Little Egypt's Dancing Season

2000

Traditionally, as with a lot of Morris sides, our season begins on May 1st. Last year, at 4.30 a.m., we gathered at Park Farm, overlooking the Glem valley and Stanstead Great Wood, to dance in the dawn. (Pictures of 1998 are still available here).
This year is slightly different: apart from Rochester preceding the Dawn Dance, you need to watch this space for full details of our Dawn venue.
As another break from tradition, after our dancing this year, we will enjoy a traditional farmhouse breakfast courtesy of Jan at "The Angel". This year May Day is actually the Bank Holiday, so, instead of heading off to our daily toils, we've got some other dancing organised (see below).

Saturday 29 April	Rochester Sweeps Festival
Monday 1 May	4.30 a.m. Dancing The Dawn
	Breakfast at Jan 'n' Dave's
	Bocking May Day Festivities: 1.30 p.m. - "Rose and Crown" 2.30 p.m. - "King William"
Wednesday 10 May	Hartest, "Crown", with Bury Fair
Saturday 13 May	Glemsford Millennium Barn Dance - Village Hall - with the Horkey Band
Tuesday 16 May	Pub venue - to be confirmed -
Saturday 20 May	Bury St Edmunds - Day of Dance -
Wednesday 24 May	Horringer "Six Bells" - with Hageneth -
Friday 2 June	Bardwell "Dun Cow" - Bangs and Jukes Country -
Tuesday 13 June	Polstead "Cock" - with Lagabag - ( - to be confirmed - )
Friday 16 - Sunday 18 June	Mikurenda Country - Dorset and Wilts - (Most likely they will)
Sunday 25 June	Glemsford Millennium Gala Day
Friday 30 June	Exning "Wheatsheaf" with Ely and Littleport Riot ( - to be confirmed - )
Saturday 1 July	Private Party
Tuesday 4 July	Clare "Swan"
Saturday 8 July	Ely Folk Festival
Saturday 15 July	Southwold The Big One and St Peters Brewery Bungay
Friday 21 July	Brent Eleigh "Cock"
Monday 28 August	Mersea Island Regatta
Friday 8 September	Stanstead "White Hart" with Westrefelda (TBC)
Tuesday 19 September	Belchamp Otten "Red Lion"
Saturday 23 - Sunday 24 September	Barley Brigg Dance Weekend Southwold (Provisional)
Saturday 21 October	The Horkey
Friday 3 November	Long Melford Big Night Out

Other dates yet to be finalised include another Travel By Steam, helping Bardwell Windmill, dances-out with Green Dragon, the Haverhill Harlots and Mandrake, and a few traditional pub venues.
Keep visiting.

There will also be our now-traditional session of dancing on Boxing Day, fortified by plenty of sausage rolls, mince pies, the occasional glass of beer and a tot or several of Schnapps, courtesy of our German friends.

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