Recent Events
2012
Sat, Feb 04 - 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
FSGW's
Mid-Winter Fest (a.k.a. "Minifest") is a great time for all. Come to the main gym at noon to start the day right: Arlington NW Morris will be leading a Northwest morris workshop (and we'll be helping out). After 1 pm, watch for us in the hallways as we dance with Rock Creek MW and Arlington; expect sword dancers, too!
Sat, Jan 07 - 10:30 am to 5:00 pm
Come see us perform along with the fabulous Cutting Edge Sword Team, Rock Creek Morris Women and Arlington Ladies! We'll be at the
Wheaton Library in Silver Spring from 10:30 am until lunchtime; catch us quenching our thirst, slaking our hunger and singing at
The Limerick Pub; we'll be performing for retirement homes (private!); and then we'll end up in downtown Silver Spring around 3:30 pm (listen for bells near the public squares around Silver Sprung on Ellsworth) finishing up inside and upstairs at
McGinty's just before and throughout dinnertime!
2011
Tue, Dec 27 - 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm
3701 Mount Vernon Avenue Alexandria, VA 22305 [
Map It]Yes, we're working our way up to Carnegie Hall! Or since it's Border season, is it Carnage Hall? Come see us perform with
Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra along with the
Washington Revels Singers! (click above for tix). We're sure to be out in the hallway during intermission, too - come talk to us about joining!
Thu, Dec 22 - 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Join us as we continue a long-standing tradition. We'll begin at the Takoma Park Gazebo (corner of Westmoreland and Carroll Avenues) around 6 pm to celebrate the Shortest Day; highlights include the Abbotts Bromley Horn Dance and a Mummer's Play!
If you'd prefer to watch us out of the cold, at 7:30 pm, we'll also be at the Takoma Park Library (corner of Maple and Philadelphia Avenues [a.k.a. Maple Ave. and East West Hwy at the Takoma Municipal Center Building]) for an encore performance.
Sat, Dec 17 - 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Chinn Park Regional Library, Woodbridge, VA [
Map It]Part of our annual Solstice Circuit where we demonstrate the manly art of Mummer's Plays, our standard Cotswold dances and some wild, crazy Border Morris! We'll be at the
Chinn Park Regional Library in Prince William, VA at 2 pm. Don't miss it!
Sat, Nov 12 - 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Publick Playhouse, 5445 Landover Road, Cheverly, MD [
Map It]Come see us at the
8th Celebration of International Dance hosted by the
Performing Arts Repertory Company. We'll be joining other (non-Morris!) dance arts groups in rotation at the Publick Playhouse 5445 Landover Road, Cheverly, MD. The event starts at 7:30 pm.
Tickets at the door $6 child/senior, $12 adult.
Sat, Nov 05 - 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm
A nearly annual tradition for our local teams. The Rock Creek Morris Women and the Arlington Northwest Morris Women join us for a Day of Dance!
12:30 dancing at Bond Street Wharf
2:00 dancing in Red Square (South Broadway x Thames)
4:00 dancing, drinking and singing at The Wharf Rat (801 S. Ann Street)
5:30 final stand at South Broadway Pier (just below Thames) through sunset
Hang out with us all day, or drop in at your convenience!
Sat, Sep 24 - 10:00 am to 9:00 pm
Come find us as we dance in the streets and squares of Arlington along with our hosts, the lovely
Arlington Ladies NW. We'll start at 11:30 at Ballston Metro; also at 2:30 in the Ballston area (listen for the bells) and by all means, join us at Rustico Ballston pubstop at 4:30 for some singing over a pint or three! (We'll happily buy you a pint if you buy us one.)
Fri, Jun 24 to Mon, Jul 04
We're off to our pentannual pilgrimage to the UK by way of Utrecht, the Netherlands! Wish us luck as we visit ol' Blighty and Oranje!
(Utrecht Jun 25; Southampton Jun 29; Isle of Wight Jun 30; Cambridge Jul 1)
Fri, Jun 10 to Sun, Jun 12
145 Beebe Hill Rd, Falls Village, CT 06031 [
Map It]We're up in NW Connecticut this weekend on a manly trip (echoes of "Men, men, men, men" to the tune of spam?)
Sat, Jun 04 - 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Come see us leap and dance at Washington's 31st annual folk festival somewhere on site from 12:15-1:15 and 2:30-3:30 and don't miss the English Ceilidh band sometimes known as Frog Hammer at 4 pm which is partly made up of Foggy Bottom members!
http://fsgw.org/myorgnet/public.php?Org=fsgw&ProgramID=10&NoTitle=1
Sun, May 01 - 6:00 am to 3:45 pm
Takoma Park and Chevy Chase (or Bethesda if you like), MD [
Map It]Come see us at:
1. 6:00 am at the Takoma Park Gazebo where we'll dance the Sun up again for another year!
...and/or...
2. 9:00 am at the 5K PTA run, corner of Grant & Maple (Takoma Park Community Center)
...and/or...
3. 10:00 am (ish) at Sibley Memorial Hospital (in the patient parking lot?)
...and/or...
4. 12:30 pm at the Audubon Society Woodend Sanctuary in Bethesda (off Jones Mill Road) http://www.audubonnaturalist.org/default.asp?page=568 where we will also dance during the May Revels show!
Sat, Apr 09
Capitol Hill, Washington DC [
Map It]Find us as we dance around the Nation's Capital and Capitol. We'll be at:
1. Columbus Plaza 10:30-11:30
2. Grant Memorial 1:15-2
3. Eastern Market (Port City Java) 3:15-4:15
4. Stanton Park 4:30-5:15
This annual tradition includes two (or more) out of town teams per year, and this year is no exception as we welcome Ann Arbor Morris from Michigan (and their affiliated Molly team, "Quality Molly") along with the gorgeous Harrisville Morris Women from New Hampshire! We'll be joined also by our local sister Cotswold team, Rock Creek Morris Women (in yellow- hard to miss!)
Fri, Mar 11 - 9:45 pm to 10:00 pm
Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, MD [
Map It]We will be performing two or three dances during the break during the contra dance.
