The Maids Of Clifton
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What do we do...? Together with some original dances, we perform traditional Morris dances, many of which originated in the North-West of England and were danced in clogs by the girls who worked in the Lancashire cotton mills in the mid-Nineteenth Century. We practice weekly on Thursday evenings from 8pm in the Upstairs Function Room of the Poppy and Pint pub, Pierrepont Road, Lady Bay, West Bridgford, Nottingham. We welcome new members and no previous experience is needed, just some stamina and a sense of fun! The dances are generally performed in a set with eight dancers, to the accompaniment of traditional tunes. Sticks, hankies or garlands are used in the performance, and the dancers wear leather clogs with wooden soles, and dance to best effect on a hard surface. We regularly dance at fetes, fairs and festivals and at most events, we would perform for two sets of approximately twenty minutes each for a small fee. The team takes only basic travelling expenses from this fee, making donations to favourite charities at the end of the dance season. We also like to meet up with other dance teams in the area for regular pub tours, in between the other events.
Club created : 20th Jun 2009, Last Updated : 11th Oct 2011
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Welcoming new members! (added 11th Oct 2011)
We are always happy to welcome new members to the team, but particularly in the Autumn and Winter months, when we are practising for the main season. This usually starts for us with the popular Plough Sunday event around the Nottinghamshire villages … (more)
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