The Cardiff Morrismen

At our AGM in October 2004 a motion was passed which opened up membership of the Cardiff Morris to dancers of either sex. This has led to changes within the side which are still resonating, not least of which is the change to the name of the side as above. The adopted Welsh translation is "Y Morys Caerdydd". Anyone interested in dancing the Morris in Cardiff is welcome to join us, although we should draw your attention to the other dancing sides in Cardiff in the Morris traditions, Cardiff Ladies Morris and Clocs Canton.

Join Us!
If you are interested in coming along to a practice to have a go at Morris Dancing, please contact Gareth O'Gorman on recruit@cardiffmorris.org or call
077 9636 2352

Although it is commonly thought that the practice of Morris Dancing is an utterly English thing, there exists in the Land Of My Fathers a branch of this terpsichorean art steeped in the traditions of The Morris for over a quarter of a century - just how many times must there be repetition before it becomes "tradition"?... - we present: The Cardiff Morris!

Having danced in the Capital City of the Principality for long enough, we have become, by default and longevity, if nothing else, a respectable non-gender-specific representation of modern dance.... no, I can't go on, we're only in it for the beer!

Although we do not dance out in England quite as much as we used to back in the halcyon days of the 70s and early 80s we would like to think that those sides who do know us remember us as a side who know how to have a good time as well as maintain a standard of dance to be proud of. As we dance mainly an eight-dancer repertoire and have the usual recruitment problems, we have to be selective in what we commit to... does any of this sound familiar?

Warning... Do take some of the following with a large pinch of salt and in the spirit it is meant!... we love the English and the Men of Monmouth, honest! :-)

Enjoy your exploration of this site - use the links in the panel on the left to navigate. The CM Home logo will always bring you back to this page.

If you have any queries, comments, suggestions, etc., regarding anything in these pages or anything to do with the Cardiff Morris, please feel free to e-mail me - compliments always well received, brickbats not so well!

Bookings:
We are also available for bookings, please get in touch with the Bagman and we'll see what we can do!

(These pages were originally constructed on an Acorn Risc PC710 under RiscOS 3.6 before porting to the PC and rewritten for frames in February 2002. There are no guarantees!)