Datchet Border Morris

We perform dances in the English border morris style (from the England/Wales border region), plus a Mummer’s Play and Sword Dance around Christmas time. We black our faces and wear black and red tatter-coats (<- see picture!).

We perform mainly for our own enjoyment, and that of our audience, but also to preserve the tradition and to raise money for local charities (last winter - British Lung Foundation).

We practice on Monday evenings from 8pm in Datchet Village (near Windsor in Berkshire, England) WI Hall. (See map).

We're now mainly back into practice to maybe try to add other dances to our repertoire or to get better at those already in the repertoire. We'll be back out again nearer to Christmas but now's a good time for anybody, that might want to, to get involved. Anyway, here's most of what we did this year

April	12th	Sat	Oxford Folk Festival
	23rd	Wed	St George's Day. We were out in Wraysbury for St. George's Day.
May	1st	Thur	Sunrise (about 5:30) at Runnymede and here's some pictures of the event
	17th	Sat	A Day in Windsor
June	7th	Sat	Staines Prep Fete
	10th	Tue	Flackwell Heath with Taeppas Tump
	16th	Mon	Richmond with Offspring
	28th	Sat	Virginia Water Fete (aka Carnival Capers)
July	5th	Sat	Datchet Fete
December	4th	Thur	Burnham Christmas Fayre
	26th	Fri	The World Famous Datchet Boxing Day (including the play)

Here's a link to further Morris and Folk information in Britain and the rest of the World... Morris and Folk page

Want to watch morris nearly 365 days of the year, (or even work out where to get a pint in peace and
quiet)? Then you need to see a Berkshire combined Morris programme, courtesy of OBJ Border Morris of Bracknell. See this list

We practise on Monday evenings at 8 pm in the Datchet W.I. Hall, so if any men would like to join us to dance, or musicians of either sex would like to join our friendly band please contact the squire:- Graham Jowett (01420 83282), or Email us...

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