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SRFN : Events 2005 : Dance Displays

Traditional Dance Displays in the South Riding: 2005 Season

The region has a large number of teams or "sides" dancing various forms of Morris, Sword, Rapper, Garland and Clog, many of which may be seen at public events during the "dancing out" season. It is notoriously difficult to extract information from Morris dancers, but we will be adding information as it comes in.

Dates, times and locations are correct so far as we know (though some are not yet complete, and others are contradictory!) but it's always a good idea to check before making a special trip, as such things are subject to change. Contact details for these and many other teams are available in the Network's Online Directory on the Dance Teams & Clubs page.

More general enquiries can be made of Jenny Day, the SRFN Dance Co-Ordinator, who can be contacted by phone on (0114) 2470099, by email at jennyday@btopenworld.com.



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JANUARY 2005
Day Date Team Venue Time
Saturday 1 January Flag and Bone Gang
Wakeman Mummers
Skelton on Ure  
Saturday 8 January Grenoside Sword village tour ("the Traipse") Starts at the Village News (between the Old Harrow and the 'top' Red Lion) 10.30 am
Cow & Calf, Grenoside: "sing"/session 8.30 pm
Flag and Bone Gang
Knaresborough Mummers
Marton-com-Grafton (Blue Stots mummers play)  
Rattlejag Morris North Muskham Plough Festival:
Crown, Bathley
Ferry Inn, North Muskham
Crown, North Muskham
Crown, Bathley
 
11.45 am
1 pm
2 pm
3 pm
Sunday 9 January Green Oak Morris Men Hooton Pagnell & area - Plough Play & Sword Dance 12 noon - 3 pm
Tuesday 11 January Wath-Upon-Dearne Morris Station Hotel, Huddersfield 8.30 pm
Friday-Sunday 21-23 January Freaks in the Peaks Hathersage weekend  
FEBRUARY 2005
Day Date Team Venue Time
Friday 25 February Wath-Upon-Dearne Morris
Barnsley Longsword
Kingston School, Barnsley  
MARCH 2005
Day Date Team Venue Time
Saturday 5 March Green Oak Morris Men HotHouse Festival, Doncaster:
Clock Corner
Market Place (Littlewoods)
Printing Office Street (T J Hughes)
Market Place

