DANCE TEAMS

Black Gate Morris

Black Gate Morris dance and play Cotswold old and new. In 2018 a series of workshops to gauge interest in mixed Cotswold in Newcastle upon Tyne quickly turned into a side, and we had our first performance. Since then, we’ve been dancing out at pubs in Tyneside and festivals and days of dance across the North. Our musicians and dancers are a mixture of the morris innocent and the morris experienced, and our repertoire comes from Adderbury, Bledington, Bucknell, Raglan and Woodside.

Hebden Bridge Hill Millies

Hebden Bridge Hill Millies are a Women’s Cotswold Morris Dancing side based in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. We have been going overgoing for over 16 years, starting off as a bet with the then landlord of the Fox and Goose pub in Hebden Bridge. We dance with hankies, sticks, dusters, and on occasion a mop or two! We are accompanied by a talented group of fiddle players.

Persephone

Persephone Women’s Morris first danced out in 1978 . We practice in the village of Hunsworth near Cleckheaton in West Yorkshire. We dance in the Northwest tradition in a lively style using sticks, garlands, slings and bobbins. Our varied repertoire includes a mixture of traditional dances from the northwest of England and our own self-composed dances. Our kit is a black top with a striking green and yellow diagonal sash, and a flared black skirt trimmed with green and yellow. We wear black tights and black clogs with bells. Our band also wears black. During our over fortyyear history we have danced at weekends and festivals in many parts of the country and we are delighted to be dancing again at Todmorden Folk Festival.