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 Nick Robertshaw. Nick died unexpectedly of a heart attack Monday, Oct 29, 2007. A joyous singer and brilliant musician, a master of the Jeffries duet concertina, he was known to many in the morris community. Nick, big in body, grand in character, was a guiding spirit of Foggy Bottom Morris and long its foreman. We miss him. A memorial celebration for Nick was be held at Cafe 611 in Frederick, MD, on Thursday, November 8 The morris community has been collecting memories, pictures, songs and other things at the Remember Big Nick WIKI. If you have something to contribute, that page will tell you how. |