2007 sees the 32nd consecutive Boxing Day tour by the Morris Team and some of this year’s dancers were involved in the first tour in 1976. Over all those years the team has always danced in Wentworth. Originally the dancing followed after the Hunt had left the Rockingham Arms but nowadays the Hunt is not the regular Boxing Day event it was.
This year the tour begins in Wath town centre at 10.30 am before moving to the Post Office in Wentworth to dance at 11.00 am. Then it’s to the Rockingham Arms for traditional and seasonal songs before dancing down to the George and Dragon for a further dance spot around 1.30 pm. The team then return to Wath for a Music and Dance spot at the Telstar pub at around 2.30 pm and finally the Sandygate Hotel around 4.30 pm. The Sandygate hosts a variety of events, some involving audience participation, and this is also the venue for the annual Bucket Singing competition.
Why not come along and join us - for the whole day or just a part of it - and exercise some of those Christmas Day excesses away.?
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Last year the team took the St George mummers play to Wentworth on a trial tour of private houses much as would have been done in years gone by. Despite some really terrible weather the tour was a great success and as a result it is being repeated this year - in Wath on Tuesday 11th and in Wentworth on Friday 14th December.
Money collected on the tours will be distributed equally between the Bluebell Wood Trust and Swinton Lock Adventure Centre.
Wath hope to be dancing at the Woodman Pub in Swinton this Tuesday {19th June}. Rather like the marriage banns this is for the third time of asking and hopefully it will be as successful as the last appearance when everyone had a great evening.
In order to share a dance-out with the Boggart’s Breakfast dance team Wath are changing their normal pattern to dance at Hemmingfield on Monday 25th June. This will be the first time the teams have shared a dance-out and we are looking forward to an enjoyable evening at The Elephant and Castle.
Wath met Hartley Morris more than twenty years ago and have always intended to visit them at their week-end of Dance. Eventually it has happened. Wath had a thoroughly enjoyable experience at Wrotham last weekend when the highlight was a magical and moving Morrismen impromptu singing concert in the courtyard of Ightham Mote on the Sunday morning. Thanks to all who were involved in the organization and delivery of the weekend and hopefully it won’t be another twenty years before we take part again.
