Unicorns are a topic close to our hearts, and news this week surfaced of an exhibition in New York featuring 16th century tapestry, “The Hunt of the Unicorn”. From the article in The Economist: The most moving work on view is “The Unicorn in Captivity”, a tapestry from the Rockefeller series. A unicorn rests inside…
Please find attached the details and arrangements for this year’s Gloucestershire Tour, with many thanks to Robin for all his chasing around. In response to feedback, this year’s accommodation arrangements are different and similar to the Cotswolds. Indoor camping will be in the Scout Hut in Minchinhampton which is 5-10 minutes’ walk from The Crown. …
2013 sees the 60th anniversary of the first performance of the Westminster Morris Men – we first danced out in public on the Queen’s Coronation Day, and we thought that if Her Majesty is allowed to celebrate her impressive milestone then perhaps we should also. Our budget didn’t stretch to a floating carnival on the…
That’s another marvellous Day of Dance in the bag – and we thought we should share this great video made by an audient of the show, featuring the lunchtime massed performance in Trafalgar Square. Many thanks to krasnapolski2000 !
May 18th 2013 is the date of our traditional Day of Dance in central London, which marks the start of our summer dancing season. Here is the dance programme for the day, showing which of our guest sides will be dancing, where, and at what time.
Keeping track of who’s going to be dancing at what is managed by a shared Google Spreadsheet. You can access it by using the following link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ap36Z4EAJF-8cHBtRHhOMDR5MzlvRFo0eEJqSGRwSnc&usp=sharing
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Morris Dancing is a traditional English dance, with different varieties across the country. Westminster Morris perform dances from the Cotswolds region, which crosses Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, and a few other areas. Once performed by the men in the villages, the dances were specific to a particular town. As such, the dance traditions are named for the…
If you’ve ever seen Westminster Morris dancing you’ll no doubt have spotted our Unicorn which accompanies the team wherever we go. The Westminster Unicorn, which along with the portcullis on our yellow and black costume makes part of the City of Westminster coat of arms, is the last surviving unicorn in captivity. He survives purely…
Westminster Morris first began practising in September 1952 during a boom in the foundation of new morris teams following the two world wars. The team first danced out in 1953, with our earliest notable public appearance being on Coronation Day. The team were very quickly accepted into the Morris Ring of England – the premier…