The Bagman’s Newsletter - No. 13 – May 2000. Hopefully, this is not an unlucky issue number. The dancing season is with us again. We have had another successful ARM, and we congratulate and welcome Gerald Willey of Shakespeare as Squire Elect. He will dance in as Squire at the Chalice Ring Meeting...

The Bagman’s Newsletter - No. 13 – May 2000 - SUMMARY 

ARM 2000 – The ARM was hosted most capably by Ripley in Derby. We welcome Gerald Willey of Shakespeare as Squire Elect. He will dance in as Squire at the Chalice Ring Meeting. The proposal to raise the subscriptions was passed; that to amend the voting areas will be reconsidered. Daniel’s Can of Worms and the survey were discussed; the Meeting resolved to leave matters for the moment. Derek Schofield presented a talk on the Sharp/Kimber Centenary and Ron Shuttleworth took a session on Mumming; Ripley performed their Christmas Play 
FORTHCOMING EVENTS - Fieldtown Instructional: 6 th – 8 th October 2000 with Bert Cleaver / hosts Dartington, at Harberton, Devon. Fools and Animals Weekend: 27th – 29th October 2000 planned to be held at Cecil Sharp House. Jigs Instructional: 19th - 21st January 2001 with Bert Cleaver / hosts Dolphin at Sutton Bonnington. National Pipe and Tabor Festival: 7 th - 11th June 2000 in Gloucester. MILLENNIUM DOME - SUCCESS - we have weekends 27/28 May and 28/29 October to fill. 
CHARITY EVENT - Malcolm Smith, Squire of Shakespeare is making a charity bicycle ride in June in aid of Mencap. He intends to ride 500 kilometres in 5 days from the Great Wall of China to Tiananmen Square in Beijing. He needs as much sponsorship as possible. 
ANNIVERSARIES - a 35th Anniversary for West Somerset and Helier’s Silver Jubilee. 
NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE FOR EFDSS – details of Phil Wilson, the new Chief Exec, who was a Darlington Mummer before travelling to Australia, where he directed their National Folk Festival. 
ARCHIVAL MATTERS - The last Squire of Luton Longstraw - Bill French - has handed over a further collection of material on the Luton Side that was active in the 1950s and 60s. 
TELE – MORRIS – details of TV appearances include: Kemp’s Men on “Feet First” and on BBC “Look East” for the Will Kemp exhibition; Jockey on the Gary Rhodes programme; The Squire filmed for GMTV; Richmondshire on “The Fast Show” on BBC2; Ewell St Mary in the “Wimbledon Poisoner”; Oakworth Village filming Channel 4 “Post-modern Pastimes”; St Albans making a new title sequence for C4 TV "The Big Breakfast"; First Sedgeley keeping fit on Midlands Today; and Shakespeare in “Happy Birthday Shakespeare”. 
BOXING DAY 1999 – Further reports from: Wessex; Dolphin; Martlet; Helier; and Yateley. 
OTHER NEWS – The Jigs Instructional hosted by Dolphin and the Musicians’ Instructional hosted by Mendip; Anker featured in the Beano; Cumberland wassailed apple trees; Ales or Feasts at Northampton; Devil’s Dyke; Woodside; Ripley; Uttoxeter; Winchester; Leicester; Kennet; and Harthill; Royal Lancashire and Preston Royal join to form Royal Preston; Horwich’s Day for St George; and at Easter St Albans at a beer festival and Wessex in Cerne; finally Rutland are dancing at every pub in the county during 2000. THE NINE DAIES WONDER – was completed in eight days for the 400th Anniversary of William Kemp’s feat in 1600 - dancing the full distance Peter Cole of Lichfield; Steve Conneely and Dave Stewart of Kemp’s Men and David Marr of Coventry. Congratulations to organisers John Tarling of Rumford [who also did the whole route on foot, leading the way] and Colin Sleath of Kemp’s Men 
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May 2000