Moonraker Morris Dances
Traditions
Moonraker Morris
perform Border Dances and also ones that are similar to those collected from the Cotswold
villages.
Border Dances that we regularly perform
- Four in a Row
- Mr Dolly
- Shrapnell
- Drunken Idiot
- Dilwyn Stick Dance
- Over the Top
- Tinner's Rabbit
Cotswold Dances
Map of the Cotswolds area in England
Our style may vary from the original collected dances but the
overall effect is hopefully the same. Indeed most Morris teams
vary in their style in one way or another. But all of them strive
to keep the tradition of dancing the Morris alive.
The 'Cotswold' dances that we have regularly performed
From the village of Brackley in Northants.
- Old Woman who carried a broom
- The Rose Tree in full baring
- Maid of the Mill
From the village of Bleddington in Gloucestershire
- Young Collins
- William and Nancy
- Black Joak
- The Cuckoos Nest
- Jig - Lumps of plum pudding
- Jig - Ladies of Pleasure
- Jig - Jocky to the Fair
From the village of Headdington in Oxfordshire
- Country Garden's
- Trunkles
- Getting up Stairs
- Constant Billy (two stick)
From the village of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire
- The Princess Royal
- Brighton Camp (Head Bashing)
From the village of Bucknell in Oxfordshire
- Saturday Night
From the village of Badby in Northants.
- Beaux of London City
- Old Black Joe
From the village of Ducklington in Oxfordshire.
From the village of Bampton in Oxfordshire.
From the village of Wheatley in Oxfordshire.
From the village of Adderbury in Oxfordshire.
- Black Joak
- The Princess Royal (4 person)
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