STAGE Chippenham Folk Festival | Dance Displays

23 - 26 May 2025

23 - 26
May
2025

Dance Displays

On:	Saturday 27th May 2023
Starting at:	16:30
Finishing at:	17:15
Price:	Donation
Where:	Community Hub

From: 16:30 to: 17:15	Shropshire Bedlams High energy, enthusiastic dancing in a border morris style.	Martha Rhoden's Tuppenny Dish High energy, enthusiastic dancing in a border morris style.
	Folk Friendzy Since 2004 Folk Friendzy have encouraged young people from mid-Derbyshire to learn and perform various types of traditional dance in an exciting way.
From: 10:00 to: 10:45	Cardiff Morris Cardiff Morris are one of the earliest 1970's revival sides. They perform Cotswold and Welsh dances.	Tinners Morris Tinners Morris are based in South Zeal, Devon. Dancing mainly in the Cotswold Tradition we dance with handkerchiefs, sticks and iron bars.
	Ely and Littleport Riot Ely & Littleport Riot Border Morris is a. Fenland morris side who perform traditional and original dances in the Border style.
From: 10:45 to: 11:30	Galliard Folk Dance Group We meet to dance English and Welsh country dances from 17th century publications to the present day.	Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth Tipyn o Bopeth perform traditional Welsh dances in instantly recognisable costumes.
	Ouse Washes Molly Dancers Creating and performing traditional molly dances from The Fens of East Anglia
From: 11:30 to: 12:15	Seven Champions The first revival Molly dance team. Renowned for their deadpan sense of humour, hobnail boots and for dancing to unaccompanied female singers.	Seven Sisters Seven Sisters Molly Dancers started in 2018, based in Kent. Our tradition is based on Paddington Pandemonic Express dances and we create our own.
	Cardiff Morris Cardiff Morris are one of the earliest 1970's revival sides. They perform Cotswold and Welsh dances.
From: 12:15 to: 13:00	Alton Morris Alton Morris are a lively and colourful, mixed side who dance in the Border style usually wielding long sticks.	Old Palace Clog Women's North West Morris group from Croydon, London.
	Gwerinwyr Gwent Gwerinwyr Gwent aim to keep the tradition and culture of Welsh music and dance. The name translates as 'folk of Gwent'.
From: 13:00 to: 13:45	Quayside Cloggies Their dances originate mainly from the North West of England plus some garland dances and some they have arranged themselves.	Hammersmith World Famous!
	Mary Rose And Royal George Mary Rose and Royal George are a Portsmouth based dancing team, who aim to bring a lively new approach to the entertaining morris style of dancing.
From: 15:00 to: 15:45	Aldbrickham Clog and Step Dancers Aldbrickham dance traditional dances from all over the British Isles in both clogs and shoes.	Chippenham Our local Cotswold Morris. Widely travelled stars of TV, film and pop video, they have been going nearly as long as the festival itself.
	Mish Mash Morris Mish Mash Morris - Molly, Border and Cotswold at our fingertips! Morris fun from Laughton, East Sussex.
From: 15:45 to: 16:30	Englands Glory Based in Gloucestershire, England's Glory were one of the earliest women's Morris sides, dancing mainly in the Cotswold tradition but borrowing from other traditions too.	Mr Wilkins Shilling A mixed North West side based in Bath, Somerset.
	Sweyn’s Ey Sweyn's Ey were formed in 1966 and have been performing around the Swansea area every year since. We dance mostly Cotswold and Border morris.

Ending at: 1715