"More morris than you can shake a stick (or handkerchief)" - Michael Heaney - Talk
Channel: The Morris Federation
Date: 2023-04-06

Recording of a talk on "More morris than you can shake a stick (or handkerchief)" by Michael Heaney.  Held on Zoom on 2 April 2023.

Cecil Sharp rescued morris dancing from potential extinction, as a result of his meeting with William Kimber in Headington in 1899. We now know that it survived in other parts of the country too, but the extent and diversity of the ways in which people might encounter morris dancing in the decade running up to that momentous meeting are much broader than most people realise.

This talk draws on material from Mike’s new book 'The Ancient English Morris Dance' to explore some of these neglected byways.

Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:28 Start of talk
39:40 Questions

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