Dance displays

Sides confirmed for this year so far include:

• Slubbing Billies
• The Witchmen
• The Raving Maes
• Persephone Womens Morris
• Poacher Morris
  Bishops  Morris
  Rattlejag Morris
  Pig Dyke Molly
  Bourne Borderers

2011 Festival

Border Morris, North West Morris, Cotswold Morris, Longsword, Rapper Sword, Molly dancing  -  we saw  them all at last year’s Festival around the town and on the  open air DanceStage on the Festival Site 

2011 Dance Procession through Southwell   – Saturday morning  10.45 along King Street

Starting it all off – there was a wonderful Procession through the town at 10.45 on Saturday- followed by dancing in the town  from 11am and  from noon on the on the festival site.

Dance Venues in Town – Dancing from 11.00 – 3.45pm
King Street outside The Admiral Rodney
King Street   top end outside One Stop
King Street  outside Dry Cleaners and Launderette
The Crown
Bramley Apple

The  sides  involved were :

• Rattlejag Morris
• Golden Star
• Kickin’ Alice Appalachian
• Ouse Washes Molly Dancers
• Hoxon Hundreds
• Poacher Morris
• Bishops Morris
• Ripon City Morris
• Oyster Morris
• Sallyport Rapper
• Whip the Cat Rapper
• Handsworth Sword (Saturday only)
• Kick Start Appalachian

We had Oyster Morris from Kent and Golden Star from Norwich dancing Cotswold Morris. Ouse Washes  danced the Fenland Molly dances. The two sword dance sides Sallyport and Whip the Cat performed Rapper sword dancing from the North East of England. We also had the Northwest dancers Ripon City and Hoxon and the Border Morris side Poacher from Lincoln. Also from Lincoln werethe newly formed Bishops Morris with their Longsword dance.  Of course we also had Nottinghamshire’s Rattlejag Morris with their own unique style based on traditions from our own local region. We also enjoyed Kick Start Appalachian dancers from Warwickshire.

Dance Spectacular

• Unfortunately the Dance Spectacular  planned for the Sunday afternoon had to be abandoned due to rain.