Berkshire Bedlam Morris
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Welcome to the Home Page of Berkshire Bedlam! |
BB - still rated amongst the top 99% of all Morris sides in the country..... |
Who are we ?
Berkshire
Bedlam,
renowned
Cotswold Morris dancers from Wokingham in Berkshire, were formed in
1977, and perform a wide range of dances. While some are based on the legendary
Leafield dances of Oxfordshire, the majority of today's repertoire is
original compositions put together in recent years. Whatever the dance, BB's aim is to perform
with gusto and spirit, and to present spectacular and original
performances. Do
we succeed? - come and see us to find out!
You can find out lots more about us through this site including
something of our history, and a guide to the dances in our past and
present repertoire. There are also various pictures of the side, latest
news of events, a guide to our media appearances, and you
can even find out what happens at a Berkshire Bedlam Bunfight ......
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What's going on - August 2010 |
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  2010
- A great season so far!2010 has seen us at events all over the country including amongst many others John and Alison's splendid wedding weekend, a day at the seaside with Brighton Morris, an evening tangoing in Yorkshire with the Flag & Bone Gang, a weekend near Exeter celebrating Great Western's 40th, and in August a highly successful week in Sidmouth including another appearance of the mysterious Men in Black at one of the Late Night Extra ceilidhs and in the final night torchlight procession. And great success for Will B and Sue in the renowned Sidmouth Jig Competition - best newcomer and third place overall! More details to follow soon.... |
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  BB
on TV - again!In March, BB were featured on BBC2 and CBBC in an episode of an informative and entertaining children's science series called Spacehoppers. The programme, filmed last August at Littlewick Green, used BB to help illustrate some facts about volcanoes and planets, and also featured interplay with presenters Dan Wright and Steve Marsh, who played 'Smell My Planet' with us, another surreal experience to add to our ever expanding showreel .... |
2010 Bunfight Ceilidh - 27 Nov - don't miss it!  A
sell out attendance at the 2009 Bunfight ceilidh had a great night's
entertainment dancing to the fabulous Committee Band and appreciating the
visiting BB All Stars Cheerleaders. The 2010 Bunfight, theme 'Space', and featuring one of the final
appearances of the Committee Band, will be on Sat 27 Nov - tickets now
on sale!
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** DID WE REALLY DO
THAT? ** In October 2008 we found ourselves performing at a private birthday party for Sting at his Georgian mansion in Wiltshire. Highlights included one dance with Sting and his wife Trudi singing at the feet of Sue and Bob, and a performance of Coconuts which included 4 of BB plus Sting, David Walliams, Kevin Spacey and Robert Downey Jr. They now join the (quite small) crowd of celebs who can proudly claim to have danced with BB ... |
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EGGHEADS -
"we wuz robbed - twice" **In September 2007 BB were featured on the BBC2 quiz programme Eggheads, and so nearly won thanks to the heroic efforts of Andy and Jameson - but in the end narrowly missed out on the £59,000 prize, a lifetime's supply of coconuts. The episode was repeated in July 2009 - but we still lost .... |
| You can read about all our recent happenings in the detailed latest news section, find out when we are coming to a town near you in our future event guide, see the gallery section for more pictures, or just wallow aimlessly in BB memorabilia throughout the site ... | |
| Latest Media News !! |
Yes, you can now have a little BB at home with you by ordering one of our DVDs - see the MEDIA PAGE for details, and also links to our various media appearances in print, in pop videos, on TV, and now on YouTube! |
We're always delighted to welcome new members, dancers and musicians.
We practice on Thursday evenings at the Scout Hut in Evendons Lane, Wokingham,
RG41 4DX
(click
here for map) and dance out at festivals, pubs and other events
throughout the summer. If you would like to come to any of our practice evenings to try
it for yourself, you will be very welcome any time, or come to one of our taster
evenings held every October.
Phone or e-mail
if you would like to find out more or contact us about anything as follows :
Main contact & Webmaster - Malcolm Major - Tel 0118 9771952 - e-mail
malcolmmajor at ntlworld dot com
You can also contact the following :
Squire - Jerry West -
jerry dot
west at ntlworld dot com
Foreman -
Jameson Wooders - jameson dot wooders at lonza dot com
And finally, if
you would
like to find out more about other Morris sides, or Morris
dancing in general, try these links :
Mainly
Morris Dancing
: an invaluable source of general information and the best links to
teams webpages
Morris
Side Finder : a UK wide guide to find
teams in all parts of the country
Morrisdancing.org
: Links to worldwide morris organisations and affiliated sides
SEFAN
: South East Folk Arts Network - what's going on in folk arts in the
South East
and
remember ....
....it never rains on Berkshire Bedlam