John's Morris tapes
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* = an easy way for me to find notable stuff
on Tape #1
Date*,Where,Dance,Who/Notes
(*Later, will indicate tape title it came from orginally)
1981,Neffa,
Down comes the rain (Chipping Camden style Bampton)
Greg,Paul,Nelson, gail, Betsy,
judith
Constant Billy Adderbury
Monck’s March
Highland mary
Chipping Camden style Bampton
Maid of the Mill (Chipping Camden style
Bampton)
Step & Fetch Her (Chipping Camden style
Bampton)
Bonnie Green (Chipping Camden style
Bampton)
1983,Neffa,
massed Constant Billy Adderbury...,me as a beginner,
amy,Roger?
massed Balance the Straw...
Black Joke, Carol instruct Elly on how to use the
camera. W/
Millstone. Amy, Roger?/Victor?, Willow,
Sweet Jenny Jones, Nelson (Elly vo)
Old Woman
Monck’s March (~30:00)
Flowers of Edinbrough (Chipping camden style
bampton)w/“Lady you’re right in
my way. She’s a friend of john’s” - Elly, about Carol
1984 NEFFA
The bridge,Elly, Lynn, I drop stick, Elly drops
stick?,roger, elly, lynn
1986 NEFFA
Constant Billy Adderbury
Sweet Jenny Jones,Victor
massed Balance the straw to waltzing
matilda,New haven,
tossing, Brian
as horse
massed Constant Billy Adderbury, victor
massed Balance the Straw, victor
1987 Pound ridge
Nutting Girl, Marie, Eileen, Carol, Nelson as horse
Constant Billy Heddington, Peggy, me beard
Upton
Maypole
(1:00:00 into tape)
Sheperd’s hey
1987 New Haven Ale,
New haven Green, resting,roger, eileen, carol
nutting girl w/ one Millstone
Guilford green, Upton, Jim playing,
skits,Horizontal Morris, me, Paul & Marie
Spring Valley, Winster,eileen,
1988 neffa
Nutting Girl,john & carol,
nutting girl,eileen,
garland in cafeteria
upton in cafeteria,eileen,
workshop, gene murrow,? (Sherbourne?) galleys...
(ghost-like) roger, jim van
fleet, al herman Fried?
1988 neffa
massed step back,connie, mark smith, merrie mac,
how cold is it?, me eileen and marie shuffle together
1988 New haven ale,
nh green, winster,french horn girl from LI,
(~1:33)
guilford green,nutting girl,paul calls, jim
& leah play,
party for jim norman at leahs house, gail &
baby, nelson
sings, marie reads poem, south
pacific stick dance, sword dance,
sing, upton w/ short sticks,
nomad,old woman, Carol falls after huckle back w/
me,
border,morning star (2:00)
upton,marie, mark smith,
paul’s house singing- rolling mills of NJ, pia
1990 Merrimack ale campground
patsy, holly, cindy dill, sing
lumberjack song
blue eyed stranger paul, eileen,
me w/ flouncy hair,
pourtsmouth, 9 mens, pia?, holly
mass highland mary to jamiaca
farewell, sara jane
moncks march
bonnie green, brian, nancy
winning,
sacked out at park, cindy dill,
9 mens, mark announces, hoist
holly and sing happy birthday to
her
our rap skit,me, holly, cindy,
claudia, bonnie,
nomad, young collins, pia,
connie, elise
9 mens, jim plays,
young collins, elise, leah tells
nelson to stay out of their way
six in hand
(2:34)
9 mens,holly, garland
kensico dam, Constant Billy
Adderbury,andy, me, gail and 3
kids
(low audio level)
greenwich, moncks march, (dad
watching on soccer field) elise,
rabbit from middlesex, bonnie
end of upton, we hobble off
our skit the featherd wife,
barbara fiddler from baltimore, jim,
me as devil,
nomad, massed 3 muskateers, new
haven, ted crane, marcye?,patsy,
moncks march, andy, jo ellen
bosson fiddle,
upton, claudia,
eileen & neal’s
wedding
(~3:02)
channel 12 spot on cannondale
performance from ale
1992 North Salem library
kensico dam, massed 3 muskateers,
(low level) jeff bigler,
sweet jenny jones (2
sets)
bonnie green
greenwich (park by greenwich
ave), 9 mens
bonnie green, brian noonan, paul
mcguire, jim lucas (3:30)
team picture (huge
team!)
