Morris Ring Meetings for 2010
3rd - 5th September Trigg Morris Ring Meeting
Due to a shortage of meetings Trigg foolishly and belatedly offered to stage another one after a
lapse of some 14 years. This will give us an excuse to celebrate our 40 years of existence.
After making the decision, we had to overcome a further setback when shunned by our original
choice of venue; but we are pleased to say that is all behind us.
The date was not chosen to give us extra organisational time, but to give you an easier time getting here, in the past when we have had earlier meetings there have usually been problems for some of you actually getting here on the Friday evening.
We will be using Poltair School in St Austell where we can accommodate a 100 or so men, where the main accommodation will be in the Sports Hall, and we are currently negotiating the possibility of providing space for some of the hardier souls who might want to camp, and those needing the comfort of their camper vans!
We will be using a common format and Saturday tours will be arranged so that everyone will get to dance somewhere in a town and in the countryside as well as at the coast as you must have some sea air if coming to Cornwall. Ale connoisseurs will know that in the County we have at least 3 very popular breweries and your tours should give you occasion to sample their wares.
Sunday will be reserved for the customary visit to church and a show for the public before you lunch and take the (long) journey home.
If you had not already guessed, the cost of your weekend with us will cost you between £65 and £70.
We know it may be a long way, (it is the same for us every time), but if any side wants to extend their stay for an extended Morris Tour, or just for any other relaxation I am sure we could help you find accommodation or let you know where you should go! (There might even be those who want to bring families or partners for the weekend on the Riviera whilst they get on with the serious business of the Morris, we might also give them a few pointers too!)
10th - 12th September Castleford Longsword Ring Meeting
This Northern Morris Ring Meeting will be located close to the historic market town of Selby,
in the village of Thorpe Willoughby in North Yorkshire.
Accommodation will be mainly outdoor camping with limited (20 men max) indoor camping in the village hall.
The beverage for the weekend will be specially brewed for us by the local Brown Cow Brewery at a cost of £2 a pint. Due to many limitations this will be a relatively small meeting of 120 men max with tours visiting the very historic city of York and its surrounding villages by double decker buses. Saturday lunch will be taken at The Yorkshire Air Museum near the village of Elvington and once again beer will be brewed by the Brown Cow Brewery.
We would advise anyone wishing to partake of a drop or two of the amber nectar in York take their own Tankard as glasses are not allowed in outside areas in the centre of York.
Massed display on Sunday in Selby will follow the Church service in Selby Abbey. Lunch will be taken back at Thorpe Willoughby village hall before you depart on your journey homewards.
Cost of the weekend will be £54 per man, limited space may be available on Saturday or Sunday for those wishing to attend for part of the weekend, but will depend on how popular the weekend proves to be, and preference will be given to full weekend attendees. We look forward to seeing you in Yorkshire.
And from 2009, a Memory of Bramble Bank
You may wonder why there are 5 Bristol Morris Men dancing not 6. Audlem Bank is a leapfrog dance and when Jay Cooke was about to leap over another dancer, our Fool, Antony, crouched down alongside - so Jay fell flat on his face in the water! The dance continued to its conclusion without him... (wudzi)