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Chanctonbury Ring Morris Men

Our 2013 Programme is now complete. Occasionally we are forced to change some arrangements, and details of later events, such as our Cycle Tour, will only become available nearer the time, so please keep coming back to this page to see the latest updates. If you would like to print off a programme for your own use, you can download a PDF version by clicking here or on the picture of the 2013 programme below left. We hand out the same printed leaflets at all of our events, though, so come and see us to pick one up for your own use, or to present as a valued gift to your nearest and dearest! You can even take a few if you have somewhere in mind where they will be seen and picked up by interested people.


Calendar
January 2013
5th
Saturday
Apple Howling. A traditional ‘wassail’ is held in an old orchard, generously provided by our sponsors, Wobblegate, Old Mill Farm, Bolney RH17 5SE, starting at 6.00pm sharp. Following a torchlight procession from the Apple Shop to the designated ancient tree, a ceremony to ensure a bountiful crop takes place. After processing back to the farm Wassail cakes, Cyder and Apple Juice are consumed in celebration.  Afterwards there is often singing and other music at the Royal Oak (our Home Pub), Wineham BN5 9AY.
  Please click here for a pdf copy of the Apple Howling event programme and Wassail Song to print and bring with you!
Calendar
March 2013
29th
Friday
Good Friday - Dancing followed by Long Rope Skipping at Rose Cottage Alciston, BN26 6UW as guests of the Knots of May, starting around 12 noon

Apple Howling


May Day


Calendar
May 2013
1st
Wednesday
May Day- Dancing and a song on Chanctonbury Ring at 7.00am. Meet in the car park at the foot of the downs off the Steyning to Washington road at Wiston, BN44 3DN at 6.15am to set off for the top, or meet us up there.
4th
Saturday
Hever Castle - at Hever, Near Edenbridge TN8 7NG. We dance from 11.00am, as part of the first morning of Hever Castle ‘Dancing Around the May Pole’ celebration.
 In the afternoon we will be dancing in Sheffield Park Gardens TN22 3QX, as guests of the National Trust.
11th
Saturday
Unfortunately we can no longer attend this event, but please come along to support Broadwood Morris Men, in their annual Day of Dance with many other Morris Dancers from far and near, around the centre of Horsham RH12 1EB, from 11.00am onwards.
15th
Wednesday
Dancing Cotswold at The Stanley Arms, Wolseley Road, Portslade BN41 1SS from 8.00pm, often music in the pub afterwards.
22nd
Wednesday
Dancing Cotswold at The Swan, Falmer BN1 9PD from 8.00pm, often music in the pub afterwards.
29th
Wednesday
A walking tour of Brighton, dancing Cotswold - we are likely to be starting at The Victory, Duke Street,  BN1 1AH, from 8.00pm, and will wander where the mood takes us. Come and listen for the sound of the bells! We will be joined by the incomparable Cuckoo’s Nest Women’s Morris for this tour!

Dancing at Rose Cottage

Long Rope Skipping at Rose Cottage

Calendar
June 2013
5th
Wednesday
Dancing North West Clog, with our guests Brighton Morris Men, at the Poets Corner, Hove BN3 5BF, from 8.00pm, often music in the pub afterwards.
9th
Sunday
Dancing Cotswold at various places around the village of Henfield, as part of their Gardens and Arts annual Celebration.  We usually start outside Barclays Bank in the High Street at 11.00am.
15th & 16th
Saturday & Sunday
Our Sixtieth Anniversary Tour will be based around East Meon, in Hampshire.
Please feel free to come and see us at any of the locations - reliability of dancing will probably be better early in the day!  Oh - and timekeeping may drift a bit.  We usually end up with a few songs and tunes after supper in the pub on the Saturday evening, and welcome anyone to join us.
 Sat 15th June
 10:30 St George’s Square, Bishops Waltham SO32 1GH
 12:00 Bold Forester, Soberton Heath SO32 3QG
 13:00 Samuel’s Rest, Shedfield SO32 2JB
 15:30 Manor Farm Country Park, Bursledon SO31 1BH (TBC)
 17:45 Brushmaker’s Arms, Upham SO32 1JJ
 18:45 Milburys, Beauworth SO24 0PB
 19:30 Izaak Walton, East Meon GU32 1QA
 Sun 16th June
 10:30 Queen Elizabeth Country Park, Horndean PO8 0QE (TBC)
 11:30 Sussex Day - Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton PO18 0EU
 13:00 Red Lion, Chalton PO8 0BG
 14:00 Ye Olde George Inn, East Meon GU32 1NH
26th
Wednesday
Dancing Cotswold at the Castle Inn, Bramber BN44 3WE, from 8.00pm, then at the Chequer Inn, Steyning BN44 3RE, often music in the pub afterwards.

