Tours/Events 2009
Our annual Cycle tour on the Somerset Levels with Glastonbury Tor in the background.

The years roll around and here we are at the start of another dancing season. Easter this year is in mid-April so theres a good chance we'll get a good dancing day. As usual we're starting at Vivary Park in Taunton and distributing Simnel Cake if you're lucky you might get a piece. It usually only lasts as far as Halse, although it has been seen at Hillfarrance.
The dances we are performing this year come from Brackley in Northamptonshire and Ilmington, in Warkwickshire

The earliest known date for Morris dancing in Brackley is in May 1725 when they received half a guinea for dancing at Aynho House. By the 1870s the side regularly carried out a week-long tour of the neighbourhood at Whitsun, but by the 1880s this had ended and they danced irregularly if at all. There was a brief revival for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887, with new ribbons being purchased for the dancers. The dances you see were taught to Cecil Sharp by Timothy Howard of Buckley, and John Stutsbury of Hinton-in-the-Hedges. The Ilmington dances were originally published in the the Morris Book Part 1 (1912-24) edited by Cecil Sharp and Herbert MacIlwaine. The Ilmington Morris is a living tradition (that is still danced in the village) and was revived in 1970s. For for information on both these traditions see below.
For more info about Brackley Morris
For more info about Ilmington Morris
Morris Ring Meeting at Winchester. Dancing outside the Cathedral.
We'll try our best to appear at all of the events listed, but due to circumstances beyond our control it may not always be possible.
  • Monday 13th April
    • Easter Monday Tour (with SWEET COPPIN Ladies Clog Dance Team)
      • 10:30am Vivary Park Taunton.
      • 11:45am The Triangle, Halse.
      • 12:30pm The Green, Hillfarrance.
      • 1:15pm The Anchor Inn, Hillfarrance.
      • 3:00pm Hestercombe Gardens, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Nr Taunton

       

  • Tuesday 21st April (with Dr Turberville's Morris)
      • 8:00 Ashill Inn
  • Tuesday 28th April
      • 8:00 The Church, Trull
      • 9:00 The Princess Royal, Taunton
  • Monday 4th May
      • Kingsbury Episcopi Street Fair
  • Tuesday 12th May
      • 8:00 The Phone Box, Sampford Arundel
      • 9:00 The Martlett Inn, Langford Budville
  • Tuesday 19th May
      • 8:00 The Green, Beercrocombe
      • 9:00 The Bell Inn, Curry Mallet
  • Tuesday 26th May
      • 8:00 The Holman Clavel, Culmhead
      • 9:00 The Half Moon, Clayhidon
  • Tuesday 2nd June
      • 8:00 The King Alfred Inn, Burrowbridge
      • 9:00 The George, Middlezoy
  • Tuesday 9th June
      • 8:00 The Tuckers Arms, Dalwood, Devon
      • 9:00 The Kings Arms, Stockland, Devon
  • Tuesday 16th June
      • 8:00 The Church, Cheddon Fitzpaine
      • 9:00 The Swan Inn, Kingston St Mary
  • Sunday 21st June
      • 4:30am Dance Up the Sun: Cothelstone Hill, The Quantock Hills
  • Tuesday 23rd June
      • 8:00 The Phone Box, Ham
      • 9:00 The Half Moon, Stoke St Mary
  • Tuesday 30th June (with SWEET COPPIN Ladies Clog Dance Team)
      • 8:00 Merridge Village Hall
  • Tuesday 7th July
      • 8:00 The Village Hall, Sheldon, Devon
      • 9:00 The Royal Oak, Dunkeswell, Devon
  • Thursday 16th July (with WEST SOMERSET MORRIS MEN)
      • 7:45 The White Horse, Stogumber
      • 8:45 The Bicknoller Inn, Bicknoller
  • Friday 17th - Sunday 19th July
      • Sweet Coppin 30th Aniversary Weekend
  • Tuesday 21st July
      • 8:00 The Church, Ash Priors
      • 9:00 The Fitzhead Inn, Fitzhead
  • Friday 24th - Sunday 26th July
      • 319th Meeting of the Morris Ring - Exeter
  • Tuesday 28th July
      • 8:00 The Green, Ashbrittle
      • 9:00 The Globe Inn, Appley
  • Tuesday 4th August
      • 8:00 The Seafront, Sidmouth Festival
  • Saturday 19th December
      • Borday Day. 1100am onwards. Walking Tour of Taunton Town Centre

2010

  • Friday 1st January
    • 12:30pm The White Horse Inn, Bradford on Tone
Sunrise at "The Seven Sisters" on the Quantock Hills.
The Square at Isle Abbots
Barbeque at Beer Crocombe.