Sword Dance Union (SDU) Longsword Tournament 2024 (Northallerton)
A Sword Dance Union event. Open to all teams from the Morris Federation, Morris Ring, Open Morris, or independent.
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DERT (Dancing England Rapper Tournament) 2025 (Peterborough)
A DERT event. In 2025 it is being held in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, hosted by a Rockingham Rapper. riday night will be a welcome evening. Saturday is the competition day, finishing with awards and followed by a social evening. Sunday the winners host a workshop. Open to all teams from the Morris Federation, Morris Ring, Open Morris, or independent. SAVE THE DATE. Click on the name of the event for more info.
DERT (Dancing England Rapper Tournament) 2024 (Whitby)
A DERT event. In 2024 it is being held in Whitby, North Yorkshire. Friday night will be a welcome evening. Saturday is the competition day, finishing with awards and followed by a social evening. Sunday the winners host a workshop. Click on the name of the event for more info.
Sword Dance Union (SDU) Longsword Competition 2023 (Sheffield)
A Sword Dance Union event. Open to all teams from the Morris Federation, Morris Ring, Open Morris, or independent.
Friday night there will be welcome drinks. Saturday is the competition day, finishing with awards and followed by a social evening. Sunday informal dancing at a local pub. Click on the name of the event for more info.
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.
Talk – Goathland Plough Stots – a Long Sword Tradition (LIVE on Zoom)
Keith Thompson will talk about the history of the Goathland Plough Stots Long Sword tradition in North Yorkshire, with time for Q&A. Keith is the Honorary President of Goathland Plough Stots to which he has belonged for some 40 years – a novice compared with some team members who are younger than him. Click on the link below to book a place and you will be sent a Zoom link to access the event.
DERT Rapper Tournament 2020 #DERTnotDERT
On the weekend of Saturday 4th – Sunday 5th April 2020, the DERT-not-DERT rapper tournament was unleashed into our homes. Rapper teams from across the country, and over the pond, […]
Money, money, money
If you had £1,000 to spend supporting morris, sword and traditional dancing, what would you do? In addition to the current Bursary scheme, we have earmarked the funds from selling […]
