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Dorset Buttons 2011 Program

The Ladies Morris Side was formed in 1978 and is based in Wareham in Dorset. They dance in the Northwest tradition and wear the wooden clogs that were everyday footwear at the time the dances were first performed. The team name originates from the handmade buttons that were widely made in Dorset until the invention of the button-making machine in the 1860’s. The team's colourful dresses and vibrant dancing have become well known throughout the country.

The side has also danced at many Folk Festivals and also featured on TV’s Country Ways and on Channel Four’s Big Breakfast. In recent years they have danced in Wareham’s twin towns of Conches-en-Ouche in France, and Hemsbach in Germany besides many other towns in Europe and on the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia, America.

If you are interested in finding out more about the side and wish to consider joining our Ladies then please call Linda (Bagwoman) on 01929 423430 LindacorlettNOSPAM@aol.com (remove NOSPAM)

The Men’s Rapper Sword Dance team was formed in 1991 and performs dances that originate from the mining villages of Northumberland. They came third in the Open Class DERT competition in 2008. Their intricate weaving swords together with their accompanying characters of ‘Tommy’ and ‘Betsy’ are a spectacle not to be missed. The Rapper Side always welcomes new members. Their practice season commences in September.

If you are interested in joining our men’s Rapper side then call Trevor (Rapper captain) on 01202 677121 trevorbrainNOSPAM@ntlworld.com (remove NOSPAM)

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CHARITIES

The side supports charities both by dancing at occasional charity-run functions and by means of our "potty collection".

All the money we collect in our potty is given to charity.

In previous years we have contributed to Macmillan Nurses, Hearing Dogs for the Deaf, Poole Scanner Appeal, Poole Baby Unit, Lewis Manning Hospice, Animal Ambulance, Julia Perks Foundation and Poole Hospital Leukaemia Fund amongst many others.

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