Add as many of these as you like. Add some ribbons or yarn to the leggings. Sew or tie them into place. Last, sew or safety pin your morris bells to the right size for fitting around the leg of your child. Make sure the elastic is tight enough to stay in place, but not too tight to restrict movement or circulation. You can use this craft to explore the music of Morris dancing or any music of the British Isles.
Some Morris dancers wear garments made of strips of rags. Some are all men. Others are all women. Some are mixed groups.
But one thing is certain. The costume worn by the dancers needs to allow for the speed and agility to perform the dance well - hard-soled shoes, hoggers open-ended breeches which were originally worn by miners and a white shirt are the norm. Like all forms of morris dancing, rapper has unique qualities - it is the fastest of all the dances described, it requires the least space it is often performed inside pubs! Many Morris dancers perform a locally collected play during the Christmas season, especially if they are dancing on Boxing or New Year's Day.
They are likely to perform a hero-combat play, with Father Christmas introducing himself, then he'll introduce further characters which may include St George, a Turkish Knight and a Valiant Soldier. There will be a fight. One will die. A highly qualified doctor will appear and will resuscitate the dead with some amazing concoctions such as the golden Gloucester drops, or perhaps the quick risers!
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Entry 1 of 5 : a vigorous English dance traditionally performed by men wearing costumes and bells. English folk dance encompasses a rich diversity of dance forms that have developed over many centuries in communities throughout England.
These traditions are alive and thriving as part of a living and evolving tradition, alongside many other forms of traditional dance present in England today. Founded almost a hundred years ago in the Cotswolds Hills, they consider themselves custodians of the local area's ancient dancing styles, maintaining a repertoire of over 50 different routines. In maypoles were banned altogether in an Act of Parliament under the 17th century Protectorship of Oliver Cromwell.
Historians believe the first maypole dance originated as part of Germanic pagan fertility rituals. Originally, the dancers danced around a living tree. While dancers usually perform this dance in the spring on May 1 or May Day, those in Sweden perform it during their midsummer celebrations.
The Maypole dance originated in the 15 th century and is now the national dance of St. Vincent, performed on May 1 May Day. It celebrates the coming of spring and new growth. The dance was introduced to the island by slaves and was usually on May 27, Queen Victoria's Birthday. English Country Dance is a form of social folk dance , originating in Renaissance England.
During the nineteenth century Morris Dancing declined rapidly. New forms of entertainment, rapid social change and its association with an older unfashionable culture were all contributing factors. For various reasons, church ales and Whitsun ales survived quite late in the south-west Midlands. Most of the Cotswold Morris tradition comes from this region and many of the Cotswold Morris sides gave dances to Cecil Sharp and other collectors which formed the basis for the dance revival in the early twentieth century.
As well as the Cotswold dances other regional versions of the the morris also survived long enough to be collected. In the north of England long sword dancing was collected from Yorkshire and Rapper sword from the North East. It was widely believed that other regional varieties of the dance had been forgotten and lost. All Morris sides have their own musicians. We know that some four hundred years ago the common instruments were the pipe and tabor, but now these have been joined by the fiddle, concertina, melodeon and accordian.
While the Cotswold and sword dances are usually accompanied by one musician, the border and North West teams will often have a band.
The tunes are drawn from many sources. Some of the Cotswold tunes are very old - for example 'Trunkles' - while others come from the music hall era 'Getting Upstairs' and 'Old Black Joe'.
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