The Binghamton Morris Men
Traditional English Morris Dancers
The Binghamton Morris Men will
once again tour the Chenango and Otsego County area, giving public performances
together with their guests, the Toronto Morris Men of Canada.
Saturday, April 28
Gilbertsville @ 10:30 AM (in front of the Majors Inn)
(like the last 30 years)
| Our yearly visit to this community is one of the most treasured events of all who attend because of the perfect fit of the dance with the inn, the town and the Community. | Gilberstville,
NY - The Majors Inn |
G-ville,
as it is affectionately known, is the premier dance weekend for Morris
men from coast to coast, not to mention dancers in England as well. |
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The weekend spent in Gilbertsville is at the core of the spiritual & artistic center of our team. |
 Photo:The typical 'all in' at the conclusion of a Morris dance. Gilbertsville, April, 2001 |
Morris dancing
is a living tradition of dance & music surviving from a time when
men lived closer to This ceremonial custom dates back to before the fifteenth century. |
| The dancing was originally said to be part
of a ritual designed to shake off the dark & gloom of winter and to celebrate the coming of Spring. |
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The
Binghamton Morris Men and various friends from Toronto, New York City,
Vermont, Boston, Washington, Maine, Vancouver and other points have been performing herefor 26 years. Morris first discovered Gilbertsville as a place to perform as part of the week long tour of the American Travelling Morrice in 1976. Ever since 1977 they've stayed at the Inn & performed there at least one spring weekend. |
Photo
of the Toronto Morris Men in front of the Gilbertsville post office. April,
2001.
The Binghamton Morris Men
have performed at the New Port Folk festival, the Rockefeller Estates, the
Metropolitan museum of Art in NYC, every tourist town on the coast of Maine,
the Old City in Montreal, the Seaport of San
Franciso, Oxfordshire in England...but the event that no man wants to
miss, is the weekend in Gilbertsville, N.Y!
For more information about
The Binghamton Morris Men
E-mail:
Ruth Mitchell or Bob
DeLuca