jim mc’s
roger wm prynne claudia
la team
nomad, blue eyed stranger, (low
level) alison,
sweet jenny jones, head on shot
through leah & jim
massed 3 muskateers, me &
steve corsin, ? lindsay, gary, marcye,
patsy, rick mohr, nancy lindsay,
1993 ale?
muscoot farm, 2 sets of nutting
girl
boghouse
kensico dam, morningstar
border
cannondale, queen’s delight,
alison
(4:00)
vandels w/ some new haven, famous
judith hey
greenwich, black joke for 2
sets
kensico dam, morningstar
border
greenwich, chanting
bonnie green
team only photo, no more years,
short
camp, umbrella skit
Paul’s ale song & brian
noonan will do ale next year
alison’s wedding arrival by canoe
and wedding
nutting girl, w/ alison in
wedding dress
upton
blue eyed stranger
song
waltzing matilda marcye
nomad upton patsy, claudia
queens delight
massed Balance the
Straw
ring o bells
jim’s party, upton w/ short
sticks
merrie mac ale camp, lumberjack
song
downtown portsmouth, ? &
bonnie green
park, sacked out
nomad, garland, no audio
5:00
greenwich soccer field, moncks
march
camp feathered wife
skit
nomad excerpt
chappaqua library, us looking at
?, good audio level
step & fetch her, wally
kingsland point park, 3
muskateers
kensico dam, 3 village, nancy’s
injury
upton 2 sets
ridgefield, 9 mens
neffa, sweet jenny jones, w/
little girl helping out
5:19
on Morris tape #2 (new)
Dubbed 8/99 from Paul’s tapes. The info here is as I copied it from the
log. It does not necessarily reflect what the actual content (names,
faces
etc) is on the tape.
from MRM 81-89
1987 Spring Valley, Upton*
1987 3 Muskateers*
1987 Bonnie Green*
from 10/92 - 6/94
?, Nathanial Witherall practice* elise and oliver,
bob linguitti, andy kuntz, patsy, connie, mary kay
bass
john & carol’s party for gail, oliver, megan,
gail & warren,
maryanne *& jim, brian,
bonnie,
?,neffa,w/ little girl helping out
upton*, andee, patsy, wally, elise, great crowd
reaction
queen’s delight*, andee, john m, marcye, carol, me,
elise (good play between me and
andee)
nutting girl*, john m, andee, patsy, marcye, me, mark
nine men’s *(massed show dance), patsy, paul, carol,
andee, wally,
me,
marie, elise,
pound ridge, boghouse*, wally, andee, patsy, judy,
andy kuntz,
stephanie,
from 91 Ale, 91 Nomad
1991 greenwich green, winster,elise as hobby*!
1991 greenwich green, trunkles (w/ hankies), hearts
of oak: jeff,
jim, glenda, tedas green man good fooling, diana,
what’s her name
1991 not the dance just his clogs, New Haven: Bill
Fisher w/ his red
and blue clogs only
1991 all in and walk out old, mianus
92 Ale, 92 Nomad
marty
from New Haven walks by with beak for nose
1992 ***** kensico dam, nutting girl - jig for 3 (not
sure the
tradition),3 from palo alto
1992 ******** kensico, massed step back, marty as fool 52:00
1992 ******** kensico, lustig zine, 3 village (1:05)
1992 **** kensico, 2 short sticks,jigs are us jim
& pat
1992 park by greenwich ave,
everybody’s picture
lifeguards, bob (from new canaan?)
