Dance Display – Bury St Edmunds – 28th Nov 2016

Devil’s Dyke Morris Men

Devil’s Dyke Morris Men are named after the huge earthwork running through our patch. We dance in the Cotswold Morris tradition, with a lively and robust style to prove that Morris isn’t all about old men and limp hankies! We take pride in the different traditions and dances and work hard to get them right. A break from tradition is that we use pick axe handles for the stick dances, including on occasions throwing burning sticks around – when there’s not too much thatch to set ablaze. Based in the Newmarket area, we dance out around West Suffolk and Cambridgeshire in the main, and are always interested in new venues and new dancers. Get in touch!

You can find more info on their website.

East Suffolk Morris Men

The East Suffolk Morris Men are based around the Ipswich area in East Anglia, UK.  They mainly dance the Cotswold traditions of English Morris Dance along with dances from the Welsh borders around Christmas.

In summer they dance on a Monday night throughout East Suffolk, mainly at country pubs & village fetes, and in winter practice and induct new members. ESMM enjoy extensive contacts who provide many opportunities to dance throughout the UK and abroad. In all, they achieve around 50/60 public performances in the UK each year and several more overseas.  Find out more on their website.

Green Dragon Morris

We are a family oriented Border Morris side based in the Bury St Edmunds area of Suffolk. Green Dragon Morris was formed in 1993 with a view to creating a mixed group of men and women dancers with a different style from other established West Suffolk sides. Experienced and totally novice dancers struggled with rants, capers and sticking whilst experimenting with various styles and dances. We were smiling and laughing most during the North West and Border dances so we decided to combine those styles plus anything else that takes our fancy. As with all traditions we have moved on from those beginnings and have an increased repertoire of border and other stick dances, some of our own and others learnt from the many sides we meet in our travels to various events.
We aim to have fun with flamboyance and finesse!