NEWS!
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We have just been on our
100th Tour!
This took us to Uganda to help celebrate St George's Day.
(l to r) John Stott, David Henthorn, John Corlett, Gerard Robinson,
Neil McKay
(front row) John daswon, Garry Gibbons
The Ancient Men performing Young Collins (Bledington)
at the Equator on 23rd April 2008.
(0 0' 0.00", +32 2' 23.21" according to GPS)
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- Wednesday 14 May:
Corpus Christi College 7:30pm;
The Bear, Blue Boar St. Oxford 8:30pm
- Thursday 22 May:
The Fox, Boar's Hill 8pm; The Flowing Well, Sunningwell
8:45pm with Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers
- Wednesay 11 June:
The Sun Inn, Wheatley 8pm; The Railway, Wheatley, 9pm
- Wednesday 18 June:
The Dolphin, St Mary's St, Wallingford, 8pm; The Coach and Horses,
The Kinecroft, 9pm
- Saturday 21st June:
Oxford Mediaeval Fair, Oxford Castle, 12 noon
- Wednesday 25th June:
Oxford City Centre - tbc
- Wednesday 2nd July:
tbc
- The 101st Tour of the Ancient
Men - Tavistock & Tamar 28th July - 1st August
- Wednesday 30th July:
The Falkland Arms,
Great Tew, 8pm; the Killingworth Castle, Wootton (by Woodstock)
9pm
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An on-line 'Google map'
of the Tours is now available, as is the Google 'photo
album'.
- If you would like more information about joining OUMM or are a former
member please complete the CONTACT
form or e-mail The Squire: Squire@am39.com.
- Practices take place on Wednesday evenings from 7.30pm to 9.00pm
at St Barnabas School in Jerico from October to April, alternating
with Oxford City Morris Men on a weekly basis. New members are always
welcome.
50 Years young and still going strong!
The Ancient Men undertook their first tour in 1952 which
was based at Fairford, Gloucestershire in collaboration with The Travelling
Morrice. Since then they toured far and wide, from New Mexico to Japan;
more than 90 tours and 11 countries. To celebrate our Golden Jubilee
we revisited the very first tour during August 2002, accompanied by
The Travelling Morrice.
Tours:
- Kampala, Uganda, April
- Tavistock & the Tamar, July/August
Last year's tour:
- Madiera, Sword Dance Festival, 13 - 15 July
- Republic of Ireland, 29 July - 5 August
- The Solent, August, 17 - 19 August
Previous year's tours:
-
Ancient Wiltshire 30 July - 6 August 2006, Tour 96.
Happy Chaps on the Wiltshire Tour. ('photos Tim Hutton)
Contact details:
"The Squire"
Neil "Mac" McKay: e-mail: Squire @am39.com
"The Cyber-Squre/Bagman"
Gerard Robinson: e-mail: CyberSquire
@am39.com
"International Tours"
Prof. John Forrest: e-mail: International
@am39.com
Information regarding activies in the area, including a list of local
morris sides, can be obtained from: Oxfordshire
Folk Association
Footnotes:
- ' Tradition is a burden imposed by the dead on the living.' Radio
4, Today Programme, 1996
- 'Not every tradition, however entrenched, is attractive. Some
should be closed down immediately.' Anon.
- 'Mutliplicanda non sunt rea plurima quam oportet' - William of
Occam
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