Morris and Rapper dancing at Bromyard Folk Festival
Channel: The Morris Federation
Date: 2024-03-30

In this #MorrisFed video Soham Nathani gives an introduction to various morris and sword dance styles

The video is one of a series published as part of the #BuzzingBritain project. Further videos in the series will be published between January-May 2024 on the Buzzing Britain playlist at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8owoqeXXUqFmKywu0Ksmyef6MNhmLoKd

FEATURED SIDES
Silver Flame (#SilverFlameRapper), https://www.facebook.com/silverflamerapper
https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/teamfinder/#!biz/id/5b053bd6afd691796be93564
Chinewrde Morris Dancers (#ChinewrdeMorris),  http://www.chinewrde.co.uk/
https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/teamfinder/#!biz/id/5b053bd3afd691796be9322e
Wakefield Morris Dancers (#WakefieldMorrisDancers), http://www.wakefieldmorris.com/
https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/teamfinder/#!biz/id/5b053bd6afd691796be934c6 
Earlsdon Morris, http://www.earlsdonmorrismen.org.uk/
NYFTE (#NYFTE), http://www.nyfte.org.uk/ 
https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/teamfinder/#!biz/id/5b053bd4afd691796be93360
Domesday Morris (#DomesdayMorris) http://www.domesdaymorris.co.uk/
https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/teamfinder/#!biz/id/5b053bd6afd691796be93534

FEATURED DANCE STYLES
Want to see more of the dance styles shown in this video?  See further YouTube videos:
o Rapper sword dance (#RapperSwordDance): 
    https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/about/what-is-morris-ancing/#rappersworddance
o Cotswold Morris (#CotswoldMorris): 
    https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/about/what-is-morris-dancing/#cotswoldmorris
o North West Morris (#NorthWestMorris): 
   https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/about/what-is-morris-dancing/#northwestmorris
o Border Morris (#BorderMorris): 
    https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/about/what-is-morris-dancing/#bordermorris

RELATED RESOURCES
Morris Federation Website (#morrisfed): https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/
Teamfinder service - for finding morris, sword and related sides (#morristeamfinder): https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/teamfinder/

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Interviewer:  Soham Nathani:  https://www.youtube.com/@SMASHBengali from the BBC Asian Network), Videographer Younis Ahmad
Location: Bromyard Folk Festival, 7-10 September 2023 (#BromyardFolkFestival): https://bromyardfolkfestival.co.uk/  
Funded by Arts Council England (#ACEsupported #LetsCreate ):  https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/ and Preston City Council https://www.preston.gov.uk/ 
Commissioned by: The Morris Federation https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/ and Encounter Festival https://www.lancsencounter.co.uk/ 
Project: 'Old Dances, New People, New Age'
Linked schools resources: 'Buzzing Britain'

Timestamps
0:00 Welcome to Bromyard Folk Festival
0:22 Introduction to some teams
0:37 We do Border Morris
0:47 It's a bunch of kids
1:00 We dance as a team of 8
1:10 "The beads are bling!"
1:20 Visit the Morris Federation website to find out more!