“We don’t want Morris to take over our lives. One event a month, two in high season, is plenty” we said.
Somehow we have over twenty events in the next six months, and seem to still be feeling keen and saying “yes” to anything that doesn’t clash!
Maybe we *do* want Morris to take over our lives - actions speak louder than words.

Powderkegs are off to Chester today to dance with Clerical Error and Stone the Crows. This time last year was only my second ever dance out, and this is the first time I'll be re-visiting an event, which feels good. And we get to dance during a partial eclipse!

This is us from last year.

Looks like we have pinned down our location for the 2025 American Travelling Morrice. We'll be performing from July 27 to August 2 in central New York, mostly in the area around Syracuse and the northeastern Finger Lakes. Not that we have any dance stands decided yet; there's lots of work ahead!

https://www.americantravellingmorrice.org/

Six weeks out from the Gilbertsville morris tour. We've made a decision about where and how to do lunch (differently than we'd done it every year from 2003 to 2024). Still have to figure out the last stand and pub. It's coming together though.

Worked on five dances at yesterday's practice! Two Bampton, three Ducklington. Building a good repertoire for small sets.

The American Travelling Morrice's Winter Meating [sic] happened Saturday. No particularly notable developments, at least none for public consumption, but we did report progress for this year's tour — there is some! — and _probably_ we're doing southern Vermont in 2026 and _maybe_ Bristol County, MA in 2027.

Getting some funny looks! Waiting for the train to Sheffield to dance at IVFDF. Lovely weather for it. #folkmusic #morrisdancing #sheffield.

In an hour's time Roots Morris will perform in public for the very first time. Can't wait but kinda nervous, in a way I've not been with morris for some time. #morrisdancing #folk #manchester

The #Binghamton Morris Men practiced! For the first time in, uh, a while. Started working up some new Ducklington stuff. It was good.

Tonight is the final practice before Roots Morris step, blinking, into the public next week. It's been an intense few months, (with dancers younger and fitter than me!) but also fantastic. I can't wait to show the world what we've learnt. #manchester #folkmusic #folkdance #morrisdancing

https://queermorrisalliance.wordpress.com/

Very interested to find out what the future holds for the Queer Morris Alliance! They have a sign up form on their website now if you're interested in joining.

Felt very good to be back dancing again tonight after a few weeks of missing practice due to being busy or ill. Enjoyed learning something new, even managed a bit of stick throwing without dropping any

#Geograph Picture of the Day from #Cambridgeshire 2017 #POTD #England #photography
#Whittlesey #StrawBears #dancing #festival #MorrisDancing #folklore
Https://geograph.org.uk/p/5257372
Free to use – please credit Richard Humphrey/Geograph

The Straw Bear dance is an old local tradition, revived in its modern form in 1980, and is now the focus for a large festival of Morris dancing, with around 30 troupes performing

https://strawbear.org.uk/history

Here's a sort of reintroduction post showing some recent-ish work.

I chose these examples because I don't think they need CWs, whereas some of my other work would, but the first image does have alcohol in it (hence the blur)

1. Lararium (fandom): Oh My God, This Is Happening!

2. Playful Rituals (08)

3. Flare/Fog

4. Work in progress, a collaborative piece as part of Changeling Morris

Y'know, this morris tour was *supposed* to be virtually self-organizing. Do the same thing we've done since 2018, most of which is the same thing we've done since 2003. Because no one's gonna go out of business or cease to offer the same services after all these years right?

Right?

Arrrgh.

We're just a little over three months out from the 47th Gilbertsville morris tour! The Binghamton Morris Men will be dancing in Otsego County, NY on the weekend of April 26 with guests from New York, Boston, and Toronto. And guess which poor bastard's been put in charge of organizing it?

And the splendid brewery tasting room where we've danced and drunk since 2018 has gone and closed. So guess which poor bastard needs to find another place?

Current morris teams:
• Binghamton Morris Men (2002–) https://binghamtonmorris.wordpress.com/
• American Travelling Morrice (2003–) https://www.americantravellingmorrice.org

Former morris/sword teams:
• Bassett Street Hounds (1986–1996)
• Ribbonsteel Rapper (1987–1991)
• Thornden Morris (1989–2009)
• Salt Springs Morris (1996; 2000–2002)
• Flying Bark Morris (1997–1999)
• GCM (2002–2010)
• Wild Blue Morris (2008–2012)

These folk dancers in Mexico City remind me of Morris dancers. For those who don't know, Morris dancing is a vibrant English folk dance characterized by rhythmic stepping and choreographed moves, performed by dancers clad in costumes adorned with bell pads.

After a career in #science the last thing I expected to be doing was setting up a Maypole from scratch.

I have no training for this.

Have just found a local supplier who has oak effect aluminium poles VERY cheap. S length of 4 metres seems right, but what do I know?

Now to figure out the top...
I have found out that the optimal number of ribbons is multiples of four, but length?
Does it rotate or is it static?

Perhaps some one in #MorrisDance #MorrisDancer #morrisdancing might know ...