Dances
Details for "Pershore Handkerchief Dance"
(Pershore)
Name Pershore Handkerchief Dance Style Border Tradition
(Per) Pershore New dance ? no Origin Pershore Size of set 8 Hands hankies Tunes Notation sources References Video Links http://vancouvermm.weebly.com/uploads/2/5/0/3/25034121/pershoremorris.pdf Other Notes The Pershore dances were re-established by Dave Jones in the 1980s following his meetings with Bill Scarlet (member of the 1920s Pershore Not for Joes). Silurian (of which Dave Jones was a founder member) perform just two of the dances. Dave Jones' side after he left Silurian, Old Wonder Not for Joes, performed exclusively Pershore dances until Jones' death in 1991. Thereafter, the Vancouver Morris Men maintained the Pershore dances.
Variations as Danced by Lord Paget's
Set size Hands Source Notes References Tunes
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Teams That Perform This Dance
Team Loc Vars.
Freaks in the Peaks
Travelling,UK
(none)
Leominster Morris
Herefordshire,UK
(none)
Lord Paget's
Middlesex,UK
(none)
Molonglo Mayhem
Canberra,Australia
(none)
Red Cuthbert
Bedfordshire,UK
tunes
Rutland Morris
Rutland,UK
(none)
Vancouver Morris Men
British Columbia,Canada
(none)
Wath Morris
Yorkshire,UK
(none)
Details for "Pershore Handkerchief Dance"
(Pershore)
| Name | Pershore Handkerchief Dance |
|---|---|
| Style | Border |
| Tradition | (Per) Pershore |
| New dance ? | no |
| Origin | Pershore |
| Size of set | 8 |
| Hands | hankies |
| Tunes | |
| Notation sources | |
| References | |
| Video Links | http://vancouvermm.weebly.com/uploads/2/5/0/3/25034121/pershoremorris.pdf |
| Other Notes | The Pershore dances were re-established by Dave Jones in the 1980s following his meetings with Bill Scarlet (member of the 1920s Pershore Not for Joes). Silurian (of which Dave Jones was a founder member) perform just two of the dances. Dave Jones' side after he left Silurian, Old Wonder Not for Joes, performed exclusively Pershore dances until Jones' death in 1991. Thereafter, the Vancouver Morris Men maintained the Pershore dances. |
Variations as Danced by Lord Paget's
| Set size | |
| Hands | |
| Source | |
| Notes | |
| References | |
| Tunes |
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Teams That Perform This Dance
| Team | Loc | Vars. |
|---|---|---|
| Freaks in the Peaks | Travelling,UK | (none) |
| Leominster Morris | Herefordshire,UK | (none) |
| Lord Paget's | Middlesex,UK | (none) |
| Molonglo Mayhem | Canberra,Australia | (none) |
| Red Cuthbert | Bedfordshire,UK | tunes |
| Rutland Morris | Rutland,UK | (none) |
| Vancouver Morris Men | British Columbia,Canada | (none) |
| Wath Morris | Yorkshire,UK | (none) |