Shave The Donkey - on-line morris news

<body> <h3><A HREF="stories/welcome2.html">A message from The Donkey: please send carrots</A><br> <font size="2">Thanks for coming to visit The Donkey. In our first month on line we notched up 3310 hits. To keep this journal interesting, we need your help. But don't worry - we're not asking much... </font> </h3> <hr> <h3><A HREF="stories/mp_morris_motion.html">MP puts the morris in motion</A> <font size="1"><i> 14 January 2000</i><br> <font size="2">A House of Commons motion praising morris dancers has prompted The Daily Telegraph to defend "every true-born Englishman's right to strap jingle bells round his knees and make a hanky-waving wally of himself in public." </font></h3> <hr> <H3><A HREF="stories/free_dome_rapper.html">Free Dome deal for rapper sides</a> <i> updated version</i><br><font size="2">Free tickets to the Millennium Dome in London have been negotiated for performers attending the DERT2000 rapper sword gathering in March. <font size="1"><i> 11 January 2000 </i> </font></h3> <hr> <h3><A HREF="stories/headbox.html">Centenary success for Quarry</A><br> <font size="2">Members of Headington Quarry Morris Dancers have been looking back with quiet satisfaction on their big day - the centenary of their team's meeting with Cecil Sharp on December 26. <font size="1"><I> 7 January 2000</I></font></font></h3><font size="2"> <hr> <h3><I><A HREF="Quiz/anagrid_intro.html">Win a prize in our horrible competition</A></I><br> <font size="2"> We're giving away a CD and one pack of the EFDSS "Images of Tradition" collection in our first (and possibly last) Shave The Donkey competition. You don't need any knowledge of the morris to enter….but you may want to ask yourself, 'Is there more to life than solving dastardly word grids?' To find out more, see <A HREF="Quiz/anagrid_intro.html">A Bunch Of Posers</A>.</font></h3> <hr> <h3><A HREF="Recycling/laud_of_the_dance.html">'Loaded with preconceptions' - The Yorkshire Post</a><br> <font size="2"> Visit our Recycling Depot to read Stephen Biscoe's article on Flag Crackers Of Craven.</font></h3> <hr> <h3><A HREF="stories/winter_of_long_swords.html">The winter of the long swords</A><br> <font size="2">Trevor Stone's guide to longsword dance outings over Christmas and the New Year, from Rattle Up, My Boys, the quarterly sword dance magazine.</font></h3> <hr> <h3><A HREF="stories/aegle_helmond.html">Helmond's farewell to a much-loved teacher</a><br> <font size="2">Morrisdansgroep Helmond have published a heartfelt tribute to their instructor and "inspiring friend" Ægle Hoekstra, who died in November, 1999. </font></h3> <hr><h3><A HREF="stories/librarians_20th.html">Librarian's 20 happy returns..</A>.<br> <font size="2">Malcolm Taylor has clocked up two decades of helping researchers dig out the treasures of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library.</font></h3> <hr> <h3><A HREF="stories/efdss_press_martin.html">Press Release: EFDSS</a><br> <font size="2">The English Folk Dance and Song Society has sent us its press release announcing the departure of its chief executive, Martin Frost. We're glad to publish it in full. </font></h3> <hr> <h3><A HREF="stories/bennett_and_wells.html">Bennett and Wells star in new pack of images</a><br> <font size="2"> Some of the great figures from morris history are being featured on a set of collectors' cards put together by the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. </font></h3> <hr> <h3><A HREF="stories/efdss_boss_resigns.html">EFDSS boss departs after blowing out cobwebs <i>(revised version)</i></A><br> <font size="2">The man brought in to breathe new life into the English Folk Dance & Song Society has left the job after just over a year - but with colleagues praising his dynamic new initiatives. </font></h3> <hr> <h3><A HREF="stories/journal_marks_100.html">Journal marks 100 years of publication </a><br> <font size="2">The Folk Music Journal is celebrating 100 years of publication - within days of the centenary of Cecil Sharp's historic first encounter with the morris.</font> </h3> <hr> <h3><a href="stories/horse_denial.htm">Keep beast away from us, says 'mad' Jacks man</a><br> <font size="2">A statement denying involvement in the disappearance of the Hammersmith hobby horse has been issued on behalf of two "respectable" morris teams.</font></h3> <hr> <h3><a href="stories/archivist_finds_a_grand_home.html">Archivist finds a grand home for papers</a><br> <font size="2">Adrian Williams has been doing a spot of "home hunting" since rashly taking on a substantial property with scope for expansion - namely, the Morris Federation archive.</font></h3> <hr> <h3><a href="stories/hammersmithHorse.html">Hammersmith horse off, horror</a><br> <font size="2">A strange beast with an evil stare has not been sighted roaming the streets of West London. Not for some months, anyway - because Hammersmith Morris Men have lost it.</font></h3> <hr> <h3><a href="stories/new_prize_for_sidmouth_jig_conte.htm">New prize for Sidmouth jig contest</a><br> <font size="2">A prize for newcomers is being introduced in the morris jig contest at the next Sidmouth Festival to encourage more dancers to take part.</font></h3> <hr> <h3><a href="stories/desert_orchid_for_hobby_horse_fe.htm">Desert Orchid for hobby horse festival?</a><br> <font size="2">Britain's first-ever festival of hobby horses is being planned for the Oxfordshire town of Banbury - and there'll be no shortage of troughs in the town.</font></h3> <hr> <h3><b><a href="stories/bedlams_plan_a_lovely_bunch_of_s.htm">Bedlams plan a lovely bunch of surprises</a></b><br> <font size="2">The famously inventive Berkshire Bedlam morris team is cooking up some surprises for Sidmouth festival 2000 - and it's anybody's guess whether it will involve coconuts.</font></h3> <p> </p> <p>Email <a href="mailto:update@capers.co.uk">update@capers.co.uk</a> if you'd like to know when we update the site. <p>We're busy people, so we make no promises about how much news we'll run. 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