Dance Displays to be seen around the town on Saturday 8th October

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	THE KNOTS OF MAY The Knots of May are a woman’s Morris team formed in the Autumn of 1974 in Brighton. From the first, a conscious decision was made to ensure the style of the team would be different from the predominantly male sides. It was decided to concentrate on the dance traditions from the North West of England rather than Cotswold Morris, and the kit was designed to be feminine and reminiscent of the styles of the 1890’s. The Knots of May
	BRIGHTON MORRIS MEN Brighton Morris Men are a team of dancers based in and around Brighton and Hove on the south coast of England. We are seen out and about throughout the region performing an English ritual form of folk dancing. Brighton Morris Men
	LONG MAN MORRIS Long Man Morris Men were formed in 1978 to perpetuate the English folk dance tradition of Cotswold Morris. Long Man take their dances from the following traditions: Adderbury, Bampton, Bledington, Brackley, Bucknell and Upton on Severn. We have also devised an extensive collection of our own dances, which we call the Wilmington tradition. Long Man Morris
	SUN OAK CLOG Sun Oak is a team who dance the traditional clog step-dance. This style of dance started in the industrial revolution, when the mill workers wore wooden soled clogs because of the water underfoot. They soon found the sounds made by these clogs could be made more interesting, & it developed into a dance form. Sun Oak Clog
	MARLING MORRIS Marlings Morris was formed in 2001 and is a women's morris side dancing in the tradition of North West Clog Morris. Of the many different types of morris dancing North West Clog is one of the more spectacular, giving a colourful and noisy display. Marlings Morris
	CUCKOO'S NEST Cuckoos Nest are a Cotswold Ladies side from Brighton. Cuckoos were born in 1977 and although none of the present side was a member then we do have members who have been with us for more than 25 years. At the other end of the spectrum we have energetic teenagers. Although we are a Cotswold side, we do a couple of border dances as well as a number of different Cotswold traditions. Cuckoo's Nest
	MAGOG MORRIS Magog Morris was founded in 1974 in the Horsham area of West Sussex. We are a ladies side and dance a variety of traditions including Cotswold, Stave, North West Clog, Garland and dances in our own Horsham tradition. Magog Morris
	DITCHLING MORRIS Our main dance styles are Bucknell, Adderbury, Bledington and Field Town. We are members of The Morris Federation and be seen regularly at festivals throughout the country including Sidmouth, Chippenham, Rochester, Hastings and Towersey. We have also been known to venture further afield dancing in Guernsey, Holland and France! Ditchling Morris
	CHANCTONBURY RING MORRIS MEN Chanctonbury Ring Morris Men are an all-male side based in central Sussex. We were formed in Shoreham in 1953 and were elected to the Morris Ring in 1955 - one of our founder members is still actively involved with the side! We dance mainly Cotswold, but we also have a strong North West side, with most men dancing both styles. Chanctonbury Ring Morris Men
	HUNTERS MOON Hunters Moon Morris is Eastbourne's very own Morris side, dancing Border style with sticks and wearing black and silver tatters. The origin of the 'Border' style 'tatter' costumes and the blacked-upfaces of the dancers is obscure. Attempts have been made to explain the traditional black faces by equating Morris with 'Moorish' (African) dances from the middle ages, but current thinking holds that it was more likely to have been a form of disguise, as the activities of morris dancers and mummers were generally frowned upon by the rural clergy and squirearchy. Hunters Moon
	MAD JACK'S MORRIS "MAD JACK'S" MORRIS has danced in and around Hastings, East Sussex, since its formation in 1976. We dance what is known as “Cotswold Morris”; but in fact there are many varieties. MAD JACK’s is named after a local eccentric, Mad Jack Fuller who was the Squire of the village of Brightling during the 18th century. In his day he built many follies including the “Sugar Loaf” which features on our badge. Our colours are those of the Cinque ports. Mad Jack's Morris
	PLUMPTON MORRIS: THE BLACK BROOK Plumpton Morris grew out of an after school club at Plumpton Primary School in 2006. In 2010 we took the name of Black Brook after the brook that flows through the village. The team now dances at local events on a regular basis. We dance mainly in the Cotswold style but our repertoire also includes dances from the English/Welsh borders. Plumpton Morris and Festival
	HORSHAM BLACK DRAGON MORRIS Taking their name from the legendary Dragon of St Leonard’s Forest, the Horsham Black Dragon Morris are a relatively new side formed during 2010 with emphasis on perpetuating the English morris in and around Horsham and surrounding areas. Most of our dances are in the ‘Cotswold tradition’, meaning that the styles and foundations stem from the Cotswold villages where they were performed in this fashion over 100 years ago. The Horsham Black Dragon Morris
	BROADWOOD MORRIS MEN Broadwood Morris Men was formed in 1972 and the Club is grateful to the late Captain Broadwood of Lyne for allowing us the privilege of adopting his family name in commemoration of his aunt, Lucy Broadwood who died in 1929. The Broadwood Morris Men