Morris Dancers and Rose Queens’ Volume 1: 1888-1900 - Morris Federation video
Channel: The Morris Federation
Date: 2023-05-25

Recording of a Morris Federation talk on “Morris Dancers and Rose Queens’ Volume 1: 1888-1900 ‘Once over Lightly’” by Johnny Haslett held on Zoom on 15 May 2021. 

Johnny Haslett takes us on a tour of his book Morris Dancers and Rose Queens (Volume 1) – an anthology of reported Carnivals and Galas in West Lancashire between 1888 and 1900, together with the accompanying morris dancing activity.

This is a definitive work about the sociology of Lancashire at the end of the nineteenth century.

Carnivals and Galas that took place in West Lancashire, as the nineteenth century drew to its close, have been meticulously researched together with details of all the accompanying Morris dancing activity. Selected newspaper reportage from the time, giving a unique perspective on the lives of the ordinary people, is used to paint an amazing picture of the communities of the region as a whole.

Here we have Morris dancing teams that travelled distances to perform in towns beyond the county limits, teams that couldn’t afford to move about and stayed near home. Morris dancers who were influenced  by the dancing of other teams or who started up in a town or village following a visit from dancers of another town. Benefactors who invested in their local team. Its all here.

A unique and valuable source of reference, this book brings together a wealth of fascinating information for the serious researcher and casual reader alike.

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