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 This is what we got up to in 2000…


Date

Time

Place

Event

February

Sat 26

8:00pm

Hose, Village Hall

NSG and Lady Bay Revellers' joint Ale

April

Sun 23

Noon

Bottesford, public houses

St George's Day, the first anniversary of our first public performance

Sun 30

Afternoon

Quorn and Woodhouse Station

Great Central Railway '40s weekend

May

Mon 1

5:00am

The Mucky Duck, Woolsthorpe-by-Belvoir

Dancing up the Dawn, as you do

Wed 3

8:00pm

9:15pm

The Chequers Inn, Cropwell Bishop

The Plough, Cropwell Butler

Evening pub tour

Wed 10

8:00pm

9:15pm

The Durham Ox, Orston

The Staunton Arms, Staunton

Evening pub tour

Wed 17

8:00pm

9:15pm

The Plough, Hickling

The Neville Arms, Kinoulton

Evening pub tour with Lady Bay Revellers

Sat 20

all day

Baldock

Baldock Midnight Morris Day of Dance

Wed 24

8:00pm

9:15pm

The Waggon And Horses, Bleasby

The Full Moon, Morton

Evening pub tour with Sullivan's Sword

Sat 27

2:00pm

Chester Green, Derby

Well dressing procession

Mon 29

8:00pm

Old Dalby

Evening pub tour

June

Thu 1

8:00pm

9:15pm

The Fox and Hounds, Exton

The Grain Store, Oakham

Evening pub tour as guests of Brazenose Morris

Tue 6

8:00pm

The World's End, Lowdham

Evening pub tour as guests of Sergeant Musgrave's

Wed 7

8:00pm

9:15pm

The Woolpack, Claypole

The Wheatsheaf, Dry Doddington

Evening pub tour

Sat 10

11:00am

afternoon

Bingham Centre

Various roads!

Fair on the Square

The Gate to Southwell procession

Wed 14

8:00pm

9:15pm

The Royal Oak Inn, Car Colston

The Royal Oak, East Bridgford

Evening pub tour

Wed 21

evening

Claypole

Church cheese and wine party

Sat 24

afternoon

Langar

School Fair

Sun 25

afternoon

Goadby Marwood

Village Fête

Wed 28

8:00pm

The Crown Inn, Old Dalby

Evening pub tour

Thu 29

evening

West Leake

Evening pub tour as guests of Dolphin Morris Men

Fri 30-Sun 2

weekend

Scarborough and environs

Scarborough Fayre: Yorkshire Coast Morris 21st anniversary

July

Wed 5

8:00pm

The Soar Bridge Inn, Barrow-on-Soar

Evening pub tour with Bare Bones

Sat 8

afternoon

Hose

School Fête

Sun 9

afternoon

Westborough

Village Fête (t.b.c.)

Wed 19

8:00pm

9:15pm

Brewster's Brewery, Stathern

The Plough, Stathern

Evening pub tour

Wed 26

8:00pm

8:30pm

9:15pm

The Old Greyhound, Aslockton

The Cranmer Arms, Aslockton

The Royal Oak, Screveton

Evening pub tour

August

Fri 25-Sun 27

weekend

Alford

Alford Morris Weekend

September

Fri 1-Sun 3

weekend

Norfolk somewhere

Open Morris Weekend of Dance

Wed 6

8:00pm

9:15pm

The Staunton Arms, Staunton

The Royal Oak, Long Bennington

Evening pub tour

Wed 13

8:00pm

Belvoir High School, Bottesford

Practices resume

Sun 24

5:00pm

The Crown Inn, Old Dalby

Beer Festival

Wed 27

8:00pm

Belvoir High School, Bottesford

Third Annual General Meeting

Fri 29-Sun 1

weekend

Burton-on-Trent

Morris Federation Weekend of Dance

October

Sun 15

afternoon

Long Clawson, Village Hall

Vale of Belvoir conker championships

November

Wed 1

8:00pm

The Gateway Club, Melton Mowbray

Performance/workshop for MIND

Sat 4

morning

Foreman’s abode

Stick-stripping morning

Sat 25

all day

Hose, Village Hall

Open Morris jigs workshop, featuring Andy, Liz and Mike

Sun 26

lunchtime

Hose

Dancing after Open Morris AGM, venues t.b.a.

