Morris and Maypole Dancers
All Service Sectors - North East
We are a mixed team of morris dancers and musicians who mainly dance Border-style Morris, which is an energetic and less formal style of Morris dancing. We perform in traditional wear of tattered coats & hats, as our bells jingle at fetes to local events.
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Northumberland
The men perform a full and varied programme of dances mainly from the Cotswolds and the areas near the Welsh Border. The Lasses ( the women's dance side), dance in their own style a variety of traditional dances. We dance at festivals, parades and fetes.
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Northumberland
We perform dances from the Cotswold tradition and a traditional Yorkshire longsword dance from the nearby village of Escrick, and delight audiences all over & further afield. We can be booked to perform morris dancing at events such as weddings and fetes.
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North Yorkshire
We are a women's morris team who dance what is commonly known as the stick and handkerchief style i.e. dances from villages in the Cotswold regions but also some Border Morris, along with some dances we have invented ourselves. Book a living tradition.
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North Yorkshire
A traditional dance team where the men perform the local rapper sword dance and the women perform clog dances in the Northumberland & Durham tradition. Both teams dress in traditional clothing and look forward to attending festivals, county shows & fetes.
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Tyne & Wear
We aim to revive the traditional longsword and rapper heritage that flourished in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Northumbrian music accompanies the dance, which is the traditional Northumbrian style with five swords and is a slick, fast-moving dance.
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Northumberland
We dance rapper sword, which is fast-paced style in which dancers hold onto double-hilted sprung steel swords to make intricate patterns and wow audiences. We can impress at formal events, such as concerts, conferences & weddings. Also dance other styles.
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Tyne & Wear
We're a mixed border team who have built up a repertoire of traditionally inspired Border Morris dances with our own twists. We dance to well know folk melodies and newly composed tunes, all played on traditiona 'morrisinstruments. We dance out at events.
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East Riding of Yorkshire
We're a ladies' morris dance team that was created in 1977 and we dance in clogs and wear traditional sytle costume dancing mainly NorthWest style morris dances. Our main aim is to entertain as we dance with ribbon sticks, bobbins, bell sticks & hankies.
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East Riding of Yorkshire