11.30 am
12.15 pm
1 pm
1.45 pm
Saturday 12 March Flag and Bone Gang (tbc)
Betty Lupton's Ladle Laikers
Ripon City Morris (tbc)
Darlington Spring Thing  
Wednesday 16 March Wath-Upon-Dearne Morris 'Merrie England' evening: Whiston, Rotherham  
APRIL 2005
Day Date Team Venue Time
Monday 11 April Boggarts Breakfast Devonshire Cat/Frog & Parrot, Sheffield  
Saturday 23 April Boggarts Breakfast
Rattlejag Morris
Sheffield City Morris
St George's Day celebrations, Peace Gardens, Sheffield noon - 3 pm
Chesterfield Garland
Cock & Magpie Morris
Mayday Welcoming dance, Chesterfield 9.30 am - noon
Flag and Bone Gang (tbc)
Betty Lupton's Ladle Laikers
Ripon City Morris
St George's Day, Newcastle  
Friday - Sunday 29 April - 1 May Boggarts Breakfast Moor & Coast festival, Whitby  
Saturday 30 April Betty Lupton's Ladle Laikers (tbc) Stone the Crows Weekend of Dance  
Wath-upon-Dearne Morris
Stone Monkey Sword
Tatterfoals
Hoverla (Ukraine)
First Foot (Appalachian)
Wath May Festival  
MAY 2005
Day Date Team Venue Time
Sunday 1 May Betty Lupton's Ladle Laikers (tbc) Stone the Crows Weekend of Dance  
Green Oak Morris Cusworth Hill, Doncaster
May Day event
5 am
afternoon
Rattlejag Morris Dance at Dawn: Castle Hill, Laxton 5.29 - 7 am
Monday 2 May Boggarts Breakfast
Sheffield Giants
Stone Monkey
May Day at Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield  
Green Oak Morris Men Beating the Bounds of St. George's, Doncaster afternoon
Rattlejag Morris Collingham Village Fayre 3 pm
Friday 6 May Rattlejag Morris
New St George Morris
The Bramley Apple, Southwell 8 pm
Friday - Sunday 6-8 May Betty Lupton's Ladle Laikers
Ripon City Morris
Holmfirth Folk Festival  
Saturday 7 May Chesterfield Garland McArthur Glen retail outlet [tbc]  
Well Heeled Appalachian Dancers Workshop day, Bakewell 2 - 4.30 pm
Tuesday 10 May Chesterfield Garland Heather Vale Residential Home, Hasland 7.30 pm
Wath-Upon-Dearne Morris Coach and Horses, Barnburgh 8 pm
Wednesday 11 May Green Oak Morris Men Pub Tour, Doncaster evening
Saturday 14 May Sheffield City Morris "Chance to Dance", Fargate, Sheffield  
Rattlejag Morris Newark Show 11 am
Sunday 15 May New St George
Rattlejag Morris
Belvoir Castle Day of Dance 8 pm
Tuesday 17 May Wath-Upon-Dearne Morris Lundhill Tavern, Hemmingfield
Old Moor Tavern, Broomhill
8 pm
8.45 pm
Friday 20 May Rattlejag Morris
Dukes Dandy
Micklebarrow Morris
Lincoln Morris
Bottle & Glass, Harby
Lord Nelson, Winthorpe
8 pm
9 pm
Sunday 22 May Boggarts Breakfast Sheffield Farmer's Market, The Moor  
Tuesday 24 May Chesterfield Garland Ashford in the Water well dressing, Ashford Hotel  
Wath-Upon-Dearne Morris Green Moor Tavern, Greenmoor
Wortley Arms, Wortley
8 pm
8.45
Wednesday 25 May Green Oak Morris Men Pub Tour, Doncaster evening
Friday - Sunday 27-30 May Betty Lupton's Ladle Laikers
Flag and Bone Gang
Chippenham Folk Festival  
Tuesday 31 May Wath-Upon-Dearne Morris Elephant and Castle, Elsecar
The Market, Elsecar
8 pm
8.45 pm
JUNE 2005
Day Date Team Venue Time
Friday - Sunday 3 - 5 June Wath-Upon-Dearne Morris Thaxted Ring meeting  
Saturday 4 June Rattlejag Morris Poacher Morris Day of Dance, Lincoln  
Monday 6 June Boggarts Breakfast Millstone, Hathersage  
Tuesday 7 June Chesterfield Garland
Ripley Green Garters
White Lion, Starkholmes 7.30 pm
Saturday 11 June Boggarts Breakfast Walkley Festival: Greenhow Street Medical Centre, processing to Ruskin Park 11.30 am - 12.30 pm
Sunday 12 June Chesterfield Garland Lea Gardens Music Day afternoon
Rattlejag Morris The Gate to Southwell: traditional procession of dance sides  
Monday 13 June Boggarts Breakfast Robin Hood, Stannington  
Chesterfield Garland
Cock & Magpie
Sutton Scarsdale: church flower festival 7.30 pm
Green Oak
Ebor Morris
York tour evening
Tuesday 14 June Wath-Upon-Dearne Morris Concertina Club, Mexborough
George and Dragon, Mexborough
8 pm
8.45 pm
Friday - Sunday 17-19 June Flag and Bone Gang (tbc) Bishops Castle  
Saturday 18 June Wath-Upon-Dearne Morris South Yorkshire 'Pretty Villages' Tour  
Sunday 19 June Rattlejag Morris Rufford Park 2-4 pm
Monday 20 June Boggarts Breakfast The Navigation, Buxworth  
Wednesday 22 June Green Oak Pub tour, Doncaster evening
Saturday 25 June Well Heeled Appalachian Dancers
other teams tbc
Bakewell day of dance  
Chesterfield Garland Chesterfield day of dance  
Rattlejag Morris Retford Flag Day
Bassetlaw Museum Country Crafts Fayre
10.30 am
12.30 pm
2.30 pm
Monday 27 June Boggarts Breakfast Fat Cat/Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield  
Chesterfield Garland Youlgreave Well dressing 7.30 pm
Tuesday 28 June Sheffield City Morris Folk Train evening
Wath-Upon-Dearne Morris
Barnsley Longsword [tbc]
Button Mill, Worsboro Dale
Edmund's Arms, Worsboro
