Programme 2022-2023

PLEASE NOTE: This programme is provisional and subject to change at short notice. Please make sure to check this page again if you're planning to come and find us.

 

Covid 19

We are pleased to be back and practising weekly, however we are mindful of keeping our members safe and have guidelines in place to manage this. If you wish to come along to a practise it is advisable that you contact us first so we know to expect you. 

 

We have a busy dance season this year. Click on the hyperlinks to find out more about the places and events we will be dancing at. 

 

  • Oxford Folk Weekend - Saturday 14th April 2023 Whenever we dance at Oxford it feels like summer is just around the corner.        11.30am- 12pm Oxford Castle;  1.30pm- 2pm Bonn Square; 3pm-3.30pm Ashmolean Museum; 4pm-4.30pm Bonn Square.
  • JMO Day of Dance - Saturday 22nd April 2023.  It's the Joint Morris Organisation's day of dance in Exeter, hosted by Beltane Morris. We are looking forward to dancing with many other sides from around the country.  
  • Dancing at dawn on Painswick Beacon with Gloucestershire Morris, Monday 1st May 2023 5.30 am/ If you are an early riser you are welcome to join us as we rejoice in the start summer.
  • Dance out with Lassington Oak - Wednesday 10th May 2023 8pm. The Royal Oak Painswick.
  • Dance out with Ragged & Old- Wednesday 24th May 2023 8pm.  The Crown, Frampton Mansell. Ragged and Old are old friends who we regularly dance with.  We shall be dancing with them again in August (see below).
  • Dance out with England's Glory-  Monday 5th June 2023 8pm. the Kings Head, Upton St Leonards.
  • Dance out with  Gloucestershire Morris  Tuesday 13th June 2023 8pm. The Butchers Arms, Sheepscombe.
  • Styx of Stroud 10th Birthday Bash - Saturday 17th June 2023 all day. We are pleased to be joining Styx to celebrate this important anniversary in and around venues in Stroud, beginning and finishing at the Prince Albert.  See Styx website for further details.
  • Dance out with Mendip Morris- Thursday 22nd June 2023 8pm. On the seafront in Clevedon. Oh we do like to be beside the seaside. 
  • Rose & Castle and Queen's Oak Weekend of dance. Towester/Stoke Bruerne. Saturday 1st  to Sunday 2nd July 2023. We love an ale with our Morris friends.  There with be dancing around the Northampton area. 
  • Lyme Morris  Day of Dance - Saturday 15th July 2023. Lyme Regis. Lyme Morris have invited us and we can't wait to spend more time dancing by the seaside in summer.
  • Dance out with Chippenham Morris -Wednesday 16th August 2023  8pm at The Horse & Groom, The Street, Charlton, Malmesbury, 
  • Dance out with Ragged & Old- Monday 21st August 2023 7.30pm. The Butchers Arms, Sheepscombe. Come and join us at our second visit to this quintessentially English pub on a late summer's evening.
  • TASTER SESSION -Saturday 23rd September 2023. British School  Hall, Gloucester Street, GL5 1QG (in the courtyard by the Star Anise Arts Café).  Session will run from 9.30am – 12pm. If you fancy having a go perhaps with a thought of joining us -don't miss out on this opportunity with no obligation.  Qualifications needed: ability to smile; ability to count to 8; know right from left (desirable but not essential). We look forward to meeting you.
  • Morris Federation Day of Dance - Saturday 30th September 2023. Hosted by Shropshire Bedlams and Martha Rhoden's Tuppenny Dish at Bishop's Castle, Shropshire.
  • Painswick Goodwill Evening-  Friday 24th November 2023 5.00 - 8.00pm. 
  • Stroud Goodwill Evening - Friday 1st December 2023 5.00 -9.00pm. I know two Goodwill evenings in a row - I guess we must love Christmas.

 

 

Like what you see and fancy having a go?

 

Firstly, try out our taster session listed above. 

If you can't make that...

 

Our official dancing season runs from May to September, but as you can see, we don't sit on our laurels! We recruit and practice all year round, so if you're interested in joining, you can get more information by emailing us: join@stroudmorris.org.uk

 

We offer a fabulous opportunity for women of all ages to dust off their dancing shoes and have a go at our national dance. We promise fun, friendship and frolicks! No obligation to join, just come along and have a go.

 

 Click here to see where you can find us.

 

For more information about our programme, or if you'd like to book us for an event, please email our Bagman at: bagman@stroudmorris.org.uk

 

 

 

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