2004 - 2005 Season
A selection of photographs from our 2004 - 2005 Scrapbook, hopefully giving a few examples of what we get up to. Most of the photos were taken by team members or friends.
Our Ladies Night or Annual Dinner is the clubs social event of the year (although there are others). It includes a formal meal followed by various club traditions and a "come all ye" of informal singing and dancing or whatever!
Ladies Night - November 2004
Christine Bagnall tentivley accepts the Squires mug from John Crabb.
John Crabb welcomes One and All. Ali Highfield finds out what we got up to last season.
After Dinner Ceilidh.
Border Day (apart from lunchtime New Years Day) is the only time we dance border morris, a style from the Welsh borders. We dance around Taunton centre and collect for a local charity.
Border Day - December 2004
Eastgate Gardens - All lined up and ready to go. Eastgate Gardens - Scary Musicians
Someone - Somewhere on Border Day.
Steve - Down but not out.
Billet Street - Majors and Minors.
"Do you think he's worth anythin?"
New Years Day 2005 - Bradford on Tone See above....
Very enthusiatic New Year dancers - All geared up and raring to go! John Crabb - Making sure they do!
Masses of tatters outside "The White Horse" Usual New Years Day at Bradord on Tone.
Annual Easter Monday Tour Each year we start our summer dancing season with tour of Taunton Deane.
Vivary Park - Bampton Hey in the grey
Vivary Park pose
Vivary Park - Distribution of the Simnel Cake
Hillfarrance Green.
Hillfarrance - Mike and Stuart dance Maid of the Mill from Bampton.
Halse - Sheriffs Ride from Lichfield.
Halse - Keeping an eye on lines.
Hestercombe House - Shave the Donkey from Bampton.
The Three Horseshoes Langley Marsh - Roger and John dance Not for Joe.
Bookings and Events Each year there are a number of events we attend on a booking basis. Some are regular, others just one off.
Still Kingsbury Episcopi May Fair.
Kingsbury Episcopi May Fair.
Club Night Tours On our usual meeting night from about the end of April to the Sidmouth Festival Week we dance out in and around Taunton Deane.
Mob Handed at Trull, a village just outside Taunton
Dancing Ring 'O Bells at Culm Valley Inn, Culmstock, just over the border in Devon
Isle Abbotts: Our collectors get younger every year - or are we getting older?
Dancing 'The Abnalls' from Lichfield at Hambridge
They're very patriotic at Isle Abbotts
Tim enjoying a quiet moment - but not for the rest of us! Alex leads the music at Ashbrittle
Lichfield Folk Festival A scorching weekend under canvas was enjoyed by all at the Staffordshire city of Lichfield. We danced as well!
John Crabb in "Eros" mode It's SO cool hanging out with Taunton Deane Morris Men.
Lined up for Not for Joe - Lichfield near the Cathedral
Campsite Rapper Workshop for the kids (and Mike)
Lichfield Cathedral: Watching Green Man Morris work while we take it easy in the hot summer sun!
Sunday Morning 'Bobbing Around'
Sprawled out watching Three Spires do their stuff.
Dancing Up the Sun For a number of years on the morning of "the longest day" we've met at "The Seven Sisters" on Cothelstone Hill to dance the sun up. Some years nothing could be seen due to the fog, others we danced up the rain, but this year was exceptional - hence we went "snap happy". Good though!
The Early Risers
West Somerset Morris Men - 40th Aniversary Tour With a number of other teams we spent the day as guests of West Somerset Morris Men to help them celebrate.
Porlock; Heading Out - the end of Ring 'O Bells from Lichfield.
Porlock Wier: Tony, Mike and Graham intent on the dancers.
Alex and Mike chill out on the seawall at Minehead Later down in the sandpit........
Multi-insrumentalist Mike playing the Trellis and Lowland Pipes.
Meanwhile Graham get tuned up. Footup on Minehead Seafront
Annual Cycle Tour It's a bit of a mystery to other morris teams in the area that we actually choose to run a day tour where we cycle between dance spots.
Swagger Around at the Burtle Inn - Audience of Bikes End of Swagger Around at the Burtle Inn
Morris kit and Punture repair kit.
Solo from Jim on the Somerset Levels
Group pose before the afternoon shift.
Fiddlers Elbow - Dave Lawrence lends a hand.
Morris Ring Meeting - East Sussex We always try if possible to attend a Morris Ring Meeting although due to the large number of clubs we generally attend one every two years.
Suspect itinerant buskers at the end of Broadstairs Pier. The Bandstand, Eastbourne Seafront - our showdance
The Bandstand, Eastbourne Seafronf - our showdance - even closer!
The Bandstand - Relaxed lined and ready to go - somewhere. Saturday Tour: Alex at table - approach with care!
A dance to help the dinner go down (or up) Flowers of Edinburgh. A picture paints a thousand words - or does it?
Don makes a difficult choice - Beer or Water?
Beachy Head: "Well we had team a minute ago?" Saturday Evening Feast waiting for the food to arrive - it soon did! Mike tries out his new morris hat - too much greenery perhaps!
Sidmouth Festival Our last dancing spot of the season on Sidmouth seafront.
Flowers of Edinburgh again
Simon dances THE solo jig of the year.