Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous News’ Category

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 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.

Morris Dancing was one of the topics in a recent (26/2/2010) episode of ABC TVs Can We Help. Brittania Morris were featured in the article as well as some historical footage. A video download of the half hour programme can be obtained by visiting http://www.abc.net.au/tv/canwehelp/video/ and selecting the WMV or MP4 option for Episode 3 – 26/2/2010. Former Perth Morris Squire Bill Singleton was part of the Brittania line up.

Click on links below to view previous posts.

Government House and a Funeral_Post

Mundaring Markets December 2009

A new brochure has been produced to advertise the Perth Morris Men.  The previous pamphlett was utilised for ideas and some wording and some more recent photos were added.  The brochure was designed by Patricia Mansfield.  Click on the link below to access a PDF file of the brochure.  Feel free to print it off to circulate amongst your friends!

Morris flyerv2April2010

An article was published in the Western Suburbs Weekly local community newspaper about the Perth Morris Men.  To see the article, click on the link below.

Community_News

The editor also linked the article to other editors and events such as dancing at the Mundaring Markets were able to be advertised using this medium.  See link below.

Hills_Gazette

At our practice on the 7th of October, 2009 we were delighted to be visited by Malcolm Appleton who is a West Somerset Morris dancer visiting Australia.  He also brought along a local musician, Ross, who is the father of Malcolm’s daughter’s partner.   As a momento of the occasion, Malcolm presented each Perth Morris Man a “West Somerset Morris Men” badge.  Click on the link below to see the badge.

To see the side that Malcolm dances for follow link http://www.westsomersetmorrismen.co.uk/