1976 - 2008
"PROBABLY THE BEST AND MOST NOTORIOUS MORRIS DANCERS IN ENGLAND !"
Trevor being Trevor on our 30th Anniversary mini-Euro tour This one at Szeved Festival in Hungary
Lincolnshire based Kesteven Morris are two
teams in one; A men's team, dancing mainly Cotswold and rapper and a Women's
team dancing Cotswold, North West and Molly.
Founded in 1976 by Trevor Mayfield and Ray Worman, (ex. Albion Morris and the fool that danced the Bacca Pipe Jig on Morris On), the team has represented English Folk dance at many International Festivals including:
Kesteven Men
comprises of fourteen men; ten dancers and four musicians playing melodeons and
fiddle. Traditions danced include Bampton, Bledington, Bucknell, Sherborne,
Fieldtown, Lichfield and Upton On Seven.
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Kesteven Rapper is an
internationally recognised rapper sword team having taken part in the DERT
rapper tournament for a number of years and have received many awards
including gold and red ribbons for their dancing and music. Kesteven rapper
sword dances use the very best and most exciting rapper moves and always
includes one or two death defying tumbles.
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to see Kesteven Rapper in action have a look by clicking here thanks to easy3street
The Truth about Morris Dancing
Morris dancing is the most widespread form of
vital and exciting traditional English customs still extant.
Despite the efforts of the early church to
suppress pagan rituals; despite efforts by polite society to turn the dance into
a skipping game; despite wars wiping out generations who performed it; despite
modern English apathy; this ancient part of our heritage continues.
Its existence in South Lincolnshire is ensured
by Kesteven Morris.
Anxious that the Morris dance should be seen by
as many people as possible, the group perform at a wide variety of locations
from vast stately homes to small garden fetes, from country pubs to city
centres, in fact anywhere where a crowd of people gather.
Kesteven Morris ensure their high spirited
performances are skilful, enthusiastic and entertaining while taking care never
to compromise the spirit of a unique and powerful English Tradition.
Kesteven is one of the three old counties which
now form the county of Lincolnshire.
a barge full of Kesteven Morris
If you live in Lincolnshire or the bordering
counties and would like to try Morris dancing we would be pleased to see you at
one of our regular Tuesday evening practices in Sleaford.
Lee Sinclair Endon House Laneham Retford
Nottinghamshire DN22 0NA
Yes Retford! 35 miles from Sleaford and still worth
the journey to belong to the best Morris Dance group in England, and probably
the World!!!
E-mail
kesteven@endon-house.demon.co.uk
http://www.kestevenmorris.co.uk.htm
phone
+44
(0)1 777 228 303
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