Rosie Fleay is organizing some mixed Morris Dancing with practices organised for the 4th Friday of the month from 7 to 9 PM in the Guide Hall at Monash Avenue Nedlands (adjacent to Hollywood Primary School).  Click on –  Morris dancing prac night - or ‘phone Rosie on 0408 954 667 for more details

Instead of practice on Wednesday the 18th of August, the Perth Morris Men will entertain the elderly Ladies and Gentlemen of the Gracewood Residential Aged Care Facility.

The Perth Morris Men are performing at the Government House Open Day from 11 to 1 on Sunday 17th of October.

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For more information about the Government House Open Day visit http://www.govhouse.wa.gov.au/events.htm and for pictures from previous Government House dances see http://perthmorrismen.org/?page_id=297

The Perth Morris Men have been approached by the Town of Victoria Park to perform at the Moreton Bay Fig Festival.  There will also be opportunities for members of the public to try some Morris Dancing.  Details to be confirmed but the Festival is on 17th of October from 12 to 4 and it is anticipated that the Perth Morris Men will be there from 2 PM onwards.

The Perth Morris Men have been approached to do some dancing at the Narrogin Spring Festival – see http://www.narroginspringfestival.org.au/

At our recent practice on the 21st we had a visit from David Jordan who dances and plays music with the Ashdown Forest Morris Men.   See http://www.btinternet.com/~bob.draper/afmm/ for the side that David is with.  As a memento of the occasion David presented everyone with badges of the Ashdown Forest Morris Men.  See below:

Ashdown Forest Morris Men's badge

The next practice is on Wednesday the 4th of August 2010 at the Guide Hall in Monash Avenue Nedlands (adjacent to Hollywood Primary School – see link http://www.whereis.com/?id=8DECDA42078200 ) from 7 to 9 PM.

Any enquiries should be directed to the Squire Steven Mansfield by ‘phone 08 9478 6968(H), 0400 731 049(M) or via email squire@perthmorrismen.org or via the contact form on the “Contact Us” page of this web site.

The Morris Dancing workshop held on the 8th of June and organized by Rosie Fleay was an enjoyable event.  Six Perth Morris Men and at least six other dancers got together to learn some new dances.  Caroline, an ex Brisbane Morris Dancer taught some new dances and Tom Davis from Perth Morris taught Tinners and Moorhouse Square.  Afterwards the dancers adjourned to a nearby restaurant for some well earned sustenance.

Thanks to Rosie, Caroline and Tom for their organization and instruction, the musicians for their excellent music and thanks to the participants for their enthusiasm.

Recently one of the co-founders of the Perth Morris Men contacted us via the web site.  As a consequence we have received some photos and details regading that era of the Perth Morris Men.  For the photos click on the link  http://perthmorrismen.org/?page_id=558.  Further details are provided in the “About Us” page – http://perthmorrismen.org/?page_id=2

The Morris Movie is on its way.  Gilscrine Films (http://www.gilscrinefilms.com.au/) have just bought the rights to the Morris Movie and have approached OzMorris for :

1. Support and assistance in getting a cinema chain to pick up the movie
2. Some variety of cross promotional work, probably involving dance outs at the launches in each city.

To download the Morris Movie Flyer see MORRIS_MOVIE_FLYER_WEB

The Morris movie (Morris: A life with Bells On) continues to get good reviews.  See links below. Please note these links go to articles that may be over 6 months old ie some facts re the film’s distribution may have changed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKkPeQx0aCo&feature=channel

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/hells-bells-the-joy-of-morris-dancing-1790627.html and

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6813288.ece

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dorset/content/articles/2009/01/28/morris_dancing_film_feature.shtml

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7871439.stm

The movie’s web site which includes a trailer is www.morrismovie.com

The OzMorris Website (see link to left) has other information.