It took more than 400 years for Morris dancers to get from Bledington and Ducklington in the Cotswold region of England to Gas Works Park in Seattle. With hankies in hand and bells on their britches, ...
A Morris dancing group, which was in danger of folding after 62 years, has been thrown a lifeline. Furness Morris, based in Ulverston, Cumbria, said up to five new members could be joining in the ...
Copeland answers three questions about a form of English folk dancing which may have originated one night in the Middle Ages when some guys got really drunk. Originally broadcast April 25, 2014. BILL ...
The English Folk Dance and Song Society was formed in 1932 by the merger of two organizations, the Folk-Song Society, and the English Folk Dance Society. The Folk-Song Society, founded in 1898, was ...
Morris dancers “dance the sun up” Tuesday morning at Tilden Park. The Berkeley group, including Robin Gall (right) and his 2-year-old grandson, Zach Goldstein, is one of several Morris groups in the ...
NEWTOWN LINFORD, England (Reuters) - Traditional English Morris Dancers with jingling bells on their shins and flower-bedecked hats rang in May Day with early morning jigs on Tuesday. Around a dozen ...
Green Man Festival in Bradford-on-Avon sees the Wiltshire town taken over by folk dancers, market traders and up to 10,000 ...
Mitch Diamond first saw a Morris dance 47 years ago, at a folk-dancing camp in Massachusetts. He locked eyes with one of the dancers as the man leapt into the air. “You could just see this look,” ...