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Dolphin is a men's Cotswold Morris
team and we practice a number of traditions including Sherborne,
Fieldtown, Bledington, Headington Quarry, Ilmington, and Lichfield.
We practice on Thursday nights from September
through to April, at Kingston-on-Soar (near J24 of the M1); and recover
from the ordeal with a pint and, usually, a few tunes and songs in a
local pub. Then, from May to August, we can
be found on Thursday evenings delighting the crowds at pubs around the
Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire borders, dancing
traditions including Upton on Severn, Longborough, Bucknell. Anything
we haven't practised, really. |
The pub that gave
us our name |
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Dolphin Morris
were formed in 1968 by members of the Nottingham Traditional
Music Club. Strong links were retained with NTMC until NTMC folded
in the 1980s. After that, maintaining the links became more
difficult. And a bit pointless, really, when you think about it.
So why "Dolphin",
when Nottingham is so far from the sea? We were named after the
Dolphin Pub, the hostelry to which we retired after that first
practice. The pub is now demolished (we deny everything) but the pub
sign is safely hoarded away in a secret location.
Andy Padmore has produced a very thorough history of the Dolphin Inn
- and you can
read it here! |
'The Dolphin',
looking a bit dishevelled. |
