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50th Anniversary of our first appearance – dancing today!
We’re out today to mark 50 years since our first public appearance. It’s a mini-Day of Dance – hope to see some faces – familiar and new – at each spot. Read all about it with Enfield Dispatch https://enfielddispatch.co.uk/etcetera-morris-men-return-to-enfield-lock-for-day-of-dance/
Etcetera Morris Men’s Day of Dance 2023
Earlier this year, on Saturday 23rd September, Etcetera Morris Men went out in Enfield, with a quick trip to Winchmore Hill too, for a Day of Dance. This time around, we didn’t invite other sides as we had commemorative intentions. This year has seen the passing of two Etcetera men who danced at the first…
Etcetera Morris Men’s festive season 2021
Provided rules permit we will be dancing out at 12.30pm on 01 January 2022 at The Wonder in our home of Enfield – dancing to welcome the new year. See the New Year’s Day Spectacular page for details. After another odd year, which started with video calls and beer delivery for some from the Little…
NEWSFLASH – Day of Dance 2021!
16th October 2021 ‐ Starting off at Enfield Market at noon, we’re then on a walking tour
Wondering about the New Year
Thanks to all those friends, followers and (dare we say?) fans who have been in touch over the course of 2020 to say hello and say they miss us. We miss you all too and want to say Happy New Year! Regrettably, the current situation sees us unable to hold our traditional New Year’s Day…
May Day in lockdown
Happy May Day!
Happy St George’s Day 🏴
We’d also like to take the time to say “we miss you” to the other Morris sides we normally see and are now not expecting to meet this Morris season.
Happy New Year from Etcetera Morris Men
So, farewell 2019. We had some great dancing moments. Today, however, is about welcoming the new year and a new decade. With that aim in mind, put on your hat and coat, stretch your legs and come to our New Year’s Day Spectacular at The Wonder in Enfield. There will be Morris Dancing from 12.30pm…
Merry Christmas from Etcetera Morris Men
From Etcetera Morris Men a very Merry Christmas to all our audiences for 2019, our fans, followers, and associated hangers-on! Thanks for all your support over the last year, either in watching and joining in, or through social media follows, likes, re-tweets etc, helping with publicity, carrying the sticks, and so on. Your next chance…
Springing into action – 2019 Programme published
Enfield’s Etcetera Morris Men’s 2019
You asking? We’re dancing!
With the year’s early appearances at Forty Hall Farm and for St George’s Day behind us it’s now the 1st of May, the traditional start of the Morris dancing out season. Looking at our social media feeds today, this morning Morris dancing sides around the country were up and about dancing up the dawn and…
Wrapping up 2018
Etcetera Morris Men rounded off 2018 with their now traditional Christmas-Dinner-themed AGM. The usual reports were given by the officers, votes of thanks and words of encouragement offered, and toasts to those who are no longer with us. Two Etcetera men have danced or played their last this year and we remember their contributions fondly…
Dancing Season 2018
Etcetera Morris Men’s 2018 dancing season is well underway as we head into the second week of June. As the Diary attests, we’ve had a busy string of weekend events in April and May has taken us from Brookmans Park to Walthamstow, and Southgate to Cheshunt. We’ve survived a flurry of GDPR emails (please reply…
Happy New Year 2018!
A very Happy New Year to all our website visitors! Hope 2018 is a healthy, happy and successful year for you all. To kick things off in our usual style we will be dancing today at 12.30pm at The Wonder, Batley Road, Enfield EN2 0JG. We hope to see a good crowd. Why not start…
Festive cheer
Time flies at this point in the year and before you know it it’ll be 2018. With just three weeks now to Christmas Day, Etcetera Morris Men are looking forward to a few festive traditions running up to our New Year’s Day Spectacular in just four weeks’ time. Tonight – Monday 04 December – is the…
Countdown to New Year’s Day 2018!
