| Tuesday 1st May | 5.30am Hydon Ball
7.30am The Anchor, Godalming 12.00 noon Osteria Romana, Godalming |
| Wednesday 16th May, 8pm | The Prince of Wales, Hammer Vale |
| Saturday 9th June | Railtour to Portsmouth
With Belles & Arrows, Mayflower, Pilgrim Morris Men and Yateley Morris Men 12:00 Portsmouth Historic Dockyard 1:30 Old Customs House, Gunwharf Quays 5:30 The White Horse, Southsea Common 6:30 The King Street Tavern, Southsea |
| Wednesday 20th June, 8pm | The Merry Harriers, Hambledon with Alton Morris |
Haslemere Charter Fair, 1st May 2006
| Wednesday 4th July, 8pm | The Squirrel, Hurtmore |
| Wednesday 11th July, 8pm | The Red Lion, Fernhurst with Knockhundred Shuttles |
| Tuesday 17th July, 8pm | The Cyder House, Shackleford with Fleur De Lys |
| Sat 21st July | 12:00 The Sandrock, Boundstone
2:30pm The Bourne Show 5:00pm The William Cobbett, Farnham |
| Saturday 29th July | Private function in Frensham |
| Sunday 9th September | Heritage Open Day, Godalming
With Belles & Arrows, Mayflower, Mythago and Offspring Morris 12:15 The Anchor 2.45pm Crown Court 3.30pm The Star 4.30pm Osteria Romana |
| Saturday 22nd December | Haslemere Mummers will perform their play at
11.00am Haslemere Museum 12.00 noon Haslemere Town hall |
| Wednesday 26th December | Cup Hill will dance and
Haslemere Mummers will perform their play at
The Anchor, Godalming from 12.00 noon. |
At Crown Court, Godalming in 2006
| INTRODUCTION TO THE MORRIS DANCING CUPHILL MORRIS MEN PERFORM TODAY |
| Since pre-historic times there must have been some form of ritual dance however the Morris as seen now has its origins in the Moors of North Africa travelling via Spain, coming to England during the reign of Edward the III (1327 - 1377), soon to be incorporated into the fabric of England's traditions. Nevertheless it was by pure luck that we have them at all, for with the industrialisation of this land during the nineteenth century, vast numbers of agricultural workers, those who danced the traditional dances such as the Morris, moved to work in the factories and on the railways. (It has been suggested that many of the Cotswold teams died out because their members went to work for the Great Western Railway). By the last years of Queen Victoria's reign only a handful of teams existed. |
| Then came the happy accident; on Boxing Day 1899, whilst staying at Headington, near Oxford, a man by the name of Cecil Sharp saw the Headington Quarry Morris Men which set within him a passion for traditional dance and music. This interest grew with him touring the villages to collect the songs and dances before they could be lost forever. His work led to the eventual founding of the English Folk Dance Society in 1911 which with the addition of song became the EFDSS which is still in existence to this day. |
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In 1934 a number of Morris teams, both old survivors and the new revival teams, banded together to form the Morris Ring of England which still exists to promote the Morris. With the swinging sixties folk blossomed again and Cuphill, amongst many teams, were founded then with the help of a member of one of the revival sides.
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