April 1st - Feast of Fiddles at Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury (for info)
April 18th - Cardiff Ladies Spring Capers
April 11th - Berkeley Castle Easter Extravaganza 11 - 3pm
April 13th - Upton on Severn mini festival (all day)
April 19th - 'Make A Song & Dance' Glosfolk Annual Event, Gala Club, Fairmile Gardens 1 - 5 pm (for info)
April 23rd - St George's Day. Gloucester Cathedral 6.30pm, then after the service at drinks reception for Royal Society of St George. Click here to read 'true' story of St George Smith.
April 24th - Longford Village Hall for St George's Celebrations 1pm
May 1st - May Hill 5am with Lassington Oak MM. FoD MM etc
May 3rd - Upton Folk Festival
May 9th - Leonard Stanley 1pm
May 10th - Churn Project, Cirencester 2pm
May 16th - Barnwood Fun Day 1pm
May 25th - Chippenham Folk Festival
June 6th - Cheltenham College Junior School Workshop am
June 19/21 - Scarborough Fayre with Yorkshire Coast Morris
July 4th - Brockworth Fete 2pm
Aug 2nd - Morgan Car Rally, Cheltenham Racecourse pm
Sep 7th - practices resume
Sep 14th or 21st - AGM
Sep 12th - Cirencester
Oct 4th - Morris Conkers Championship, England's Glory, London Rd, Gloucester 12 noon
Dec 12th - Dancing in Cheltenham (tbc)
Dec 26th - Boxing Day Festivities at Gloucester Cathedral 12 noon
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morris dancers
Englands Glory Ladies Morris Amazing weekend at Scrborough with Yorkshire Coast et al. Weather very kind, company great. Posted at 10:01 AM Jul 1 view more
About me: England's Glory Ladies Morris are one of the oldest ladies morris dance sides in the WORLD - this year celebrating our Jade (Coral) anniversary - 35 continuous years of success, being formed in 1973.
The side were named after the famous brand of matches that had been manufactured in Gloucester for about 100 years, by the Moreland family. Sadly, production of matches in Gloucester came to an end in 1975, and although the England's Glory brand-name still survives, no matches at all are made in the UK today.
Originally the ladies wore grey outfits, but soon changed to the Edwardian sailor suits in blue, white, and red, with straw boaters, worn today. These are the French national colours, and depict the connection with 'La Gloire' (The Glory), a French warship of very advanced design of the 1860's, which gave rise to the original matchbox name. The British answer to La Gloire was HMS Warrior, now preserved and on show at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard.
We mainly perform Cotswold morris dances from the village of Ilmington near Stratford on Avon, which had a long history of girls and ladies dancing the morris.
The side today numbers around 25 dancers (all female) and a large (sometimes!) band of musicians.(male and female) Occupations include teachers, social workers, librarians, computer programmers, farmers, nurses, and housewives.(plus a few officially retired people!)
Highlights of the sides history have included being the first ever ladies morris side to appear on television (Pebble Mill at One), the first ladies side to be officially invited to Sidmouth Festival, and overseas tours to Sweden, Finland, and Guernsey.
During the winter months the side practises on Monday evenings in Cheltenham, and in the summer we dance out at pubs in Gloucestershire, and pass round a collecting tin for a deserving charity. In 2007 we collected £200 for the 'Crossroads’ charity which provides respite care for carers. This year our Charity is 'Dogs for the Disabled'. More details can be found on our web site:
http://www.englandsglory.org.uk which also has up to date news of our current programme of engagements.
Who I'd like to meet:
Englands Glory Ladies Morris's Friend Space (Randomized)
This years festival is headlined by Billy Bragg (Friday), Seth Lakeman (Sunday) and Peatbog Faeries (Saturday) with many more top artists also performing incl the award winning The Demon Barbers.
Well, well. I have a photo album of us dancing at Sidmouth. I was probably about 14, Fi 15 and me mum therefore 35. eeeh we had some good times. love to all Jo x