December

Wed 6

8:00pm

Belvoir High School, Bottesford

Final practice of 2000: practices resume 3rd January 2001,

with the first one only at Goadby Marwood Church Hall

Fri 8

8:00pm

Long Clawson, Village Hall

Christmas celebrations

Fri 8

8:00pm

Long Clawson, Village Hall

Christmas celebrations


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This is what happened in 2001…


Date

Time

Place

Event

 

January

 

Sun 14

1:30pm

Full Moon Inn, Morton

Plough Celebrations with Sullivan’s Sword and others

 

Sun 21

11:00am

Village Hall, Long Clawson

NSG members’ workshop: Upton-on-Severn tradition

 

February

 

Sun 18

11:00am

Village Hall, Long Clawson

NSG members’ workshop: The Alexandra Park Road Stick Dance, N22

 

Sat 24

8:00pm

Hose, Village Hall

NSG and Lady Bay Revellers' second joint Ale

 

March

 

Sun 18

11:00am

Village Hall, Long Clawson

NSG members’ workshop: Bucknell tradition, "White Boar" version, with Andy Padmore

 

Sat 24

2:00pm

Bottesford, The Bull Inn

Beer Festival!

 

April

 

Sat 21

11:00am

Village Hall, Long Clawson

NSG members’ workshop: Headington Tradition with Mike Nesbitt

 

Mon 23

7:30pm

The Staunton Arms, Staunton

St George's Day, the second anniversary of our first public performance

 

Wed 25

7:45pm

The Gateway Club, Melton Mowbray

Free show - includes Pace-egging play!!!

 

May

 

Mon 1

5:00am ish

Dry Doddington

Dancing up the Dawn, as you do

 

Mon 7

2:00pm

Quorn and Woodhouse Station

Great Central Railway “1940s Experience” event

 

Thu 10

8:00pm ish

The Bridge Inn, Gamston

Evening pub visit as guests of the Maids of Clifton

 

Sat 19

10:00am onwards

Baldock

Baldock Midnight Morris’ Day of Dance

 

Wed 23

8:00pm ish

The Durham Ox, Orston

Evening pub visit

 

Tue 29

evening

Costock

Oak Apple Day with Anstey Royal Chalfont Ladies and others

June

 

Wed 6

8:00pm

9:00pm

The Griffin, Plumtree

The Plough, Normanton

Evening pub visit as guests of Lady Bay Revellers

 

Sat 9

all day

venues between

Nottingham and Southwell

The Gate to Southwell

 

Wed 13

8:00pm

8:45pm

The Blue Dog, Sewstern

The Berkeley Arms, Wymondham

Evening pub visit

 

Sat 16

evening

The Plough Inn, Stathern

Pig Roast, circumstances permitting…

 

Mon 18

evening

Grantham

Private performance for the nursery school

 

Sat 23

all day

venues t.b.a.

Hertfordshire Holly Day of Dance

 

Thu 28

8:00pm ish

The White Horse, Empingham

Evening pub visit as guests of Brazenose Morris

 

July

 

Sun 1

afternoon

Goadby Marwood

Village Fête: Loony Labrador Alert: see Scrapbook page!

 

Wed 4

8:00pm ish

The Plough, Hickling

Evening pub visit

 

Sat 7

all day

Hose

Village Gala

 

Sun 8

afternoon

Westborough

Village Fête

 

Sat 14

2:30 - 4:30 ish

Belton House, nr. Grantham

International Dance and Music Festival, “Morris concert”

 

Wed 18

8:00pm ish

The Loggerheads, Nottingham

Evening pub visit as guests of Lady Bay Revellers

 

Thu 19

8:00pm ish

The Welby Arms, Allington

Evening pub visit as guests of Allington Morris

 

Wed 25

8:00pm

9:00pm

The Wheatsheaf, Dry Doddington

The Wheatsheaf, Long Bennington

Evening pub visit (last one of the season!)

 

Sat 28

10:45

12:00

13:45

15:00

16:15

17:30

evening

The Coach and Horses, Longborough

The Horse and Groom, Upper Oddington

The King’s Head, Bledington

The Swan Inn, Ascott-Under-Wychwood

The Fox Inn, Leafield (a.k.a. Fieldtown)

The White Hart, Minster Lovell

The Bell, Ducklington

Ducklington Morris Day of Dance - look at all those real Morris source villages!

 

August

 

Sat 11

afternoon

Bassingham

Village Show

 

Wed 15

8:00pm ish

Kinoulton

Scratch morris evening with Lady Bay Revellers and Dolphin Morris Men

 

September

 

Sat 1

all day

Melton Mowbray

Day of Dance (at the invitation of the Lord Mayor)

 

Wed 5

8:00pm

Belvoir High School, Bottesford

First practice of 2001-2!

 

Wed 26

8:00pm

Belvoir High School, Bottesford

4th Annual General Meeting: election of officers, kit,

who screwed up over the summer, all the usual stroppy stuff

(which we try to keep contained within this one evening!)

 

October

 

Mon 1

8:00pm ish

Radford Road Police Station, Nottingham

Private party as one of our members retires!

 

December

 

Sun 2

afternoon

Melton Mowbray

Food fair

 


 

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