The Newsletter - No. 15 – September 2000. First, a very warm welcome to our new Squire, Gerald Willey, who danced in at the Chalice Meeting. This Newsletter contains a letter from Gerald, outlining his initial thoughts. This mailing includes a number of separate items, please make sure you have...
The Newsletter - No. 15 – September 2000 - SUMMARY
THE SQUIRE provides his first thoughts. He “thoroughly enjoyed visits to Richmond, Thaxted, Nuneaton and Bridgwater” with the latter providing the setting for his “dancing in” as the 31st Squire of the Ring. He intends to use the Newsletter to “set out my stall”. His primary objective is to ensure Morris is danced “positively and with vigour and panache” and to ensure Shows are “more stream-lined and imaginative … based on quality of performance and not just because the Side is present … let us show the general public all that's best of the Morris tradition”. He is looking to survey Clubs and produce a “Doomsday 2000” book of photographs of Sides. He hopes to encourage more Associate Sides to become Full Members; redefine the role of the Area Representatives and complete the review of the Areas.
IN MEMORIAM - Charlie Evans, who formed Coventry died aged 97. Steve George, formerly Cambridge, and a founder member and Fool of Leicester died aged 84.
ARM 2001 - will be hosted by Dartington from 30th March to 1st April 2001.
INSTRUCTIONALS - Fieldtown Instructional - 6 th – 8 th October 2000 in Devon. Fools and Animals Weekend - 27th – 29th October 2000 at Wath on Dearn. Jigs Instructional - 19th – 21st January 2001 at Sutton Bonnington.
RING MEETINGS – 2001 – The Application Form needs to be filled without delay – Meetings for 2001: - 1 st - 3 rd June - THAXTED; 29th June – 1 st July - BOAR’S HEAD/CLARO SWORD; 13th - 15th July - GREENSLEEVES 75th Anniv; 30th August - 1 st Sept - EAST SURREY 75th Anniv.
JOINT MEETING - The Officers met with the Morris Federation and the Open Morris. The new Chief Executive of EFDSS also attended. It is hoped that all four organisations can cooperate on a funding application to enable the Morris to be more constructively “marketed”. Immediate Past Squire, Daniel Fox is now on the EFDSS Council. “Sidefinder” is available to all the Morris Organisations; this web page enables those looking for Morris Sides in an area to locate the nearest clubs to any point in UK.
NEW DANCES - Broadwood have produced a book of “The Horsham Dances” [14 dances].
THE MEDIA - The Press – “Sleazenation” included a full page of London Pride’s Peter Judge; also an item “Fetish Morris Dancing - A Whitsuntide Flogging”. The Bagman’s photograph was in the London Evening Standard. Coventry were on TV on May Day.
NEWS REPORTS – include – Dome visits: by Yateley – and earlier Gloucestershire [plus Oakworth and The Taborers Society]; Anker and Trigg; Ripley at Sidmouth; the Greensleeves “Chipperfield Weekend 2000”, with guests Barnsley, Bathampton, Chester City, Datchet, Dolphin, East Surrey, Helier, Thelwall and Utrecht; Wessex’s invasion of Poland and Coventry’s two £50 notes.
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