Morris dancing: 2011 Victoria Day in BC, Canada

Vancouver-based Tiddley Cove Morris Dancers & Musicians present traditional English Morris dancing at the Victoria Day celebrations held at Hill Street at Burnaby Village Museum in Burnaby, BC, Canada on Monday, May 23, 2011.

The Burnaby Village Museum is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

Address:

Burnaby Village Museum
6501 Deer Lake Avenue
Burnaby, BC V5G 3T6
Canada

Phone: +1-604-297-4565
Website: burnabyvillagemuseum.ca

If you would like to know more about the Tiddley Cove Morris Dancers & Musicians or join them, call June Harman @ +1-604-325-0703.

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Morris dance is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied by music. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers. Implements such as sticks, swords, handkerchiefs and bells may also be wielded by the dancers. In a small number of dances for one or two men, steps are performed near and across a pair of clay tobacco pipes laid across each other on the floor.

English records dating back to 1448 with reference to morris dance are open to dispute. There is no mention of "Morris" dancing earlier than the late 15th century, although early records such as Bishops' "Visitation Articles" mention sword dancing, guising and other dancing activities as well as mumming plays. Furthermore, the earliest records invariably mention "Morys" in a court setting, and both men and women are mentioned as dancing, and a little later in the Lord Mayors' Processions in London. It is only later that it begins to be mentioned as something performed in the parishes. There is certainly no evidence that it is a pre-Christian ritual, as is often claimed.

In the modern day, it is commonly thought of as a uniquely English activity, although there are around 150 Morris sides (or teams) in the United States. British expatriates form a larger part of the morris tradition in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Hong Kong. There are isolated groups in other countries, for example those in Utrecht, Netherlands, the Arctic Morris Group of Helsinki and Stockholm, as well as in Cyprus and Alsace, France.

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[Dawnitube]

Your research is well done - thank you very much! You're in the honorary Tiddley Cove fan club (no mail outs, just kisses your way) :-)

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@Dawnitube

Thank you for the wonderful performance ..... and the typo has been fixed.

[Dawnitube]

P.S. Could you please update your tag to include two D's in our name - thank you so much!