**NEW ANNOUNCEMENT** - See Black Annis in Leicester on Saturday 5th December
Black Annis will be Dancing at the Christmas Tree Fair at 11:00, 12:00 and 13:00 on Saturday 5th December at the Christmas Tree Festival at Belgrave Hall - come and see us there.
Where we danced in 2009
Black Annis have already had a busy 2009; celebrating St Hilda of Whitby with our friends Bare Bones at the Albion in Loughborough; Celebrating St George's Day at the wonderful Merchants Inn in Rugby and dancing at Hastings Jack in the Green Festival over the May Bank Holiday. We had a lovely day as guests of Baldock Midnight Morris as part of the Baldock Festival; danced as a booked side at the Beverly Folk Festival and had some very pleasant Thursday evenings dancing at the Dog and Gunn in Kilby and the Foxton Locks Inn with its lovely location by the world famous locks.
Events We Danced at in 2008
2008 was an even busier year for Black Annis. We kicked off the Coltswold Season on Saturday 12th April by celebrating Glorishears 30th Anniversary Day of Dance in Birmingham. Also in April we celebrated St George's Day Celebration in Hinckley and the eve on St Woolos with our friends Bare Bones in Loughborough. Yet again we made our annual pilgrimage to Hastings to Celebrate the Jack in the Green Festival in early May and yet again ventured south for the Baldock Day of Dance. We had a break in tradition and danced at the Burbage fete on Sunday 18th May, where we had a fabulous encounter with some alpacas. In June we danced from Nottingham to Southwell to celebrate an 800 year tradition and in July we performed as a booked side at the Warwick Folk Festival. Most recently we were lavishly entertained by Boggart's Breakfast in Tideswell.
Events We Danced at in 2007
2007 was a busy year for Black Annis, we started our Morris events by celebrating Saint Georges Day, in Hinckley on 21st April, see photo left and dancing with our friends Bare Bones in Loughborough on 25th April. We made our annual pilgrimage to Hastings to Celebrate the Jack in the Green Festival in early May, ventured south for the Baldock Day of Dance on 19th May and performed as a booked side in the pouring rain at the Chippenham Folk Festival during the late May Bank Holiday. We had our annual celebration of the Solstice at Black Annis’ Bower on 21st June and performed at Bitteswell Midsummer fete on the following Saturday. We joined our friends the world famous Hammersmith Morris for their ale in July and the highlight of our season was to perform as a booked side at Towersey Folk Festival. On Saturday 1st September we culminated a wonderful season by taking part in the setting of a World Record for the number of people doing a single Morris dance at the same time at Moreton in the Marsh County show.
Please contact us if you would like to book us for an event or are interested in joining.
Contact: Lynn Goodall
Exhausted after the world record!