8 pm
8.45 pm
JULY 2005
Day Date Team Venue Time
Friday 1 July Rattlejag Morris
Sullivan's Sword
The Crown, North Muskham
The Crown, Bathley
8 pm
9 pm
Saturday 2 July Feet First Appalachian Clog Mansfield Festival (Nottinghamshire)  
Sheffield City Morris Childrens festival, Sheffield  
Wath Morris South Yorkshire Festival, Wortley Hall  
Sunday 3 July Betty Lupton's Ladle Laikers
Ripon City Morris (tbc)
Hidden Gardens of Helperby  
Green Oak Morris Hooton Pagnell Victorian Gala afternoon
Monday 4 July Boggarts Breakfast Cock & Magpie, Old Whittington  
Tuesday 5 July Wath Morris Horse & Tiger, Thorpe Hesley
Masons Arms, Thorpe Hesley
8 pm
8.45 pm
Friday - Sunday 8-10 July Betty Lupton's Ladle Laikers (tbc)
Ripon City Morris (tbc)
Fylde Coast Cloggers Weekend of Dance  
Saturday-Sunday 9-10 July Rattlejag Morris Ely Folk Festival  
Monday 11 July Boggarts Breakfast Hardwick Inn, nr Chesterfield  
Friday 15 July Rattlejag Morris The Blubell, Gringley on the Hill 8 pm
Saturday 16 July Boggarts Breakfast Festival at the Edge, Wenlock Edge  
Wednesday 20 July Green Oak Morris Pub tour, Doncaster evening
  22-24 July Betty Lupton's Ladle Laikers (tbc) Crook Morris Weekend of Dance  
Monday 25 July Boggarts Breakfast George & Dragon/ Rockingham Arms, Wentworth  
  30 July Ripon City Morris (tbc) St Wilfrid's Parade, Ripon  
AUGUST 2005
Day Date Team Venue Time
Wednesday 3 August Lord Conyers Morris Men George & Dragon, Wentworth 7.45 pm
Friday 5 August Chesterfield Garland
plus visitors from Oregon
Bolsover Castle 2 pm
Saturday 6 August Chesterfield 9.30 am
Sunday 7 August Hardwick Hall 1.30 pm
Wednesday 10 August Farewell ceilidh evening
Monday 8 August Triskele Sword Sheffield University Firth Hall evening
Triskele Sword
Dukes Dandy Clog
Stone Monkey
ICTM Conference, Ranmoor Hall bar, Shore Lane, Sheffield 8.30 pm
Wednesday 10 August Lord Conyers Morris Men Swan, Ridgeway
Barracks, Apperknowle
7.30 pm
8.30 pm
Saturday 13 August Triskele Sword Norton show afternoon
Lord Conyers Morris Men Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorks  
Saturday - Sunday 13-14 August Feet First Appalachian Clog Saltburn Festival (North Yorkshire)  
Tuesday - Friday 16-19 August Betty Lupton's Ladle Laikers (tbc)
Flag and Bone Gang (tbc)
Bridgnorth Folk Festival  
Sunday 28 August Rattlejag Morris Alford festival  
Saturday-Friday 20-26 August Dukes Dandy & friends Whitby Folk Festival intermittent
SEPTEMBER 2005
Day Date Team Venue Time
Thursday 1 September Ripley Morris Rising Sun, Ripley 8 pm
Monday 5 September Chapel-en-le-Frith Morris The George, Tideswell 8 pm
Thursday 8 September Green Oak Morris
Harthill Morris
Evening tour, Ulley & Whiston  
Ripley Morris Old Oak, Horsley Woodhouse 8 pm
Saturday 10 September Chesterfield Garland Chesterfield Well Dressing/Day of Dance from 9.30 am
Rattlejag Morris
Sullivan's Sword
Nottingham town centre  
Yorkshire Chandelier Dore Show  
Monday 12 September Sheffield City Morris Gardeners Rest, Neepsend Lane, Sheffield 7.30 pm
Tuesday 19 September Wath Morris Royal Albert, Blacker Hill
Market, Elsecar
8 pm
8.30 pm
Saturday 24 September Dukes Dandy
Harthill Morris
Rattlejag Morris
Ripley Green Garters
Three Shires
Three Shires 15th Birthday Day of Dance
Rotherham Centre
Station Hotel, Kiveton
Renishaw Hall
Rother Valley Country Park
11 am
1.30 pm
2.45 pm
4 pm
Friday 30 September Lizzie Dripping Flouch Inn, Whams Road, Crow Edge 8 pm
OCTOBER 2005
Day Date Team Venue Time
Saturday 1 October Rattlejag Morris Evening International Event at Kelham Hall  
Sunday 16 October Three Shires Matlock Illuminations 7 pm
Saturday 22 September Green Oak Morris Gainsborough festival  
Saturday 29 October Boggarts Breakfast
Lizzie Dripping
Mr Fox
Pecsaetan Morris
Rattlejag Morris
Sheffield City Morris
Triskele Sword
Wath Morris
Yorkshire Chandelier
Sheffield Folk Festival  
NOVEMBER 2005
Day Date Team Venue Time
         
DECEMBER 2005
Day Date Team Venue Time
Saturday 10 December Lord Conyers Christmas Ceilidh, Creswell Social Centre 7.30 pm
Saturday 17 December Lord Conyers Duke of Leeds, Wales
Abbots Bromley Horn Dance at the Trysting Tree, Todwick
2 pm
4 pm (dusk)
Sunday 25 December Rattlejag Morris King William, Scaftwoth
Bluebell, Gringley on the Hill
12 noon
1 pm
Monday 26 December Grenoside Sword Main Street crossroads, Grenoside
followed by carols in the (top) Red Lion
11 am
12 noon
Handsworth Sword Cross, Woodhouse
Parish Church, Handsworth
followed by local carols in the New Crown
11.15 am
12 noon
1 pm
Three Shires Blue Bell, Harthill
Bee Hive, Harthill
11 am
12 noon
Rattlejag Morris King William, Scaftworth, Bawtry, Notts 12 noon
Blacksmith's Arms, Everton, Bawtry, Notts 1 pm

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