Summer Dancing


We often ask the audience to join us for a dance


Calendar
July 2013
3rd
Wednesday
Dancing North West Clog, at the Partridge, Partridge Green RH13 8JS, from 8.00pm, often music in the pub afterwards.
10th
Wednesday
A walking tour of Brighton, dancing Cotswold - details and locations will be published here once we’ve had a think!
17th
Wednesday
Dancing Cotswold at The Duke of York, Sayers Common BN6 9HY from 8.00pm, often music in the pub afterwards.
20th
Saturday
Our annual cycle tour, which is now fully planned, will be in the Henfield area of central Sussex. You are welcome to join us, and further information should be posted here nearer to the time.
24th
Wednesday
Dancing Cotswold at The Windmill, Littleworth, near Partridge Green RH13 8EJ from 8.00pm, often music in the pub afterwards.
31st
Wednesday
Dancing Cotswold at The White Horse, Maplehurst RH13 6LL from 8.00pm, often music in the pub afterwards.
Calendar
August 2013
7th
Wednesday
Dancing North West Clog, with our guests Ashdown Morris Men (to be confirmed), at the Sloop, Scaynes Hill RH17 7NP, from 8.00pm, often music in the pub afterwards.
14th
Wednesday
Dancing Cotswold, with our guests Sompting Village Morris, at The Frankland Arms, Washington RH20 4AL from 8.00pm, often music in the pub afterwards.
21st
Wednesday
Dancing Cotswold at The Jolly Tanners, Staplefield RH17 6EF from 8.00pm, often music in the pub afterwards.
28th
Wednesday
Dancing Cotswold at The John Harvey Tavern, Lewes BN7 2AN from 8.00pm, often music in the pub afterwards.
Calendar
September 2013
7th
Saturday
Dancing Cotswold, at ‘Folk at the Oak’ at the Royal Oak, Wineham - our ‘home pub’ BN5 9AY.  This event is run by one of our number who is the impresario behind the Sangboc folk club. Come back for more information nearer the time.
21st
Saturday
Our sixtieth year of dancing is celebrated with a grand Ceilidh in Henfield Village Hall. All our friends and followers are welcome. For more information including ticket availability go to Our Sixtieth page
Calendar
October 2013
5th
Saturday
Dancing North West Clog, among many other Morris sides, as Harveys Brewery, of Lewes BN7 2AH roll out their Old Ale for the new winter season in their Brewery Yard, from 12 noon.
Calendar
December 2013
26th
Thursday
Boxing Day - Dancing Cotswold followed by The Steyning Tipteerers ‘Mummers’ Play’, at the Marquis of Granby, Sompting BN15 0AP, from 11.00am. Then dancing and play are both repeated at the Frankland Arms, Washington RH20 4AL, from 12.30pm, followed by the singing of traditional Christmas Carols in the pub bar.
Calendar
January 2014
4th
Saturday
Apple Howling. A traditional ‘wassail’ is held in an old orchard, generously provided by our sponsors, Wobblegate, Old Mill Farm, Bolney RH17 5SE, starting at 6.00pm sharp. Following a torchlight procession from the Apple Shop to the designated ancient tree, a ceremony to ensure a bountiful crop takes place. After processing back to the farm Wassail cakes, Cyder and Apple Juice are consumed in celebration.  Afterwards there is often singing and other music at the Royal Oak (our Home Pub), Wineham BN5 9AY.
  Please click here for a pdf copy of the Apple Howling event programme and Wassail Song to print and bring with you!

Puddle jumping at Hever Castle

Sometimes Lewes can be a bit extreme!!!


The Steyning Tipteerers draws to a close


Click on the 2013 programme to the left to download and print your own!

This year, our sponsors,  who help out with the costs of our printed programme, are:

Our home pub, The Royal Oak, Wineham (The Royal Oak facebook site);

Evonprint, our programme printers (www.evonprint.co.uk) and

Wobblegate Apple Juice and Cider, of Mill Farm, Bolney (www.wobblegate.co.uk) which is where we hold our Apple Howling every January around Twelfth Night - see below for details.

CRMM 2013 PROGRAMME approved.pdf

Our full programme for 2013 follows; scroll down to see it…