We are a mixed Cotswold Morris side, based in Chester city.
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We practise from September to April at the Hoole Community Centre
and perform traditional dances mainly from the Cotswold area of England throughout the year.
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New dancers and musicians ~ male or female ~ will be made very welcome.
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A history of the side can be found here.
The following list is not exhaustive but is our proposed dance list for 2025:
(where (H) denotes hankie dances and (S) denotes dances with sticks)
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Adderbury
The Black Joke (H)
Sweet Jenny Jones (S)
The Postman's Knock (S)
Lads-a-Bunchum (S)
Constant Billy (S)
Bampton
Old Tom of Oxford (H)
Banbury Bill (H)
Speed the Plough (H)
Bonnie Green Garters (H)
Bledington
Lillibulero (H)
William and Nancy (H)
Three Musketeers - skirmish (S)
The Black Joker (S)
Young Collins (S)
Country Gardens (S)
Ladies' Pleasure (Jig)
Fieldtown
Banks of the Dee (H)
Valentine (H)
Shepherd's Hey - signposts (H)
Dearest Dickie (H)
The Rose (H)
Trunkles (H)
Balance the Straw (S)
Bold Arathusa (S)
Headington
Laudanum Bunches (H)
Sherborne
Cuckoo's Nest (H)
Constant Billy (S)
Upton-upon-Severn
The Stick Dance (S)​
