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Welcome to the Plymouth Morris Website! |
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Plymouth Morris are currently being supported by Summerskills Brewery
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Each year we make a donation to a charity and have raised over £6,000 over the
last 10 years.
Our nominated charity for 2018 has been Friends and Families of Special Children Ltd. We will be making a donation to them shortly.
Friends and Families are a non-profit organisation unique to Plymouth, providing information, support and services for families with disabled children.
Our chosen charity for the coming year is the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Derriford Hospital.
last 10 years.
Our nominated charity for 2018 has been Friends and Families of Special Children Ltd. We will be making a donation to them shortly.
Friends and Families are a non-profit organisation unique to Plymouth, providing information, support and services for families with disabled children.
Our chosen charity for the coming year is the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Derriford Hospital.
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We were proud to present a cheque for £1,000.00 on May Day Morning 2017, on Plymouth Hoe, to the Mesothelioma UK asbestos cancer charity for whom we collected during 2016. Many of our former local dockyard workers have been affected by Mesothelioma.
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Our Mummers Play will be revived again this December. Venues will be arranged later in the year. Check our Mummers Play pages for more details.
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Members of the Mummers Play cast
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On Saturday 17th November we took part in the 'Pudsey Day of Morris' in Tavistock for Children in Need, arranged by Dartmoor Border Morris. Sixteen Morris sides danced in three different locations throughout the day. Pudsey Bear was in attendance and a grand total of £1533.23 was raised in 6 hours for Children in Need.
May Day Celebration
Photos courtesy of Maria Cumming, Tim Ingram and Rosie Barnfield
May Day Celebration
Photos courtesy of Maria Cumming, Tim Ingram and Rosie Barnfield
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Trafalgar Day Celebration
On Saturday 20th October we performed for The Nelson Society annual Trafalgar Dinner in the Officers' Mess at the Royal Marine Barracks, Stonehouse, in Plymouth. It was a fantastic event and an honour and privilege to be asked to perform at such a prestigious occasion and our Naval themed costume fitted the occasion well. Jeff gave a rendition of 'A sailor ain't a sailor...' and Ray sang 'On Board A Man O' War' - a song about the battle and death of Lord Nelson at Trafalgar. We were well received and even had a standing ovation when we finished.
On Saturday 20th October we performed for The Nelson Society annual Trafalgar Dinner in the Officers' Mess at the Royal Marine Barracks, Stonehouse, in Plymouth. It was a fantastic event and an honour and privilege to be asked to perform at such a prestigious occasion and our Naval themed costume fitted the occasion well. Jeff gave a rendition of 'A sailor ain't a sailor...' and Ray sang 'On Board A Man O' War' - a song about the battle and death of Lord Nelson at Trafalgar. We were well received and even had a standing ovation when we finished.
A Fond Farewell On Friday 25th May, representatives of Plymouth Morris Men attended the funeral of Billy Holmes, former Landlord of The Dolphin Hotel on Plymouth Barbican. Billy was a great host to us on many occasions each year, for so many years and will be sadly missed. What's happening next? Our programme for 2018 can be downloaded here. Please note all dates are provisional unless otherwise stated, and subject to change. We will be performing at The Horse and Groom, Bittaford, on Wednesday 19th December from 7.30pm followed by a performance of this year's Mummers Play and then some traditional Christmas Carols and other music and song. On Tuesday 18th December The Plymouth Mummers will be performing this year's Mummers Play at a private event at the R.A.O.B Club in Plymouth.
There will also be performances of the Play at The Horse and Groom, Bittaford, at about 8.30pm on Wednesday 19th December, and on Wednesday 26th December at The Brook Inn, Plympton, at about 2pm. See our Plymouth Mummers Page for more details. Our Practices
These are now held at The School of Creative Arts, 22 Millbay Road, Millbay, Plymouth, PL1 3EG (the big red building opposite the entrance to the Brittany Ferries port) from 7.30pm until 9.30pm Our last practice session this year is on Wednesday 12th December at The School for Creative Arts on Millbay Road, Plymouth, PL1 3EG. Come along at 7.30pm any Wednesday evening to have a go and see what is involved. No charge! Practices start again on Wednesday evenings from 9th January 2019 until the end of April 2019. We are looking for new recruits, male or female, either dancers or musicians, to train up ready for the Mayflower 400 celebrations in 2020, when we will also be celebrating our 50th anniversary. We would particularly love to start an 18 - 30 Morris Side to take part in the Mayflower 400 celebrations. Everyone is welcome at any time to come and have a look or maybe have a go. Check our programme for details and just turn up! |
Some Summer Doings
Plymouth Morris Men at The Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum, Dorset, on
St George's Day,
23rd April 2017.
In April 2017 we were in Southampton for the annual Day of Dance hosted by our great friends of King John Morris Men.
On Sunday on our return home we stopped off to celebrate St. George's Day at Tolpuddle in Dorset to visit the Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum and to have lunch at The Martyrs Inn. On return to Plymouth we thought it only fit to have a photo taken where the plaque to commemorate the return from exile in Australia of 4 of the Martyrs on 18th March 1838 is situated, near the place where they came ashore, at Mayflower Steps on Plymouth Barbican. 
Plymouth Morris Men at the plaque at Mayflower Steps on Plymouth Barbican
On Saturday 1st July 2017 we performed at The Horse and Groom, Bittaford, for their annual Charity Fundraising weekend, and raised over £73.00 for the Brain Tumour Charity and Riding for the Disabled. We're about to do it all again this year at the Charity Beer Festival on Saturday 7th July 2018. We'll be there from 1pm.
On Friday 28th July 2017 we travelled to Kent for the 355th Morris Ring Meeting hosted by Ravensbourne Morris Men. They took us on a tour around London's South Bank where we performed at various famous landmarks culminating in a massed dance of all the invited Morris sides at the Tower of London.
Our display boards showing off what we do
Charity Each year we make a donation to a charity and have raised over £5,000 over the last 9 years. On Sunday 21st March 2010 members of Plymouth Morris Men danced their way around the Plymouth Mile course for Sport Relief. We raised over £900! Thank you for your support! We presented a cheque for £300 to Devon Freewheelers at our ceilidh on Saturday 27th February 2016. That makes £800 we have given them over the last 2 years. Our nominated charity for 2016 was Mesothelioma UK, an asbestos cancer charity. Many of our former local dockyard workers have been affected by Mesothelioma. We presented them with a cheque for £1000 on May Day Morning on Plymouth Hoe. At our 48th Annual Ceilidh on Saturday 24th February 2018 we presented HeartSWell South West with a cheque for £500 which will be used to provide defibrillators locally in Plymouth. More details of our charitable giving can be found on our 'Charitable Donations' page. If you've seen us recently, have found this site helpful or have any comments to make about the site, please e-mail us via the 'Contact Us' page. It would be great to hear from you. Foreign Trips
Plymouth Morris Men have had several foreign trips in recent years, including Holland in 2005, a trip to Hungary and Serbia in July 2006 and Jersey in May 2007. In August 2009 we went to south-western France for the 50th Annual International Folklore Festival at Montrejeau. We have had several trips to Brest in conjunction with the Plymouth-Brest Twinning Association, including the Maritime Festival held every 4 years. |
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