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Folk Plays
 Historical Background of the Mumming and associated Folk Plays
 The Gwent Mumming Play based on a Chepstow Play published by Ivor Waters of Chepstow in his book Folklore and Dialect of the Lower Wye Valley
 Isca Mummers in Action
 Isca Mummers - The Early Years in Pictures
 Alderley Play
 Mari Lwyd

 Dance Repertoire Part 1
 Dance Repertoire Part 2
 All you ever wanted to know about our Traditional Monmouth Caps
 Our Officers responsible for our traditions over the years
 Each year since we were founded we have collected for various charities

 An Article celebrating our Silver Jubilee Year
 Twenty-One Years On - Reminisces on Life with the Isca Morrismen
 Isca Morrismen - The Beginning of Twenty-Two Years On - A Personal Reflection
 A mere phone call or? - the perenial lament of a bagman - a tale of a television special!
 A Fete Worse Than Death - An Article on the Morris Scene
 Fun with Bells On - Dancing that goes back to before records began was coupled with cans of beer to celebrate the arrival of May Day


Isca Morrismen Tradition
Dance Repertoire 1

The side performs dances coming primarily from the Welsh Borders, Cotswolds and Lichfield and the main village traditions and dances added in to our repertoire over the years include:-

Border and Welsh Dances

This tradition represents the widespread remnants of Morris Dancing that was carried out in the Welsh Marches and in the counties of Hereford, Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. Dances in our repertoire include:
Bromsberrow Heath Broseley Processional Cadi Ha Processional
Caerleon Wheel Dilwyn Turnback Jig Leominster Stick
Madeley Skirmish Nantgarw Stick Not for Joe
Pershore Stick Speed the Plough Speed the Plough Jig
Three Sheepskins Upton Hanky Upton Stick
Usktown Reel Weobley Twizzle White Ladies
Y Caseg Eira            

Adderbury Dances

One of the features of this tradition are the songs which accompany many of the dances and which, in some of these, represent the most important element. The following dances are included:
Beaux of London City Bell Bethlehem
Betty Windsor Black Joke Bluebells of Scotland
Brighton Camp Buffoon Constant Billy
Happy Man Haste to the Wedding Lads A'Bunchum
Lollipop Man Maid of the Mill Old Woman Tossed Up
Postman's Knock Roast Beef of Old England
Seventeenth of May Shepherds Away Shepherds Hey Jig
Sweet Jenny Jones Washing Day      

Headington Dances

A selection of fairly lively paced dances which currently include:
Bean Setting Constant Billy Getting Upstairs
Haste to the Wedding Hunt the Squirrel Laudnum Bunches
Molly Oxford Jig Old Woman Jig Rigs of Marlow
Trunkles Twenty Ninth of May      

Lichfield Dances

The main features of this tradition are the exaggerated body movements used in most of the dances, all of which are danced
at a lively pace. The current dances are:
All the Winds Jig Barefooted Quaker Bower Processional
Castlering Milley's Bequest Nuts in May
Ring O'Bells Shepherds Hey 3 Man Jig
Sheriff's Ride Vandalls of Hammerwich

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