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Westminster Morris Day of Dance 11-5-24

The countdown begins to the Westminster Morris Dancers 2024 Day of Dance on Saturday 11th May. This year we welcome the following friends:

Belles of London City

Camden Clog

Chelmsford Morris

Dacre Morris

Datchet Border Morris

Exeter Morris

London Pride Morris

Ravensbourne Morris Men

St Albans Morris

Thaxted Morris Men

Tower Ravens Rapper

Whitethorn Morris

This combination of guests provides a great range of different morris dance styles – Border, Cotswold, North West, Rapper and Step Clog – and we will be doing this around the streets of central London between 10.00 and 18.00 with confirmed dance spots at St Margaret’s by Westminster Abbey, and Victoria Tower Gardens between 10.00 and 12.00 and Trafalgar Square between 13.00 and 16.00. There will also be spots at a few nice pubs between these.

See you there.

Programme 2024

Events

27th April Guests of Dacre Morris for Beating the Bounds, starting from the Dacre Arms, 11 Kingswood Place, Blackheath, London SE13 5BU,

11th May Westminster Morris Dancers Day of Dance,

31st May to 2nd June Guests of Thaxted Morris Men at their Weekend of Dance.

In addition to these, you may see some or all of the team at the following events:

8th June Letchworth Day of Dance

22nd June Brighton Morris Day of Dance

13th July Lyme Regis Folk Day

23 to 25th August Saddleworth Rush Cart

Wednesday Evening Tours

8th May Green Park practice plus pub after

15th May Fitzrovia

22nd May Clerkenwell

5th June Primrose Hill

12th June Euston

19th June City of London

26th June Belgravia

3rd July Paddington/Tyburnia tour

10th July Pimlico

17th July Mystery location, somewhere in Westminster

24th July Sloane Square

Day of Dance 20th May

2023 is rather a special year for Westminster Morris Dancers – it’s our 70th anniversary and we are looking forward to celebrating with our Day of Dance and our invited guest teams.More news to follow

Programme 2023

This is our anticipated programme, please check our webpage or other social media for full details of any event.

Events

Saturday 22nd April Guests of Dacre Morris for Beating the Bounds/St George’s Day,

Monday 8th May Coronation Bank Holiday,

Saturday 20th May Westminster Morris Dancers Day of Dance

Wednesday Evening Tours

3rd May Green Park practice plus pub,TBC

10th May Fitzrovia

24th May Clerkenwell

7th June Primrose Hill

14th June City of London

21st June Euston

28th June Belgravia

5th July Paddington/Tyburnia tour

12th July Pimlico

19th July Sloane Square