1992 nomad(note Halloween
costumes)queen’s delight,I lose hankie
(gasp)
93 ale pt 1
1993 fiddlers jig (end), jeff
1993 ******* kensico, steamfitters, princeton
93 ale pt 2
1993 greenwich park by ave, tied hankies*!, dark
knickers,
baldricks =
Fiddler’s Reach? (someone said from Maine)
1993 greenwich park by ave, nutting girl jig for 3
(tradition?)
Jigs R Us (Jim & Pat &
son)
1993 nomad, queens delight, mianus: john m, patsy,
marcye, me,
carol, elise
1993 Ring O Bells, Mianus
mrm II 9/93 - ?
w/ little girl helping out
neffa, upton*,andee, patsy,
wally, elise. Men vs women
queen’s delight*, john m, andee,
carol, elise, me, marcye
nutting girl*
nine men’s *(massed show dance),
paul, elise, wally, carol,
marcye?, patsy, me. marie,andee
pound ridge, boghouse*, wally,
andee, patsy, judy, andy kuntz,
stephanie,
MRM II 9/93 - ?
patsy pub party, croquet game,
sitting on the patio, joe
witkavitch,
megan,
nutting girl, eileen (EP)
highland mary
3 muskateers
94 Ship’s Ale, 94 patsy Party
1994 ********* first stop farm, hankie dance, english
team (4 men)
Notice
stepping!
1994 ********** Country Gardens (w/ 2 long sticks
each),same team
1994 ********** Highland Mary bampton, english team
1994 ********** wembley twizzle, mianus (what did I do,
forget my
shoes?), andee
1994 ********* shooting (aka Lads a bunchum) english
team (check out
hey,
for 4, amongst other things), jim blake
1994 ********** dead man revived by andee!
1994 ******* mass black joke
excerpt
1994 ?
(excerpt),rock creek?
shops, ?, english team
1994 ********* killer bledington(w/ flowers go
downs)(familiar tune)
english
team
1994
vandels, etc (still only 4)
1994 ********** brighton camp (note sticks before dance!)
brutal
sticking, etc
1994
Oddington? (familiar tune), Hump - I transfer only the
opening, not
the dance, what is the tune?
1994 ********** Handsome Molly
94 NEFFA, 94 Ale pt 1
1994 ********* ale: chappaqua library, excerpt of
nice long stick
dance = ?, princeton
1994
kingsland park, shepherd’s hey bampton* (cool half
rounds! - roger comes up
to camera), princeton
1994
danbury constant billy adderbury,hat city Danbury
premiere*! w/ me & marcye, holly, houston guy
94 Ale end w/ skits
1994 **** ridgefield, 3 muskateers, hat city
(6), me w/ beret, marnen
w/ lobster on his head
1994 various people
portrait: roger...
1994 mtn lakes need a guru
mummers/ balinese costumes and dance
old haven: marty
1994 energizer ****bunny -
foot odor ad, rose and thorn
1994 *** hans and franz **, andee and jim
norman
1994 2001 (edited),
middlesex
1994 hawaiian andee***
1994 brian and marie’s
wedding*, mianus: wally as priest,
marcye as marie, mark, stephanie,
john as brian!
1994 flasher andee
1994 ******** transvestite rapper, new haven rapper: becky, gary
(flips), paul, andrew, jack, david lindsay
95 Ale pt 1
1995 ? site valient soldier
(pee pee wacking), not for joes (4)
1995 ******** lustig zine, hat city (2 girls) w/ marnen hamming it up!
mass step back, Ridgefield 95?
95 Ale pt 2 and skits
Date,Where, Dance,Who/Notes
1995 ******** Ridgefield, hankie Step and Fetch her tune, Midnight
Capers
1995 *** mtn lakes, Native American History of
Morris in North
America* (Dances w/
Hankies)
Morris Barbie! Hat City w/
cameo by 3 Village (get script from Claudia)
Audience
loves it! Presentation of clipboard to Claudia)
Mixed Morris Ale 96 pt 1
1996 John Jay, Blue Eyed
Stranger, Mianus: Andee w/ long
hair, marcye, me grey hair!
