The Bagman’s Newsletter - No. 12 – January 2000

 SUMMARY 

The ARM - 31 March to 2 April 2000. Hosted by Ripley in Derby. Does your representative know your views? Nominated Squires - Cliff Marchant of Chanctonbury Ring; Bob Pierce of Gloucestershire; and Gerald Willey of Shakespeare. A progress Report from The Squire on the “Survey on Women Musicians”. 
IN MEMORIAM - Jack Thompson, Letchworth and Offley died on Monday 6th December 1999. Tom Camp, Bishop’s Stortford and Thorley, died on 3 November 1999 aged 83. 
RING MEETINGS – 2000 – UPDATE - Chalice was well over-subscribed, but have expanded. Richmondshire and Anker also over subscribed. Thaxted has space, apply NOW. 
FORTHCOMING EVENTS – Musicians’ Instructional, 11 – 13 February 2000. National Pipe and Tabor Festival, Gloucester, 9 -11 June 2000. World Millennium Festival of Sword Dancing - Whit Weekend 2000; Nine Daies Morris before Easter; Hastings Jack in the Green – 28 April – 1 May 2000. 
OVERSEAS EVENTS - John Maher, has a list of festivals that require Morris Sides and Helmond needs a Side in Belgium 27 - 29 May 2000. 
ANNIVERSARIES – Brackley and Rumford both celebrate 40th Anniversaries. 
There is a BOOK REVIEW of “The History of Morris Dancing 1468 – 1730” 
ARCHIVAL MATTERS - an early picture of Morris on the Web; Wessex has 8mm film of the Blue Dragons Morris in 1970; Just Acquired: a copy of the programme for the opening of Cecil Sharp House in 1930, with a contemporary shorthand note of some of the speeches. 
OTHER NEWS – Reports on practices at Chalice, Peterborough and Bristol; a Day of Dance at Peterborough; the Welsh Border and “Red Leicester” tours; Ales/Feasts at Isca; Packington [with Geoff Thompson [Handsworth] back from USA]; Mendip; Stafford and Northampton. Icknield Way on a memorial to the late Joe Marns; and Anker feature in The Beano!!! 
BOXING DAY 1999 - a House of Commons Motion, and Reports on Headington Quarry; also activities at Stafford; Uttoxeter; Ripley; Icknield Way; Greensleeves and Bedford. In 2000 - Leominster wassailed on Twelfth Night, as did Long Man and Merrie England Mummers. Peterborough; White Rose; Leicester [as Red Leicester]; Thaxted as Good Easter Molly; Stevenage Sword and Rutland were at the Wittlesea Straw Bear – the crowd included Greensleeves, Ashdown Forest and Northampton. Plough Monday activities from Vancouver; Cambridge; Rutland; Bedford and Aldbury. Chipping Camden were on Radio 4; Bristol interfaced with Mali via Channel 4’s “On The Line” and “Christian Aid”. Also mentioned: Adlington; Anker; Bedford; Brackley; Bristol; Cambridge; Chalice; Coventry; Devil’s Dyke; East Surrey; Exeter; Hartley; Jockey; John of Gaunt; King’s Men; Lichfield; Man Friday; MC Morris and the Knuckle Rappers; Peterborough; Shakespeare; Ripley; Rose and Castle; Rutland; South Shropshire; Stafford; Sweyn’s Ey; Uttoxeter; West Somerset; Whitchurch; and Yateley. 
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January 2000