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Dolphin Morris Men

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Cotswold Morris side based in Kingston on Soar and dancing in parts of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire, with occasional trips further afield. Founded 1968. We dance, we sing, we play, and sometimes drink beer.

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The Squire, easily on our top 20 dancers.

06.03.2026 17:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Part of the Dolphin-harmonic Orchestra last night. 7 members of the side played at least once for the dance. We danced to 2 row melodeon, Anglo concertina (20 button and 30 button versions), English concertina, fiddle, and a button accordion, seen here being played by the Squire of the Ring.

20.02.2026 08:35 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Practising "Country Gardens", Fieldtown, last night. A great practice.

20.02.2026 08:31 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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2016, Nottingham Canal Festival.

13.02.2026 20:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A busy practice last night, with 17 set dances completed. Dance shown is our 4-man version of Bobby and Joan, Ilmington.

13.02.2026 20:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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25 years ago, Dolphin dancing in the village of Ilmington.

06.02.2026 08:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Practising Balance the Straw, Fieldtown, last night.

06.02.2026 08:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Last night, practising The Carrion Crow, Headington-style. A dance we devised ourselves.

30.01.2026 08:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A great practice last night: 1 Fieldtown jig and 18 set dances. Afterwards: beer, chat, songs and music at the excellent King's Head.

23.01.2026 08:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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First practice of 2026.

18.01.2026 13:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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10 years ago: part of the cast of the Dolphin plough play, with one of the event organisers at the annual psychiatrists' ball..

18.01.2026 13:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Traditional pre-Christmas dance session at the Victoria Inn, Beeston today.

20.12.2025 21:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Traditi9ona carols at our local, the King's Head. Happy Christmas, everyone.

19.12.2025 16:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A very varied and successful final practice of 2025. Here's to a great 2026.

12.12.2025 09:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Busy practice last night: all hanky dances because the Foreman forgot to bring the sticks.

05.12.2025 06:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A fine afternoon's dancing at Nottingham Castle.

29.11.2025 19:30 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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A great practice last night. We covered a lot of dances and then had a decent session of songs, music and ale in the King's Head.

28.11.2025 19:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A couple of Headington dances, and the Foreman demonstrating Fieldtown sidestep hankies.

21.11.2025 19:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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From the archive: Nutting Girl jig, Bampton, danced in 2005 on the Richmond weekend.

14.11.2025 11:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A great evening last night as guests of Anker Morris, celebrating their 50th year of dancing.

09.11.2025 16:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A great practice, last night

07.11.2025 15:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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No photos from last night's practice: we were too busy dancing. Here's a couple from the archive: 2015.

31.10.2025 08:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Session last night at the King's Head, after a very busy practice: 7 dancers completed 17 set dances between them.

24.10.2025 16:41 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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From the archive: 1975. Dolphin dancing half a century ago.

18.10.2025 16:47 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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From our extensive archive: dancing in Arnold, Notts, 1983.

17.10.2025 10:23 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Some fairly typical Dolphin dancing, 2018.

12.10.2025 07:12 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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More from last night's practice. Everyone worked hard and we made lots of progress.

10.10.2025 07:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A great and varied practice last night. 16 dances, from 6 different Cotswold traditions,

10.10.2025 07:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Great practice last night. 9 different dances, but with repeats, 16 dances completed. Followed bya song and music session at the King's Head.

03.10.2025 08:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Our 4-man variant of the Ilmington half hey. The turns are revolutionary.

26.09.2025 06:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0