Morris & Mummers
We have gathered some website links for further investigation. These links go to Dark Dorset recommended sites for further investigation.
Morris Dancers of England DVDs
The Morris Dancers of England, is an exciting range of DVDs, produced by Newland Media. Each DVD illustrates the variety of traditional English Morris Dancing by different performing Morris groups throughtout England.
Founded in 1995, Babylon are a border morris dance team, based in the small Dorset village of Corscombe.
Bourne River Morris Men dance in the Cotswold tradition. They practice in Winton on Thurdays from 8pm, and new dancers are very welcome
The Ladies Morris Side was formed in 1978 and is based in Wareham in Dorset. They dance in the Northwest tradition and wear the wooden clogs that were everyday footwear at the time the dances were first performed. The team name originates from the hand made buttons that were widely made in Dorset until the invention of the button-making machine in the 1860’s.
a small group based in East Dorset and West Hampshire, interested in Mumming
and other folk customs.
Frome Valley Morris are primarily a performance dance team who practise English Morris dancing - yes, the handkie and stick type, uniquely derived from the UK. We also perform two longsword dances and a Dorset mumming play which was enacted near Weymouth.
Hobos Morris
Hobos Morris 'Ladies'! Border dance side based in Poole, Dorset. Practise on Tuesday evenings from approximately the beginning of October to the end of March
Quayside Cloggies
Based in Poole, Dorset, Quayside Cloggies are a ladies clog-morris dance side who dance in the Northwest Tradition and take their dances mainly from Cheshire and Lancashire.
Steps in Time
Steps In Time are a junior folk dance side. We meet every Friday in Sutton Waldron, near Shaftesbury, Dorset.
First formed in 1989, the Uplyme Morris group website, includes photographs, information about the performances and tour dates.
One of Dorset's Morris group websites, including photographs, information about the performances and tour dates.