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The Morris Ring 2003 Annual Representatives Meeting Weekend Programme
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The Morris Ring 2003 Annual Representatives Meeting Part 1
The Morris Ring 2003 Annual Representatives Meeting Lunch & ARM Part 2
The Morris Ring 2003 Annual Representatives Meeting Lecturer & Harpist
The Morris Ring 2003 Annual Representatives Meeting Choral Entertainment
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The Morris Ring Annual Representatives Meeting
Cyfarfod Blynyddol Cynrychiolwyr y Cylch Morus

Monmouth - Friday 7th to Sunday 9th March2003
Trefynwy - Dydd Gwener 7fed i Dd Sul 9fed Mawrth 2003

In 2003 the Isca Morris ran the annual meeting on behalf of the Morris Ring based on the Bridges Community Centre in Monmouth. This comprised a series of private meetings on the Saturday and opened up with a display of public dancing on the Sunday morning.

Although Morris dancing was not as extensively collected in Wales as elsewhere, dances were noted locally in Nantgarw and in a number of other places. Traditional folk plays also survives locally, including the Mari Lwyd which is still performed in a few isolated areas, including the nearby village of Llanfihangel Tor-y-Mynydd, around 6 miles from Monmouth.


Views of Monmouth from just outside the Bridges Community Centre

South Wales breweries and cider makers contributed to the weekend and on the Sunday the dancers were joined by the Mayor of Monmouth and the Monmouth Assembly member for a public dancing display with other local dancing groups.

Sides attending

The following sides were present during the weekend:-

Adlington, Anker, Ashdown Forest, Bedford, Benfieldside, Boars Head, Bourne River, Cambridge, Cardiff, Chalice, Chanctonbury Ring, Coventry Mummers, Dartington, Durham Rams, East Kent, East Surrey, Exeter, Faithful City, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, Green Man, Harthill, Horwich Prize Medal, Icknield Way, Ilmington, Isca, Jockey, Kennet, Kinnerton, Letchworth, London Pride, Long Man, Mendip, Mossley, North Wood, Northampton, Ripley, Saddleworth, Shakespeare, Silurian, St. Albans, Stafford, Sweyns Ey, Thaxted, Wantsum, West Somerset, Winchester, Woodside and Yateley

plus Representatives from the Open Morris and the Womens Morris Federation.


Views of the famous Monnow Bridge looking in towards Monmouth Centre

Further Information

The menu choice selections on the left of this page give you an overview of some of the key points of the weekend using around 170 photographs culled from a variety of sources. As well as our own photographers, we wish to thank many of our visitors who have provided their own unique insight and in particular the Woodside Morrismen, some of whose photographs we have used and who have also set up another set of pages on their own website. Note that the photographs on these pages have necessarily been reduced in size to ensure each page loads quickly and that larger versions are available on request.

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