Kirtlington Morris

Kirtlington Morris - our tunes, dances, diary and blog

  • About Kirtlington Morris
  • Contact
  • Our videos
  • Our Photos
  • Our dances
  • Our Tunes
  • Kirtlington Lamb Ale
    • Typical Lamb Ale Brochure (2019 event)
    • Typical Lamb Ale sides attending
    • A typical Lamb Ale Event Info & Schedule:
  • Events
  • Latest News
KMM at Lamb Ale
[Show picture list]

About Kirtlington Morris

- The Kirtlington tradition of Cotswold Morris Dancing was reconstructed by Paul Davenport and handed over to the village of Kirtlington in 1979, when the present Morris side was formed, aided by Len and Barbara Berry and the Kirtlington Scouts, and abetted by Tim Radford of Adderbury. The Dances were based on information gathered by Cecil Sharpe and George Butterworth at the beginning of the 20th Century. Some new tunes were written by Barbara Berry. Our repertoire of dances has grown gradually over the years to include a variety of handkerchief and stick dances as well as two solo jigs. The names of the dances are often based on special features or characters of the village. Distinctive elements of the Kirtlington dances include the characteristically upright and angular “hockleback” which starts each dance and the famous “hey” which is danced backwards. Reports of the annual Kirtlington Lamb Ale feast record dress details of the Morris Men and mention in particular the Dashwood family racing colours of blue and pink.

View our list of events here...

Recent Posts

  • John Gasson Jig Competition, Sidmouth 2012
  • KMM Sidmouth bowties
  • Relay
  • KMM + S&B @ Muddy Duck, Hethe
  • KMM dance Len Berry at Muddy Duck, Hethe

Featured Top Right

This is a widgeted area which is called Featured Top Right. It is using the Genesis - Featured Posts widget to display what you see on the Lifestyle child theme demo site. To get started, log into your WordPress dashboard, and then go to the Appearance > Widgets screen. There you can drag the Genesis - Featured Posts widget into the Featured Top Right widget area on the right hand side. To get the image to display, simply upload an image through the media uploader on the edit page screen and publish your page. The Featured Posts widget will know to display the post image as long as you select that option in the widget interface.

Covid-19 Pandemic

Due to the current restrictions in place for the Covid-19 pandemic we have no option but to cancel all practices and danceouts.

This will sadly include Lamb Ale 2021.
There may be some local activity in June if restrictions allow.

Proposed dates for 2022: 10–12th June

Upcoming Events

Jun
6
Sun
12:00 pm Dance around Kirtlington Village @ Dashwood Arms
Dance around Kirtlington Village @ Dashwood Arms
Jun 6 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
With this year’s Lamb Ale cancelled due to the lockdown, we are hoping to assemble a small team of 6 dancers plus a socially distanced musician in order to perform a token dance on what[...]
View Calendar
Add
  • Add to Timely Calendar
  • Add to Google
  • Add to Outlook
  • Add to Apple Calendar
  • Add to other calendar
  • Export to XML

Join Kirtlington Morris

Kirtlington Morris welcomes new members!


We practise Tuesday evenings @ Kirtlington Village Hall at 8:00pm - 9:30pm

Postcode for satnav OX5 3HJ

Pop along to watch us and have a chat...

KMM Tweets

  • Contact point for Kirtlington Morris Men is now bagman@kirtlington-morris.org.uk 12 December 2018 2:57 pm
  • Excellent first day of Kirtlington Lamb Ale Morris Festival #kmmlamf yesterday with our guests Downes on Tour. Look… https://t.co/eFmUe1AS0a 3 June 2018 7:32 am
  • See you there! #kmmlamf https://t.co/Z1DnxPv35h 3 June 2018 7:30 am
  • It's Kirtlington Lamb Ale Weekend! Come along and see 16 Morris sides - ceilidh Sat night. #kmmlamf https://t.co/WWITGy8qNZ 2 June 2018 7:18 am
  • @googlecalendar I'm only interested in getting week view to fill a page.... Listen to your users! 12 February 2018 11:11 pm
  • https://twitter.com/KirtlingtonMM

Lamb Ale 2016

1_DSC0713 (2)

COVID-19 Pandemic

Due to the current restrictions in place for the Covid-19 pandemic we have no option but to cancel Lamb Ale 2020 as well as all practices and danceouts.

Return to top of page

Copyright © 2021 on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in