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» BBC Online - Beyond the Broadcast - Making History Factsheet from a BBC Radio broadcast by Alun Howkins on the origins of Morris Dance. » Ballet Instructor's Newsletter A brief article discussing the history of Morris Dancing. » Hastings Jack in the Green Festival Occurs every May over the Early May Bank Holiday weekend. Features Folk Music, Ceilidhs, Morris Dancers, Giants, and the Jack in the Green. » Icons of England Morris dancing has been recognised by the British Government as an 'icon of England'. This site has a brief description of morris dancing and provides the opportunity to comment and vote on its iconic status. » Jeff Bigler's list of morris sides' websites A list of morris and sword groups around the world, with information on the gender and style of dance as well as contact details. Note this site has not been updated for a couple of years, although much of the information is still current. » Kemps Nine Daies Wonder Historical account of Will Kemp's marathon jig from London to Norwich. » Leicestershire Morris Dancers A listing of all sides in Leicestershire and Rutland including contact details and a photo of each team. » Mainly Morris Dancing Comprehensive list of links to all known morris sides and related websites. » Martin's Morris dancing Page General information on morris dancing with photographs and details of some particular sides in Leicestershire. » Morris Dancing & May-day Games Scanned pages from Walford's Antiquarian, 1886. » Morris Dancing Discussion List Email group for all things related to morris dancing, mummers plays, and other traditional activities. Contains subscription instructions, FAQ, and links to the archives. » Mr Fox Contact details, history, photographs, and details of future performances of The Langsett Fox Dance. An unusual side from South Yorkshire who dance only at night, and often unannounced. » New England Folk Festival Association List of sides in New England, USA. » New Zealand Morris Dancing List of sides in New Zealand. » Old Mettle Entertaining and informative article on this nineteenth century morris dancer and fool. » Open Morris One of the three umbrella organisations for morris sides. » Origin of the Morris Spoof morris origin theories. Each time you go to this page you get a different explanation/theory as to the origins of morris dancing. » Rattlejag Morris History, contact details, photographs and event list of this mixed side from Retford, Nottinghamshire. » Recently Traditional Fictional Morris Contact details, photographs and event list of this side from Boston, Massachusetts. Description of the 'Anti-Morris' based upon writings of Terry Pratchett. » Rich Holmes's Morris Site Contains various articles on the subject including historical and literary references, including humorous fictional origin theories, a 'normal person's guide', and dance notes for a number of border dances. » Roy Dommett's morris notes Notes on the numerous boolets, lectures and articles produced by Roy over the years on cotswold and border morris dancing. » San Francisco Bay Area Morris teams One of the first local directories of Morris Dance teams and their specialities. » Shave The Donkey The online newspaper for the Capering Classes. News about Morris and related folk activities. » Side Finder Find contact details for all sides in a specific area by clicking on a map of the UK. » The Betley Windows History and description with photographs of one of the earliest representations of English Morris Dancers. » The Britannia Coco-nut Dancers Contact details, history and photographs of this unique traditional men's side from Bacup, Lancashire. » The English Folk Dance Project These chaps claim to make, collect and preserve recordings of the dance tunes and songs that are commonly heard in connection with the traditional English dance. » The Fabulous Fezheads Contact details, photographs and amusing member biographies of this groups of 'Sand-Dancers from tropical Kent'. Site also contains details of their annual Fig and Date Fayre. » The Flag & Bone Gang Description of this very modern side who have created a new style based on the so-called 'Forgotten Morris' From Yorkshire. » The Hidden Morris Transcripts and scanned copies of some of the early C20 collectors notes. » The Morris Café A forum for people who are associated with morris dancing but who play parts other than dancers and musicians. i.e. Characters, Animals, and Fools, Etc... » The Morris Dancer's WebRing Navigate around a ring of member sites all on the subject of morris dancing. From here webmasters can also submit their sites for membership. » The Morris Federation One of the three umbrella organisations for morris sides in the UK. Site contains contact details, member directory and details of events organised by the federations. » The Morris Ring The national association of men's Morris and Sword Dance clubs. Details of membership, events and links to member sides.

Last Updated: 2007-03-07 10:04:39