Etcetera Morris Men will be back at The Wonder on New Year’s Day 2018 for their annual celebration of the New Year – also known as the New Year’s Day Spectacular. The countdown has begun and with just over six weeks to go you can check out the NYD Spectacular page for details. We will be joined…
Day of Dance 2017
Dancing in Enfield – 23 September 2017 Last weekend saw Etcetera Morris Men return to their home town for their Day of Dance. After a great summer season of dancing at week-night pub visits and many events in and around the area, and further afield, we took to Enfield Town to dance throughout the day…
Day of Dance 2017 and the Summer Season
It’s been a good summer with many dance spots old and new. The next thing on the horizon, after a quick trip to The Crown & Horseshoes on Thursday 31 August (from 8.15pm) is our Day of Dance in Enfield on Saturday 23 September. We had a good time on our first visit into…
Diary update
It’s been a busy couple of months at practice since our New Year’s Day Spectacular at The Wonder, Enfield. The Squire and Foreman have been putting us through our paces (and 1-2-3-hops) and picking up on those fine details to ensure we’re in tip top condition for the 2017 season. The focus remains on dances…
New Year 2017 – Pratice Season resumes
New Year’s Day We all had a great time at the first New Year’s Day Spectacular to be held at The Wonder in Enfield. A good crowd formed, dances were danced both by your hosts – Enfield’s Etcetera Morris Men – and guests from Letchworth Morris Men and step cloggers who are part of Camden Clog.…
*New* New Year’s Day Spectacular 2017
New Venue for the New Year Etcetera Morris Men’s annual New Year’s Day Spectacular returns on 1st January 2017. This time it will be at a new venue. So, no, the title of this post is not a typo! For the first time we will be dancing to greet the New Year at 12:30pm at The…
Forty Hall Apple Fair 2016
Last Sunday, 2nd October 2016, Etcetera Morris Men were out again at Forty Hall Farm joining in the fun at the annual Apple Fair. The Enfield Gazette and Advertiser were there and put some pictures alongside their story – including one of us! Thanks from Etcetera Morris to the team at Forty Hall Farm and Forty…
Day of Dance 2016 – 1 day to go!
Etcetera Morris Men’s Day of Dance 2016 is nearly here! With just one day to go here’s one more reminder of tomorrow’s celebration of English tradition and a long summer season of dance, music and song. This week’s review of Day of Dance venues is coming to an end where it begins at Enfield Market!
Day of Dance 2016 – 2 days to go!
Etcetera Morris Men’s Day of Dance 2016 is nearly here! With just two days to go here’s one more reminder of the upcoming celebration of English tradition and a long summer season of dance, music and song. The spotlight today falls on our final pub stop on the Day of Dance – The Beehive on…
Day of Dance 2016 – 3 days to go!
Etcetera Morris Men’s Day of Dance 2016 is nearly here! With just three days to go here’s one more reminder of the upcoming celebration of English tradition and a long summer season of dance, music and song. Our third Day of Dance tour pub venue is The Black Horse on Wood Lane in Barnet.
Day of Dance 2016 – 4 days to go!
Etcetera Morris Men’s Day of Dance 2016 is nearly here! With just four days to go here’s another quick reminder of the upcoming celebration of English tradition and a long summer season of dance, music and song. The Day of Dance venue for today is our second pub of the tour The Chequers on Coopers…
Day of Dance 2016 – 5 days to go!
Etcetera Morris Men’s Day of Dance 2016 is nearly here! With just five days to go here’s a quick reminder of the upcoming celebration of English tradition and a long summer season of dance, music and song. Today we’re having a look at our first pub venue on the Day of Dance tour – The…
Day of Dance 2016 – one week to go!
Etcetera Morris Men’s Day of Dance Saturday 10 September 2016 10:30am – 6pm Etcetera Morris Men’s Day of Dance 2016 is nearly here! Once again we will be joined by guests from other teams from around the area to celebrate the end of another summer season of traditional English dance. The action will get…
Dancing out for Midsummer (despite the rain)…
Etcetera Morris Men are out again tonight as part of our on-going summer programme, and getting in early to mark Midsummer, which falls tomorrow. We’ll be joined this evening by old friends (that is long-standing, not necessarily aged) from Hertfordshire Holly, who will inject a bit of North West Clog Morris into our Cotswold Morris…
Summer 2016 Programme well underway!
