MORRIS LINKS
UK NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
The Morris Ring promotes male ritual dance.The Morris Federation promotes all Morris and related ritual dance.
Open Morris promotes all Morris and related ritual dance.
All three organisations promote a wide range of Morris and Morris-related traditions including longsword dancing, rapper dancing, mumming, hoodening and drinking in strict moderation.
All three of these organisations provide centralised services such as insurance to Morris clubs.
There are other organisations that promote the juvenile form known as Carnival Morris (also known perjoratively as Fluffy Morris). Google will find these.
USEFUL SITES
John Maher (Ring webmaster and Bristol MM) maintains the Mainly Morris Dancing site
An international Morris Teams Directory is maintained within the general reference Morris Dancing Wiki
MDDL is an email discussion group covering eclectic aspects of Morris
and loosely related topics. The postings are mostly from UK and USA.
Morris Dancing Bibliography by Mike Heaney at the Bodlean, based on Russell Wortley's 1975 bibliography, is a valuable guide to any study of the Morris.
The Morris Dancer is a fairly academic journal published by the Morris Ring. Volumes are gradually being placed on the web.
TUNES LIBRARIES
John Maher and Vaughan Hully have, under the auspices of The Morris Ring, published a collection of morris tunes, in computer readable ABC format. This includes inter alia all the tunes from "A Handbook of Morris Dancing", commonly known as the Black Book, by Lionel Bacon of CMM and Winchester MM.Alternatively try the tune data base maintained by Richard Moon or Steve Allen's "Library of Morris Tunes" also in ABC format.
It is possible (with practice!) to sight read ABC notation; software will print the tunes as "dots" or play them on a PC. This notation was first described by Chris Walshaw at the University of Greenwich and is now being developed further by a community of users including Steve Allen. It is ideal for folk tunes and similar. Application software is available from ABC to windows or ABC navigator.
NEIGHBOURING CLUBS
| Name | Phone | Internet | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldock Midnight Morris | 01763 245 355 | website | Mixed Cotswold |
| Bedford Morris Men | 01234 823 059 | website | Male Cotswold etc., Ring side |
| Bury Fair | 01284 702967 |  |
Female Cotswold |
| Coton Village Morris Men | 01480 810 756 | website | Male Cotswold |
| Devil's Dyke Morris Men | 01223 514 169 | website | Male Cotswold |
| Ely & Littleport Riot | 01353 612 114 | Female Morris | |
| Fenstanton Morris | 01954 210 650 | website | Mixed Cotswold & Molly |
| Gog Magog Molly | website | Univ. Mixed Molly | |
| Hageneth Morris Men | 01284 701 959 | George Hollick | Male Cotswold, Ring side |
| The King's Morris | 01553 768 930 | website | Male Cotswold, Ring side |
| Letchworth Morris Men | 01582 724 261 | website | Male Cotswold, Ring side |
| Little Egypt Morris Men | 01787 281175 | website | Male Cotswold |
| Manor Mill Morris | 01223 843 529 | Female NW clog | |
| Milton Morris Men | 07773 296 445 | website | Male Cotswold, Ring side |
| Standon Morris Men | 01920 821 779 | website | Male Cotswold, Ring side |
| Thaxted Morris Men | 01371 830 804 | website | Male Cotswold, Ring side |