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Night of Dance on the streets of Addiscombe next Tuesday
The glorious local tradition, the annual Croydon Night of Dance, bobs and jingles across the streets of Addiscombe next Tuesday, September 8. The celebration of Morris dance, maids and men, will be gathering with their bells and instruments outside The … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe West, Dance, Pubs
Tagged Builder's Arms, Morris dance, Morris dancing, Morris Men, North Wood Morris Men, Old Palace Clog, pubs, The Oval Tavern, Wild Hunt Bedlam
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North Wood Way Morris are recruiting dancers and musicians
Posted in Activities, Dance, Music
Tagged Morris dance, Morris dancing, North Wood Way Morris
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Masked dancers step out to help draw in more park users
The Wild Hunt Bedlam Morris, a slightly scary-looking Border Morris side, are dancing in Croydon next Tuesday evening to help to encourage local people to use the park again. Locals have been staying away from King George’s Field in Sydenham … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations, Crime, Dance, Environment, Selhurst
Tagged King George's Fields, Morris dance, Selhurst
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Lords of the dance: Purley’s Morris Men are on the march
The next couple of weekends will be busy for the area’s merry band of English folk dancers, the North Wood Morris Men (they’re actually based in Purley; North Wood is a reference to ancient wood which dominated the hilly slopes … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Dance, History, Pubs, Purley
Tagged Beltane, Croydon, Kingston Road, May Day, Morris, Morris dance, Warlingham, Woolpack
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Folk festival sets the tune for a Jubilee dance
The Maclennan Scottish Group is hosting its 31st International Folk Dance and Music Festival during the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend (June 1-4) at Langley Park School for Boys in Beckenham. The timetable has been adjusted to allow all participants (and … Continue reading
