Country Dance & Song Society

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• Roy Dommett's Autobiography
• Section 1 - History
  • How It Began
  • The Morris in the Early 19th Century
  • The Morris Ale in the Early 19th Century
  • Robert Dover's Olympic Games
  • Captain Robert Dover's Olympik Games
  • General Monck, His March, and His Maypole in the Strand
  • How Did You Think It Was?
  • The Cotswold Morris in the Twentieth Century
  • The Cotswold Morris
• Section 2 - Contemporary Morris
  • The Morris in a Club Context, The Future of the Morris: A Late 1970's View
  • The Morris Ring; A Possible Viewpoint
  • Contemporary Change
  • What Has Been Happening To the Morris?
  • Who Should Dance the Morris?
  • Styles for Clubs
  • Some Crisis Points in Morris Clubs
  • Common Faults of Women Morris Dancing
  • From Folk Dance to Festivals, What Are We Talking About?
  • What Form for a Cotswold Competition?
• Section 3 - Costume
  • Costume Details - Rosettes
• Section 4 - Archiving the Morris
  • Filming Morris and Dance Customs
  • The Dommett Film Archive
  • Writing the Article
• Section 5 - Characters
  • Characters and the Morris
  • The Roots of Clowning
  • About the Art of Clowning
  • Jinky Wells: Master Fool and Self-Taught Fiddler
• Section 6 - Style
  • Style, Self-Expression and Basics
  • Cotswold Basics
  • The Cotswold Morris Workshop
• Section 7 - The Music of the Morris
  • Playing for the Morris
  • Known Tunes or Dance Titles With No Notation
  • Extra Tunes Not Included in the Bacon Handbook
  • Extra Tunes for Locations Not Included in the Bacon Handbook
• Section 8 - Repertoire
  • General Comments on the Traditional Repertoire
  • The Cotswold Tradition - Simplicity?
  • Cotswold Traditions - My Lord of Sherborne's Jig
• Section 9 - Recent Cotswold Style Dance Ideas
  • Recent Stick Dances
  • The Finding of Gold
  • The Lass of Richmond Hill
  • Nine Men's Morris