The Newsletter - No. 20 – September 2001. NOTE: The 2002 ARM will be hosted by Stafford, at the Moreton Millennium Centre, Nr. Newport, SHROPSHIRE on 1st – 3rd March 2002. Further details herein. Fieldtown Instructional – postponed – it also clashed with Bromyard Festival.
The Newsletter - No. 20 – August 2001 - SUMMARY
IN MEMORIAM. John Nourse of the Ancient Men; John Messias, Fool for East Kent. Christoffer Carstanjen, a member of the Marlboro Morris Men, was on the first of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center. Steve Adams, former squire of Marlboro Morris Men and member of both Thames Valley International and The Bowerie Boys was at work in the North Tower of the World Trade Center at the time of that first plane crash
ELECTION FOR SQUIRE – 2002. A further candidate: Bob Cross of Chalice
HONOURS – a fuller report on Dennis William Manners MBE, ARM 2002 will be hosted by Stafford on 1 st – 3 rd March 2002. [The ARM itself on 2 nd March]
HONOURS – a fuller report on Dennis William Manners MBE, ARM 2002 will be hosted by Stafford on 1 st – 3 rd March 2002. [The ARM itself on 2 nd March]
REVISED AREAS – and NEW AREA REPRESENTATIVES. John Tarling moving SW and Paul Campbell, Rumford, takes over. A new Rep for the North: Stuart Bater of Harthill. David Thompson, an existing Rep, takes over the North Midlands; Tony Ashley of Anker retires.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS - Ring Meetings – 2002. Details and Application Form. Instructionals - Fools and Animals – 26th - 28th October 2001. Jigs - 18th - 20th January 2002. Longborough and Adderbury - September, and …Bucknell and Badby - November 2002. Others - Excursion to the Cotswolds - “North Midlands” Area Trip - 14th September 2002. Various Morris Federation Instructionals are also available.
THE MEDIA Peter Judge [London Pride] has been watching Aliens learning Morris – and– Mrs Casey’s Music has published Direct Roots - “A guide and Directory of Folk, Roots and related music and Arts”.
NEWS – The full Newsletter has more details of the following Summer events. Ring Meetings 2001. Four very successful Ring Meetings this summer: Thaxted; Boar’s Head and Claro Sword; Greensleeves and East Surrey. Yateley – their local is Raving Looney HQ. Vancouver UK Tour met Bampton, Thaxted and Silurian. Midlands and North Area Day of Dance and Cotswold Tour - report in the next Circular. Manley, Chester City and Kinnerton danced in the Lord Mayor's Show in Chester. The Lord Mayor is an ex-member of Chester City (and Manchester). White Horse restore their traditional Summer Solstice Sunrise dancing at Stonehenge. Abingdon “Mayor's Day” with Britannia Coconut Dancers and Long Crendon. Isca, host Joint 25th Anniversary weekend with Harthill and Yateley. The Bagman’s “Morris Week” with Bedford, Harthill, Boar’s Head, Claro Sword, Mersey, Kinnerton, and Cardiff. Rutland danced “Queen’s Delight” for the Queen in Uppingham. They are also dancing the dry villages. Banbury Hobby Horse Festival with Adderbury Village; Bristol; Chipping Campden; Dartington; Gloucestershire; Ilmington; St Albans and Wyre Forest. John Tarling retiring Eastern Area Rep, visits Rumford, Harwich on their Day of Dance, Exeter [to check out his new home patch], and Standon. Thelwall Day of Dance with Manchester, Chapel-en-le-Frith and Leyland. Long Man, report on a busy summer: met Martlets and Chanctonbury Ring. Bedford visited their twin town, Bamberg in Bavaria in late July. Coventry’s weekend in Tipperary. Gloucestershire Day of Dance with Boars Head, Benfieldside, West Somerset, and some Claro. Abbott’s Bromley: representatives seen from: Armitage Mummers; Bathampton; Bedford; Bristol; Coventry; Durham Rams; Harthill; Ilmington; Jockey; Ripley; Shakespeare and Thaxted. An evening “mixed” Side from Lichfield; Stafford and Uttoxeter - and the Bagman. Yateley - 25th Anniversary Day of Dance with Ewell St Mary’s; Green Man; Spring Grove; Thames Valley; and Winchester
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