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Yes, that is what it says in the description! I hope that is OK. We thought we were doing better than "Sort of"! We will try harded! I take my teaching from my copy of Janet Blunt's notes and from the booklets you have produced over the years. Thanks for a great tradition!

Hi Amanda, You can do the dance to any 32 bar tune. Jigs may work better, but reels, marches or polkas would work as well. You can get some great tracks from these bands: The Committee Band All Blacked Up Steamchicken Token Women The Community Dances Manual CDs are also useful if you want tracks suitable for lots of dances.

The dogs are all behind the camera.

Thanks! You can find the history and instructions at contrafusion.co.uk/Morris.html#Stuck We finish a lot of dances with double-speed sticking. The dancers enjoy it and it provides a climax to the dance, usually getting a good response from the audience. I'm sorry you don't like it.

Yes, it is a partner dance, I just happen to have two partners. Yes, I am leading them. They don't know what move I am going to do next. Yes, it is a shame that Ceroc in the USA didn't last long. There is plenty of partner dancing around - check out Salsa, Tango, Two Step, Swing, West Coast Swing, etc. There is bound to be lots in your area. Also Country Dancing, Contra Dance and Square Dance - all great fun!

@@johnthesweeney Thank you so so much to responding to my (rude, disrespectful) comment. I humbly apologize. Mea Culpa. I loved CEROC/C'est le Roc here in Chicago, this was about 25 years ago. My social life never recovered and I am now, apparently sentenced, doomed to be a single, no wife, no girlfriend, even the Chicago Escorts (~ $800 an hour and they also want Uber $ fees). God bless you sir and your dance partners. Once again, I humbly apologize for my rude comment Jaye Left behind in Chicago where our city stopped partner dancing

It's all around you! Check out Wantsum Morris to see where they are dancing near you. Go to Broadstairs Folk Week to see hundreds of dancers.

Thanks! I'm glad you had fun! I hope you are still dancing and having fun; Karen and I certainly are!

@@johnthesweeney Hi John! What a nice surprise to find your channel on RUclips! I subscribed, of course . I'm back to Spain for good and I miss modern jive so much. Unfortunately, there aren't any proper classes around , so I'm doing salsa now. I love dancing, so it's okay but not the same. Glad you two are going strong! Take care. 💜 from Spain

For The Win! Absolutely! 🙂

The tune is The Maid and the Palmer. We actually dance Chilham Square to a different tune now since we use that tune for another dance (Broad Cupid).

Checking with the band...

Who is trying to extinguish English traditions and culture?

Never mind, I just remembered! Crested Hens (les Poules Houppée).

@@oldsolesmusicClick on MORE below the video and it will tell you! :-)

Yes! Hope you enjoy it!

Siete grandissimi W le culture celtiche e la vostra antica ... Sono milanese vero da 100 generazioni e anche noi abbiamo antichissime origine celtiche . I nostri antenati erano i Celti Insubri Poi noi siamo stati dominati dai Romani , loro fecero un genocidio , uccisero 3.000.000 di persone .... E in Italia ha purtroppo sempre prevalso il mondo latino , terrone , mafioso , mediterraneo e poi arabo 😢😢😢😢😢

this dance is not native to england, it comes from continental europe and it's named after west african muslims

You mean the Moors. I don't think so.​@@Chutley

​@@Senoncifossimonoi..... Morris dancing isn't 'Celtic' in origin.

​​@@Chutley The earliest reference is from the Burgundian court of 1427-28. Evidence suggests the dance is of French and Flemish origin. First recorded in England in 1448. The morris dance developed from these early court entertainments which were quite different to what we see today. And it is very much English.

A Kentish Hooden Horse: hoodening.org.uk

Thanks!

We normally stick with two hankies per dancers - maybe we should try more! I used to have 96 bells on my pads, but they started to hurt my shins.

More would be good, lots more, maybe louder bells to@@johnthesweeney

"Is it possible to dance in church? Something unimaginable..." Only once a year - one dance - to mark a special occasion - the blessing of the Hops so that we can have more beer next year!

Also, this is a Church of England church so things are pretty relaxed on such matters and similar.

Ну, не буду соваться в чужой монастырь со своим уставом. Sorry.

This church was stolen permanently on the death of Queen Mary Tudor. It's no longer consecrated.

Нет, вообще я не против веселья и танцев. Я православная. Поэтому мне странно.

Thank you! 🙂

They all started uncoordinated as well - persevere and all will be well! Have fun! 🙂

Sadly the US clubs didn't survive. There used to be half a dozen on this list: modernjive.com/USA.html Now there is just one contact and I don't know if she still organises anything. Sorry.

@@johnthesweeney Thanks... sorry, I'm very, very sorry I have to live in this Amurikun country where our people can't dance and have really no social skills besides watching TV, following Amurikun FOOTBALL, FOOTBALL, FOOTBALL 5 days a week. And our national sport of American Football shouldn't even be called "football". It's a derivative of the British sport of Rugby not Football/Soccer where the players actually kick the ball with their foot. Our stupid sports writers just gave it the wrong name! Typical. Thanks John Jaye Left Behind In Chicago USA where our people can't dance and our office women are mean, no fun and have no romance in their lives.

I think there are quite a few these days. We used to be a men's side, but low numbers meant that in 2015 we went mixed and never looked back.

Hi John, It's good to see you still going. I was Dance Leader/Squire of a NW Clog Morris side for a long time until injury stopped me @@johnthesweeney

@@lynnejames9419 What a shame. I hope you are still having fun some other way. I will dance for as long as I can!

The Minstrel Boy

👍 Thanks!

Ah! You can't see the massive audience standing behind the camera! Well, actually, there were less than half a dozen people. It's a local pub that we use after practice sometimes, or for meetings, so we like to dance there once a year. We live in hope that one day we will get a few more people. Anyway, thanks for the kind words!