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Morris is the name of some places in the United States of America: There are also a number of places named Morrisville and Morristown, as well as Morris Plains, New Jersey and Mount Morris, New York.

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Morris Dancing Discussion List
An unmoderated listserv-based discussion group devoted to discussions, debates, and rants on all things Morris and other related English ritual dancing.
http://web.syr.edu/~hytelnet/mddl/

Mainly Morris Dancing
John Maher's excellent site listing all known morris sides with websites.
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/johnmaher/mmd/

Morris Links
Rich Holmes' Compendium of all known Morris Links
http://web.syr.edu/~rsholmes/morris/rich/morris_links.html

Home Pages of Morris and Sword Sides
An alphabetical list of morris and Sword groups that have home pages.
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/jcb/morris-teams.html

Shave The Donkey
The online newspaper for the Capering Classes. Up to date news about all kinds of Morris and related folk activities.
http://www.TheDonkey.org

The Morris Ring Home Page
The Morris Ring official homepage. Contains background information about The Ring, and morris in general. Contains a list of member sides, and other details.
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/johnmaher/Ring/

The Morris Café
A meeting place for Characters, Animals, and Fools, associated with Morris dance.
http://themorriscafe.pagehere.com/

Roy Dommett's Morris Notes
Cotswold & Border Morris Notes
http://www.opread.force9.co.uk/RoyDommet/

Origin of the Morris
Warning, each time you go to this page you get a different explanation/theory as to the origins of morris. It is up to you to work out which is actually true.
http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/Red_Herring/origins/

The Morris Dancer's WebRing
The Webring for Morris Dancing sites
http://www.philpreen.co.uk/folk/morris/webring/

Morris Jargon
A short glossary for the uninitiated
http://www.weavemaker.com/morris/html/morrisglossary.html

The English Folk Dance Project
These chaps claim to make, collect and preserve recordings of the dance tunes and songs that are commonly heard in connection with the traditional English dance.
http://www.englishfolkdance.org/

Old Mettle
"A Very Celebrated Banbury Character"
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/mettle.htm

Martin's Morris dancing Page
This web page is about Morris Dancing and Morris Teams local to Leicestershire in particular.
http://www.martinwildig.com/mwmorris.htm

San Francisco Bay Area Morris teams
One of the first local directories of Morris Dance teams and their specialities.
http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/morris/ba.html

Leicestershire Morris Dancers
A listing of all sides in Leicestershire & Rutland including contact details and a photo of each team.
http://www.philpreen.co.uk/folk/morris/leicsmorris.htm

Morris Dancing & May-day Games
Scanned pages from Walford's Antiquarian, 1886.
http://chrisbrady.itgo.com/morris/morris.htm

Morris Tunes
Downloadable morris tunes in WAV format
http://www.treewind.co.uk/morris_soundfiles.html

UK Side Finder
Find morris sides in your area simply by clicking on a map of the uk.
http://www.morrisdancing.org/finder/sfcgi.html

Morris Dance in South East Queensland
A forum for discussing MDSEQ
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Morris_Dance_SEQ

Ballet Instructor's Newsletter
A brief article discussing the history of Morris Dancing.
http://www.100megsfree4.com/ballet/newsletter.html

Hastings Jack in the Green Festival
Occurs every May over the Early May Bank Holiday weekend. Features Folk Music, Ceilidhs, Morris Dancers, Giants, and the Jack in the Green
http://www.jack-in-the-green.co.uk

The Morris Federation
Official homepage of The Morris Federation. Contains list of all Federation member teams, and some information about The Federation.
http://www.morrisfed.org/mf/home.html

Morris History in the USA
Richard Holmes' Summary of recent discussions on the MDDL
http://web.syr.edu/~rsholmes/morris/usa_history.html

BBC Online - Beyond the Broadcast - Making History
Factsheet from a BBC Radio broadcast by Alun Howkins on the origins of Morris Dance.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/beyond/factsheets/makhist/makhist5_prog9d.shtml

Yahoo! Groups: morrisdancing
Contains a discussion list, chat area, contact list, and a site list.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/morrisdancing/

The Fabulous Fezheads
Sand-Dancers from tropical Kent.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/fezheads/

The Britannia Coconut Dancers
From Bacup, Lancs
http://www.coconutters.co.uk

The Flag & Bone Gang
'Forgotten Morris' From Yorkshire
http://website.lineone.net/~teddodsworth/fandb/flagbone.htm

Mr Fox
The Langsett Fox Dance, South Yorkshire
http://www.mr-fox.org.uk

New Zealand Morris Dancing: Bedlam
Britannic Bedlam Morris Gentlemen. Based in Wellington.
http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Stage/6166/bedlam.html

R----- Traditional Fictional Morris
Anti Morris (This is the 'other' morris described by Terry Pratchett) from Boston Mass, USA.
http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/AntiMorris/

Rattlejag Morris of Retford, Notts. England
New mixed side from Retford, Nottinghamshire.
http://www.rattlejag.fsnet.co.uk/

Betley Window and its copies
History and description of the five hundred year old Betley Window, the earliest representation of English Morris Dancers, and its several copies.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.e.price/betley.htm

Kemps Nine Daies Wonder
Historical account of Will Kemp's marathon jig from London to Norwich.
http://www.uoregon.edu/~rbear/kemp.html

Nine days wonder
Contemporary historical account of William Kemps marathon jig from London to Norwich.
http://www.philpreen.co.uk/folk/morris/kempfull.htm

New England Folk Festival Association
List of sides in New England, USA.
http://www.neffa.org/Top/Folk_Dancing/Morris/Teams/index.shtml

The Hidden Morris
Some highly illuminating documents taken from the original collectors' sources.
http://www.crosswinds.net/~tradcap/

Directory Of Online Morris Dancers (DOOMD)
A voluntary directory of morris dancers, musicians, and aficionadoes on the Internet.
http://web.syr.edu/~rsholmes/morris/doomd.html

The Morris Ring
The national association of men's Morris and Sword Dance clubs. Details of membership, events and links to Morris sides.
http://www.themorrisring.org/

Open Morris
One of the three umbrella organisations for morris sides.
http://www.open-morris.com/

New Zealand Morris Dancing: Online Directory
New Zealand Morris Sites and Email Directory
http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Stage/6166/nzmorrisonline.html



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