1996 ******** John Jay, Lustig Zine!, 3 Village: w/ Nancy, what’s his
name, Rhoda
1996 Yellow Monkey,
Princess Royal as double jig* w/ two as #1, 3
as #2!,
Midnight Capers
1996 ******** Kensico, Morningstar Border!(slightly different figures
than
us),Not For Joes
1996 ******* Cannondale, Nutting Girl jig!Rose and Thorn, rebecca
1996 ******* Cannondale, Maid of the Mill (different tradition,
Leafield?)Greenwich MM
Ale Skits 88 & 89
1988 six accordions and a
dancer*!rick mohr
1988 rose and thorn,
blindfolded set, tom french (blindfolded)
funny
1988 midnight capers, new
age morris, funny
1988 new haven, nh
liberation and baguette army?/bound and gagged 1988
3 village, demanding ale teams, michael
bodner, french horn
player, funny
1988 princeton, morris
dinosaurs* (parody of Monty Python routine
-
luxury!)lindsey, bob mills, roger, Irvington museum
guy, old english guy sings trunkles, funny
1988 midget in front of curtain,
chris (great concept)
1989 next year/ Mtn lakes? New
hampshire?, merrimac, California
raisens, nancy winning,
sara jane funny
1989 joke and fiddles and intro
to Dance like the Waves in the Sea
and one
other, dudley laufman and woman fiddler
1989 book, book, readit
joke
1989 librarian morris,4 librarians
Ale skits 90 & 91
1990 ****** recites Larry G’s, jim blake
1991 midnight capers,
S&M (w/ long intro)
1991 mtn lakes,
baltimorris, fool away, barbara
Ale Skits 92 & 93
1992 ***** Lifeguards, Chad & Eric
1992 ***** Old Haven, new jobs, Marty, Willow
1992 ******** Rev Prynne, Roger (incomplete)
1993 **** Baltimorris, Thesis: Development of Morris
tradition in
Baltimore, hon
pick up here
Amazing Moments in Morris
?, I Did it My Way*****,
me dancing at ? wedding
1988 ******* Paul’s trip to Dorset, England, Constant Billy
(Heddington)
different then
our style (faster tempo too) English team
1988 Step and fetch her (Fetch
the stretcher!) Notice capers!
Shows!Debbie Lewis
1988 jig, fool w/ bladder
1988 ****** ranting, overhead shot
1988 scenery
1988 english clogging (excerpt),
4 women
1988 steam fitting?! *(Constant
Billy Adderbury music) fast
tempo
1988 **** (Good Christians Xmas carol music) fast tempo,4,
talk alot
during dance
072 T16 - Sidmouth Festival 88, pt 1
* ring o bells w/ drumming popleton /boughton (wailing w/ sticks),
short excerpt of HaPenny from Boston, Great Western (30 at one point
for Skirmish end only, (3 Muskateers to Lads tune?), 9 mens: much
slower than we do it, plodding, nice, bagpipes, w/ happy birthday to
fool in center, caper off to
music after rounds at end), jig competition: 6: Ian Campbell: (They
call it
something else) Flowers!*, 7 guy w/ accordion does flowers!, 10:
Oddington Princess Royal slow but nice, jumps over standing
musician!, *team (Mary
Rose and Royal George?)? guy w/ the drum!!* border guy w/ striped
pants.. 1 (Marry Rose)?, 2 Bully Up, 3) Amadeus Mozart, 4) knob jockey,
Champion Molly
dancers: Treacle mining (good spiel) 2 dancing accordions the rest w/ 2
long
sticks, baca pipes w/ people!,
074 T13 - Sidmouth Festival 88, pt 2
royal george molly? dance for 2 Golliwog (edited), abbotts bromley tune
w/ ladies clog*, Great Western faster (hankies flying english style),
Champion Molly Dancers - Hit the Road Jack is sung a cappela by June
Tabor!!******
1996 Mixed Morris Ale (from Paul’s (96 Ale t 2)
News12 story on Morris Memorial Day weekend. W/ Greenwich Morris men
and Mianus (me!), John Mazza talks on camera. (same as other segment on
my Morris reel #1?)
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