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Details for "Dilwyn"
(Dilwyn)

NameDilwyn
StyleBorder
Tradition (Dil) Dilwyn
New dance ?no
OriginRoy Dommett, Dave Jones:
Size of set6, multiples of 2
HandsShort stick
Tunes
 Not For Joe
Balquidder Lasses
ReferencesDave Jones 'Roots of Border Morris'
http://notation.apps.morrisfed.org.uk/document-store
Other Notes
CodebDilDILW
Checked1

Variations as Danced by Jack Frost

Set size4
HandsLong Sticks
SourceJack Frost
NotesOurs looks very little like what I see online in the UK. We received it intact, and have not changed it much. Investigation reveals: "It was collected by Ella Mary Leather in 1912. It traveled to Australia From All Fools Morris to Mucky Mountains Morris (founded 1989) at a workshop, to Molonglo Mayhem (founded 1992) via Paul and Leslie Carr." From Molonglo (Canberra), Andy Smith took it to Green Man Morris in Auckland and Keith Riach took it from Arthur's Men to Bedlam in Wellington, both in the 90s. It presumably spread round NZ from there, certainly Keith taught it extensively. Figures: Squires route (hey with 2 opposite); Bag's route (hey with 2 opposite); Hey backs; ratS (star backwards). Chorus includes a runaway. Ours usually involves clowning during heybacks and stealing each other's places. Alternatively called My Friend Billy after our (vulgar) starter song (which Belchamp Morris appear to sing in the middle of the dance).
ReferencesKeith Riach, Andy Smith, Elizabeth Allen, John Hutton, Simon Wall: pers com
Tunes

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Teams That Perform This Dance

TeamLocVars.
Adelaide Morris Men, The Adelaide,Australia (none)
Alton Hampshire,UK (none)
Alvechurch MM Worcestershire,UK (none)
Armaleggan Oxfordshire,UK (none)
Belchamp Essex,UK links
Beltane Border Devon,UK set, hands, links
Beorma West Midlands,UK (none)
Breathless in Berthoud Colorado,USA (none)
Bridgetown Morris Portland, OR,USA (none)
Broomdasher Kent,UK links
Cock & Magpie Derbyshire,UK (none)
Dead Horse Kent,UK (none)
Drumbeggar British Columbia,Canada (none)
Enigma Somerset,UK (none)
Exmoor Border Devon,UK (none)
Foxs West Midlands,UK (none)
Froxfield Pelicans Wiltshire,UK (none)
Grimsby Lincolnshire,UK (none)
Happenstance Gloucestershire,UK links
Heb Enw Wales,UK (none)
Hook Eagle Morris Hampshire,UK (none)
Jack Frost Dunedin,New Zealand set, source, hands, notes, links
Ledbury Morris Hereford/Worcestersh,UK links
Leominster Herefordshire,UK (none)
Magnificent Severn Gwent,UK (none)
Marlee Morris Perth,Australia links
Mason Dixon Pennsylvania,USA links
Mehalah Essex,UK (none)
Molonglo Mayhem Canberra,Australia (none)
Mucky Mountains Merseyside,UK (none)
OBJ Berkshire,UK (none)
Orange Peel Toronto, Ontario,Canada (none)
Original Welsh Border UK notes
Pensans Cornwall,UK links
Ragged Band Border Brisbane,Australia (none)
Red Cuthbert Bedfordshire,UK (none)
Red Raven Melbourne,Australia (none)
Scallyrag Wairarapa, North Island,New Zealand set, tunes
Silurian Herefordshire,UK (none)
Spirimawgus East Sussex,UK (none)
Surly Griffin Canberra,Australia links
Tatters & Tails Somerset,UK (none)
Vancouver Morris Men British Columbia,Canada (none)
Wath-on-Dearne Yorkshire,UK (none)
White Rats California,USA (none)
Winterbourn Down Winterbourne Down, Gloucestershire,UK links
Wychwayz Oxfordshire,UK (none)