Come along to the side’s open evening on Monday 7 November to find out more…
by Ray Dyson, WWM Bagman.

The Wessex Morris Men had a fairly active dancing season on the road entertaining the good folk of Dorset. In addition to our regular Monday evenings zig-zagging the county, we’ve done our usual round of local folk festivals and our now-traditional spots at the Sherborne Country Fair and the Bath & West Show, squeezed in a couple of weddings and had a great weekend away in Bedfordshire on a meet of Morris sides.

We are, though, an ageing side and in order to maintain the tradition and keep up our busy schedule of commitments we need some new blood. Wessex Morris Men are a welcoming bunch from a diverse range of backgrounds, who find Morris a thoroughly enjoyable and rewarding pastime. Many of us are also involved in the local folk music and song scene. It is quite aerobic exercise and requires a good degree of hand/foot co-ordination to music, which can be taught – not all members are ‘natural’ dancers.
Potential recruits are welcome to come along to our practice any Monday evening over the winter months, or to our open evening on Monday 7 November. We’re to be found at Pulham Village Hall (14 Duntish View, Pulham DT2 7DZ) on a Monday between 8pm and 10pm, after which we retire to the Halsey Arms over the road to unwind. Contact bagman@wessexmorrismen.co.uk for more info.