Marlee Morris would like to wish you all the best for 2021.
It has been an interesting year for Marlee Morris. Covid 19 resulted in the cancellation of the National Folk Festival and Fairbridge Festival – both of which we were booked to perform at. We also had to cease practice but fortunately only for three months.
The good news is that despite all that we still danced out some eight times during the year. Continue reading “Compliments of the Season and Happy 2021”
Since the resumption of practices back in mid June we have been reasonably busy both with practices and a few events. We have danced at the following:
We are performing at the South Fremantle Festival of Lights in South Terrace, South Fremantle from 5 to 7 PM on Sunday 8th of November.
We have been invited to perform at the annual “Folk in the Forest” event at Dwellingup in November. Folk in the Forrest is a fund raiser for “Little Folk” a children’s cancer charity. In their blurb they said “We look forward to having Marlee Morris make their debut this year. Exciting, vibrant, consummate dancers all – they’ll take your breath away. We may get a brief glimpse of them on Friday night just before the ceili. See them on the deck on Saturday after lunch.” For more details – see Folk in the Forest Performance
Marlee Morris extend an invitation to you to come and try Morris dancing, that whacky traditional English dancing with sticks, bells and handkerchiefs (wavers) . We are welcoming new members after a Covid break and can’t wait to start dancing out again.
We’ll all be there at The Seaward Guide Hall, Monash Ave, Nedlands on August 16, 9am – 12pm ready to teach you what we know – and we’ll provide morning tea so you can have a chat and get to know us. While some previous dancing experience might be helpful, the only way to find out if you can do it is to give it a go! It’s free for the first lesson and we all contribute a token amount after that to go towards hall hire. We are a very social group and often gather at a café or pub after a gig.
Let Steve know if you wish to join us on 0400 731 049 and he can answer your questions about Morris dancing in general and why we love it so much. Wear comfortable clothing with flat shoes.
For a downloadable and/or printable flyer see – CATI_2020 and for more details (maps & calendar stuff) see – Come and Try It Event
We have been invited again to be part of the entertainment at Core Cider’s Winter Festival. Time to be confirmed but event starts at 5:30. For a little promo video see – Winter Festival
For some photos from last year – see Winter Festival 2019
From Core Cider see the following links relating to this years Festival;
Core Cider Facebook Event
Core Cider Web Page
Winter Festival Tickets
Core Cider Instagram
Winter Festival Trailer Video
Following relaxations of Covid 19 conditions we are very excited to have scheduled our first practice for a while for Wednesday 17th of June. 7 PM. Can’t wait!
It has been decided to suspend practices for the next three months and this will be reviewed at the end of June to see if we need to extend the suspension.
In related news the National Folk Festival was cancelled due to the outbreak and Fairbridge Festival has been postponed.
It has been a good start to the year for Marlee Morris. Four intrepid Marlee travelers went to Napier in New Zealand to attend and dance at the “Morris on Tour NZ” which is an annual event. This year it was hosted by Heart of the Sun, a mixed Cotswold side. Good fun was had by all as they say. For a video of us dancing with numbers helped by the Adelaide Morris Men see Broad Cupid. And for some photos see Photos.
After returning home, we danced at the Wanneroo Festival. It was a good little stand.
In the future we have bookings at the National Folk Festival and Fairbridge Festival to look forward to.
Marlee Morris have been invited by the Perth Morris Men to join them and others in the annual Down South Tour. There will be various opportunities to see u dancing. The itinerary is as per link – DS Tour Foot Ups 2019
We will be dancing at the following locations:
Marlee Morris is performing as part of the Core Cider’s “Fire, Fable, and Fest” Winter Festival. See Winter Festival for details of the event.
Eight dancers and six musicians headed East to Canberra to join the Morris contingent at the National Folk Festival. We joined five other sides including Black Joak, Belswagger, Britannia and Surly Griffins and had great fun over the four days of the festival. Good feedback was received from our peers about Marlee’s first appearance at the National Folk Festival. For some videos – see Videos and for some photos – see NFF 2019 Photo
