Ellington Morris dance " Banbury Bill" at Oxford Folk Festival 19th-21st April 2024 скачать в хорошем качестве

Ellington Morris dance " Banbury Bill" at Oxford Folk Festival 19th-21st April 2024

From Ellington Morris web page Who are we? We are Ellington Morris - a traditional Morris Dance team based in Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK - one of the few mixed Cotswold Morris teams in the area. Ellington is the original name for Maidenhead in the Domesday Book. What do we do? We perform Morris dances collected early this century from Cotswold villages such as Adderbury, Bledington and Bampton, and Lichfield in Staffordshire plus dances from our own Ellington tradition and a few Border Morris dances. We dance throughout the summer from May 1st, on Wednesday evenings at village pubs around East Berkshire, and at weekends at fairs, fetes, carnivals and other local celebrations. We run an Introductory Workshop in the Scout Hall at Pinkneys Green in September/October (see our programme). We practice from October to end of April, also in the Scout Hall at Pinkneys Green on Wednesdays (see our programme). We perform a Mummers Play each Boxing Day - a hero combat play representing death and rebirth, drawn from a centuries-old tradition. We have also been known to wassail marrows and apples. We collect money during the season for Maidenhead Mencap as our chosen charity. Oxford Folk Festival 19th-21st April 2024 Like a phoenix from the flames, or perhaps more like a duckling that dreams of becoming a swan, members of the former volunteer committee are continuing the folk festival after the sad demise (after a brilliant decade) of Oxford Folk Weekend. We are now, with Tim Healey's permission, the Oxford Folk Festival 2024. We have a domain name (oxfordfolkfestival.org.uk) and even a nascent website, thanks to donated time from Jack Evans. This year we are ALL volunteers, as there is no budget, but we have been heartened by the generosity of our many supporters who have decided to donate their time as performers or behind-the-scenes helpers to make this event a success. Be assured that as usual, the streets will be full of colour and music from the morris dancers, while key locations in the centre of town will be showcasing our Oxford and Oxon performers.