JMO 20th Anniversary – Regional Day of Dance 2023 (Norwich)
Saturday 16 September, 11:00 am – 4:45 pm
JMO 20th Anniversary – Regional Day of Dance 2023 (Norwich)
In 2023 the Joint Morris Organisations are running a series of regional days of dance to celebrate 20 years since the national Day of Dance in Trafalgar Square in November 2003 which was held to celebrate the exemption of “morris dancing” from the Licensing Act 2003.
These regional events are hosted by a collaboration of members of teams of all three morris organisations in the UK – The Morris Federation, The Morris Ring, and Open Morris.
The regional event for the East is in Norwich on Sat 16th September 2023.
We invite you to spend the day Morris dancing in the historic city of Norwich. The four Morris sides based in the city; Kemps Men, Golden Star, Fiddlesticks and Big Jigs have joined forces to arrange a Day of Dance to which everyone is invited.
Norwich has some fantastic dance spots, as well as some fabulous pubs to quench your thirst.
Dance times are 11:00 – 16:45. The outline of the day and the dance spots can be found on the heritage open days event for the day: https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/visiting/event/morris-dancing-in-norwich
The organisers may be contacted at: norwichdayofdance2023@gmail.com
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The programme of who is dancing where and when is at: Norwich JMO Programme 2023
Teams booked as at 9th Sept are:
| Team | Area | Dance style | Web site | Member of |
| Alive and Kicking | Maldon, Essex | North West, Garland | https://www.maldonmorris.org/ | Morris Federation |
| AnnieMation | Colchester, Essex | North West | http://anniemationclog.co.uk/ | Open Morris |
| Belchamp Morris | Sudbury, Essex | Border | https://www.belchampmorris.co.uk/ | Morris Ring |
| Big Jigs | Norwich, Norfolk | Cotswold | Big Jigs Facebook site | Morris Ring |
| Bury Fair Women’s Morris | Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk | Cotswold | Bury Fair Morris Facebook site | Open Morris |
| Chelmsford Ladies | Chelmsford, Essex | North West | https://www.chelmsfordmorris.co.uk/ | Morris Federation |
| Danegeld | Woodbridge, Suffolk | North West | https://danegeld.org.uk/ | Morris Federation |
| Devil’s Dyke Morris Men | Bottisham, Cambridgeshire | Cotswold | https://www.devilsdykemm.org.uk/ | Morris Ring |
| East Suffolk Morris Men | Gosbeck, Suffolk | Cotswold | https://www.eastsuffolkmorris.com/ | Morris Ring |
| Ely & Littleport Riot | Ely, Cambridgeshire | Border | https://elriotblog.wordpress.com/ | Open Morris |
| Fenstanton Morris | Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire | Cotswold | Fenstanton Morris Facebook site | Open Morris |
| Fiddlesticks | Norwich, Norfolk | North West | https://www.fiddlesticks-clog.org.uk/ | Morris Federation |
| Golden Star Morris | Norwich, Norfolk | Cotswold | https://goldenstarmorris.org.uk/ | Morris Ring |
| Hoxon Hundred | Eye, Suffolk | Cotswold, Border, North West | Hoxon Hundred Facebook site | Morris Federation |
| Kemp’s Men of Norwich | Norwich, Norfolk | Cotswold | https://www.kempsmen.org.uk/ | Morris Ring, Morris Federation |
| Old School Rapper | Horham, Suffolk | Cotswold, Rapper, Step Clog | Open Morris | |
| Pretty Grim | Woodbridge, Suffolk | Border | https://prettygrimmorris.weebly.com/ | Morris Federation |
| Rumburgh Morris | Harleston, Suffolk | Cotswold | https://www.rumburghmorris.org.uk/ | Morris Federation |
| Sutton Masque | Ely, Cambridgeshire | Border | https://suttonmasque.wordpress.com/ | Morris Federation |