MORRIS dancers took to Crediton’s Town Square, visiting the Three Little Pigs public house, followed by dancing outside The Lamb Inn at Sandford, during a recent Monday evening.

The dancers and musicians were from the Great Western Morris, which started in Exeter in the late 1960’s but which includes a number of members from the Crediton area.

The dance side has danced mainly around Exeter but has travelled widely over the years as far as Ireland, France, Italy, Czech Republic, USA, and Cornwall. 

Most of the dancing the side dances is based on styles danced in two Cotswold villages; Leafield (usually known amongst Morris Dancers as “Fieldtown”) and Bampton. “Cotswold” Morris is the style associated with handkerchiefs (“wavers”), bells and sticks.

The Great Western Morris said they like to put on a good show of “Performance Morris”; dancing with character, audience contact, and a high entertainment value.

Alan Quick