Mixed border morris team. Practice on Wednesdays in Corscombe village hall and have a relaxing drink in the Fox later.
Clog & Step Dance at Gurney Slade Hall every Wednesday 8-10 p.m.
Bourne Bumpers Ladies Morris dance cotswold Morris and traditional Dorset stave dances. They meet on a Wednesday evening for practice at the St Barnabus Church Hall, Mount Pleasant drive, Bournemouth.
Bourne River Morris Men dance in the Cotswold tradition. They practice in Winton on Thurdays from 8pm, and new dancers are very welcome
Dance Cotswold Morris. We practise from October to April at the Hunter's Lodge, Priddy (near Wells) on Monday evenings. During the dancing season from 1 May we dance out so there is no practice.
Chalice have been dancing for about 26 years now. Presently we consist of 5 musicians and about 15 dancers. During the winter months we practice every Thursday evening from 8.00pm until 10.00pm at the Village Hall in Brent Knoll just off the A38. Most of our dances are Cotswold Morris but we do occasionally venture into Border Morris. New recruits are always welcome, so if you live anywhere near Brent Knoll (near Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset) then why not pop along.! If you are interested, please contact us, you will be welcomed with open arms.
In the winter meet every Wednesday to practice at URC Hall in Wareham 8.15 to 10pm. Wednesdays in the summer we are out and about dancing in local pubs
Mixed Cotswold Morris. Practices are held at Ash Village Hall, every Tuesday evening 8.00 to 10.00 from September to April inclusive, followed by a drink at the Bell Inn.
Festus Derriman is a mixed fun loving Morris team and we would like to welcome new members to join us. We will teach you all you need to know so when you are ready you can dance out with the team In 2008. We practice every Wednesday night in Upwey village hall at 8pm. We have been in existence since early 80?s and we dance from May Day through until September at different venues, Town Squares, Pubs, Fetes, Folk Festivals and any special occasions — you name it we want to do it.
This mixed side dance in the Cotswold style. New dancers and musicians are welcome. Practices are every thursday evening at West Stafford Village Hall, near Dorchester, starting at 7:30pm.
Hobos Morris 'Ladies'! Border dance side based in Poole, Dorset. Practise on Tuesday evenings from approximately the beginning of October to the end of March
The Mendip Stave Dancers at Oakhill School last Tuesday of month
From the foothills of South Somerset and North Dorset authentic Appalachian step dance and music.
Available for festivals, fetes and fairs we perform our own dances to a four piece string band and can provide our own P.A. For larger events.
Appalachian Dance Team. Meet Tuesdays at West Chinnock Village Hall. Beginners Class 7:30 — All welcome — Followed by intermediates and advanced
Mixed Cotswold Side practise Monday Nights at Harmans Cross Village Hall between Corfe Castle and Swanage.
Based in Poole, Dorset, Quayside Cloggies are a ladies clog-morris dance side who dance in the Northwest Tradition and take their dances mainly from Cheshire and Lancashire. The dances were usually of a regimental nature and were performed at Carnival Processions and Rush Bearing in the Northwest of England. Practice at St Lukes Church Hall, St Lukes Rd, Winton. Monday nights 8pm.
Steps In Time are a junior folk dance side. We meet every Friday in Sutton Waldron, near Shaftesbury, Dorset. We do Playford, step and Dorset dances. Our dancers are aged between 4 and 15 at present.
We meet every Monday night throughout the winter at Trinity Church Hall, Taunton at 8.00pm. and from Easter onwards we dance in local villages, at fetes and Folk Festivals. All are welcome to join as musicians although dancers are ladies only. Our repertoire includes North West Team dances, Clog stepping, and a collection of dances from around the British Isles which we call 'soft shoe' dances.
meet on Tuesday evenings at 8pm at Wilton Church Hall, behind the Vivary Arms, Vivary Road, in Taunton, between September and March. This year we are working on Badby and Lichfield. Men only.
performs Playford dances, songs and musical consort pieces from the reign of King Charles II in period costume.
Practices are every Monday, September to April, at Preston School, Monks Dale, Yeovil at 7:30
Men's Cotswold morris team. Practices are on Mondays, 8:00-10:00, at Pulham Village Hall followed by a sing and a play in the Halsey Arms (just across the road).
Halsway Manor Folk Music Centre, Crowcombe, off A358 between Taunton and Minehead, on Thursdays.
Men's Cotswold morris team. Practices are at Westfield School, Yeovil, on Thursdays New members always welcome.
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