Category Archives: Dances
Gordon Batty Collection – Rochdale Rushbearing 1994
Gordon Batty Collection – Saddleworth Rushbearing 1994
JMO National Day of Dance 30th March 2019
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On 30th March 2019 Medlock Rapper hosted the Joint Morris Organisation’s Day of Dance in Manchester with around 50 teams of morris dancers performing throughout the city centre. Unfortunately it was a case of so many dancers, so little time.
Additional photos courtesy of Lee Reilly
Gordon Batty Collection – Shaw and Crompton Rushbearing 16th July 1994
REVIEW – The Fool and his Dancers: Tales of Dark Morris from the Wild Welsh Border by Rob Elliot
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Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far, away…
It is a time of rebellion, Morris Dancing has been brought into submission by Cecil Sharp and has been reduced to a quaint show for those too slow to run away from the sound of approaching bells.
In an area far from the bright centre of the morris universe a small group turn their back on the empire and join the dark side, engaging in a morris style from a forgotten or ignored past.
Read more »Gordon Batty Collection – Littleborough Rushbearing 1993
Littleborough Rushbearing 2015
Whitworth Rushbearing 2014
I only went to take photo and video, but a certain member of Thieving Magpies forced me to take part as well…