Summer is here! Following a busy St George’s Day – which fell on a Saturday this year – where we danced for the Mayor of Broxbourne and people of Cheshunt at the Fun Day in Grundy Park and again at the fantastic street party organised by Jana and the team at The Wonder, just off…
Forty Hall Farm Lambing Weekend 2016
Etcetera Morris Men made a fourth visit to this annual celebration of the start of spring at Forty Hall Farm on 19 and 20 March 2016, with two displays on each of the Saturday and Sunday. Etcetera Morris Men entertained the crowds in the early afternoon. Attractions and stalls at the event included demonstrations…
Forty Hall Farm Lambs-a-plenty!
Come along to the Forty Hall Farm lambing weekend today or tomorrow. It’s a great chance to see this farm on the edge of London. You’ll get a chance to see rare breed lambs, crafts, sheep shearing and us – Etcetera Morris Men. We’ll be dancing at 1pm and 2pm on both days. It’s…
Annual General Christmas Dinner Meeting 2015
Last night saw the Etcetera Morris Men get together to look back over 2015 and a great year of fun and friends, dance, music and song. Rather than sit about in a stuffy meeting this is now the third year that the AGM has taken place in the pub and run in parallel with a…
New Year’s Day Spectacular 2016!
Etcetera Morris Men will welcome in the New Year in now-traditional style once again in the north of Enfield. Alongside other guest teams from the surrounding area, the Morris Men will bring their dance and music, with the usual collection of hats, bells, handkerchiefs and sticks. We look forward to seeing the crowds there to…
Apple Day sunshine at Enfield Market
We’re mid-way through the Morris fun at Enfield Market. If you missed the first spot we’re back on at 12:30pm. Come down and support your local Morris Dancing side – Etcetera Morris Men – and your local market in the glorious late, late autumn sunshine. Thanks to to Enfield Market Instagram feed for this picture…
The Morris action continues this October…
Etcetera Morris Men’s practice sessions are now in full swing – and it’s never too late to get in touch with us to attend your first practice session. We can show you the steps, the arm movements and stick clashes required, before we all head down to the pub for well earned refreshment… If you’re not…
Dancing in the October sunshine
Etcetera Morris Men made the most of a sunny autumn Sunday in Enfield yesterday, dancing out at two local institutions. In the morning we joined in the fun at the Chickenshed Family Fun Day. The sun shone on the 3km Fun Run (we thought it best not to take part in to save our energy for the dances) and stayed out…
Announcing – Morris Dancing Taster Sessions!
We want you to want to Join In! We’re introducing a monthly “Taster Session” on the third Monday of every month. We know it can be a bit daunting taking your first steps or playing your first notes for Morris Dancing or with a new side. Some of us have been doing it for over…
The Day of Dance is here!
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Day of Dance 2015 Programme announced!
Etcetera Morris Men’s Day of Dance Saturday 12 September 2015 12:30 – 17:00 We’ll be marking the end of our 40th anniversary year by having another Day of Dance! Details can be found on our Day of Dance page, but in summary we’ll be appearing in the Town Park at the Enfield Town Show, in the…
Summer Programme 2015 now updated
Check out the Diary for the latest information about where to see Etcetera Morris Men this summer. We’re returning to some pubs we haven’t visited for a while, and have new local events too. We hope to see you at one or more of them over the coming months!
Etcetera Morris Men and Lambing Weekend – on YouTube
You can see highlights of the Forty Hall Farm Lambing Weekend – including a snippet of Etcetera Morris Men dancing-Postman’s Knock from Adderbury – on Capel Manor’s YouTube channel at http://youtu.be/SQXH7jqJavM
Forty Hall Farm Lambing Weekend 2015
Etcetera Morris Men joined the celebration of the start of spring along with the team from Capel Manor at the annual Lambing Weekend at Forty Hall Farm, giving two displays on each of the Saturday and Sunday. Along with the new lambs that visitors to the event could see, on Sunday afternoon Etcetera Morris Men…
Summer Programme – planning in progress
We will be announcing our summer programme in the next month. Watch this space!
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