Washington, DC, USA
Founded 1977
Washington, DC, USA
Founded 1977
The Foggy Bottom Morris Men perform Morris Dance at festivals, private events, street-corners, and drinking establishments. What is morris dancing, you ask? It is a lively English folk dance, invigorated by clashing sticks, flashing handkerchiefs, and jangling bells, performed to the beat of toe-tapping live music from a concertina, accordion, and sometimes a fiddle and a drum. We perform what are known as Cotswold Morris dances, as well as wild-looking Border Morris dances, sword dances, and (in the Winter Holiday season) a mummer's play. As you can see below, we are a fine bunch of fellows - wouldn't you like to be one of us?
 The Foggy Bottom Morris Men at the Marlboro Morris Ale, Vermont. Photo by Tim Lane |
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The Foggy Bottom Morris Men regret to inform the world of the passing of the great Pete Brown. Just after midnight on December 4, 2009, Pete left this earth to join the morris team in the sky, where we assume Nick Robertshaw was waiting for him. Pete has been a longtime member of the Foggy Bottom Morris Men and was a former member of the Swindon Morris Men in Wiltshire, England. As well as being a dancer, Pete, age 54, was an accomplished singer, musician and song-writer. He will be sorely missed by his family, friends and teammates. There will be a memorial celebration to honor Pete's life on Sunday, January 3rd, 2010. 1pm to 4pm McGinty's Pub Anybody is welcome to attend, but McGinty's would like a rough headcount beforehand. If you are planning to come, please RSVP. If you have memories to share, please consider contributing thoughts or pictures to the memorial site his family has set up. We plan to have a laptop and projector at McGinty's, and will be presenting a slideshow of pictures and quotes from the memorial site. |