From: jonb@Ingres.COM (Jon Berger)
Subject: Berkeley Morris 1992 performance schedule
Keywords: morris, dance
Reply-To: jonb@Ingres.COM (Jon Berger)
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Date: 9 Apr 92 18:51:42 GMT

                 Berkeley Morris 1992 Performance Schedule
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"What the heck is Morris dancing?", you ask?  (If you don't, skip this
paragraph.)  Morris dancing is a form of English folk dance, which has
become quite popular in the U.S., or at any rate as popular as a folk
dance is likely to get.  Depending on which academic authority you talk
to, its roots are either in pre-Christian British antiquity, or the
19th-century Victorian folk-arts revival; we don't know and we don't care
much.  The dance is done by groups of six dancers, who dress in uniforms
(red vests and white knickers, in our case), strap bells to their legs,
bedeck themselves with colored ribbons, and clash large ferocious-looking
sticks together while dancing.  It is accompanied by music on (again, in
our case) fiddle, concertina, and dulcimer.

Morris dancing is traditionally associated with the springtime, and the
dance performance season always begins at dawn on May Day.  All perfor-
mances are free unless noted; however, it's considered good luck to "put 
a penny in the hat".  Adjusted for inflation, that would be about $1.50.

May 1:   Sunrise    Inspiration Point parking lot, Tilden Park, Berkeley
                    (well, about halfway between Berkeley and El Sobrante,
                    if you want to get technical).  Sunrise is around 6:00
                    A.M.; the dancing starts at around 5:20.  Dress warmly.

         12 noon    University of California Berkeley campus, corner of
                    College and Bancroft, near Kroeber Hall.  (What _will_
                    all those anthropologists think of us, I wonder?)

         8:00 PM    "Bringing in the May" concert, Humanist Fellowship Hall,
                    Oakland.  See details in another posting.

May 2:   12:30 PM   Berkeley Farmers' Market, Center St. between MLK and Milvia

         2:00 PM    Nature Study Area (a.k.a. "Little Farm") at Tilden Park.

         3:30 PM    Waldorf School Faire at Live Oak Park, Berkeley.

May 3:   12:30 PM   Ardenwood Regional Park, Fremont.  A terrific place
         1:30 PM    for a picnic, by the way.
         2:30 PM

May 9:   TBA        South Bay appearances.  (*)

May 10:  ???        Whole Earth Festival, University of California Davis
                    campus.  We don't know the times yet, but they'll be
                    posted on the Festival schedule boards.

May 16:  1:30 PM    Willows Shopping Center, Concord.

         4:00 PM    Royal Oak Pub, Clayton.

May 30:  TBA        Santa Cruz appearances.  (*), but one of them will
                    definitely be at the Bargetto Winery in Soquel.  We
                    like the Bargetto Winery.

June 5-6:           Ethnic Dance Festival, Palace of Fine Arts, San
                    Francisco.  A huge collection of the finest folk dance
                    groups in the Bay Area; really a wonderful show.
                    Somewhat pricey tickets are available through BASS.

June 13? 14?        San Francisco Free Folk Festival.  (*)


(*) We're still working on these; I'll post more details when I get them,
or contact me by email if you want to be informed sooner.
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