Shakespeare Morris dance "Sweet Jenny Jones" New Year's Day at The Boars Head Hampton Lucy

From Shakespeare Morris web page Shakespeare Morris was founded in 1959 and is "The Keeper of the Bidford-on-Avon Tradition." Shakespeare Morris has a special connection with the nearby village of Bidford-on-Avon, whose morris tradition has been extensively researched since 1965 by Phillip Taylor, SM's long suffering musician for many years, assisted by Tony Parsons, the great grandson of Edwin Salisbury, a foreman of the 1886 Shakespearean Bidford Morris Dancers. We also dance a variety of Cotswold Morris traditions collected from other local villages such as Adderbury, Bampton, Bucknell, Lichfield and Stanton Harcourt. Local Roots Shakespeare Morris has the privilege of wearing the family Coat of Arms of the house of John Shakespeare, William Shakespeare's father, by kind permission of the Shakespeare Trust. The gold & black shield familiar to visitors to Stratford which shows a 'shake spear' or in historic terms, a left leaning spear. Shakespeare's Birthday celebrations in Stratford continue to be a key date in our calendar, as do the opening of Stratford's Mop Fair, Bidford-on-Avon's Christmas Light's Turn-on, our May Day Celebrations and the fabulous Bromyard Folk Festival. During the Summer months we dance out in local towns and villages usually with other local morris teams. We also make regular appearances on the Bancroft Gardens in Stratford where we enjoy introducing visitors to English Traditions. The Boars Head Hampton Lucy We are a small village pub that aims to go above and beyond when our guests come and visit us.