love Tunes you Hate!

Here is a review of our first instrument workshop covering loads of ways to take the most boring, old-hat, overplayed tunes … and kick them back into life! Will Allen’s talk ‘How to love tunes you hate’ was a difficult subject to put over to an audience with presumably varying abilities, but I reckon that most would have come away with at least some ideas providing food for thought; I certainly did.
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.
Liberation Lockdown in Guernsey

Are Belles and Broomsticks Morris in Guernsey the first morris side to dance out this season without having to social distance or follow any other restrictions? They gave us this […]
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 […]
St George’s Day Lone Morris #StGeorgesLMF

Following the International success of the #LoneMorrisFestival on Sat 21st March 2020, it was repeated as the St George’s Day bash on Saturday 25th April 2020, being the nearest Saturday […]