Helsinki Morrisers
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Helsinki Morrisers
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Some recent activities, now deleted from the main page Some Ancient stuff dragged up from the HM archives |
The Helsinki Morrisers are a thoroughly mixed(up)Morris Dance side started around 1993 in downtown Annankatu. The first performance took place on a sunny summer evening at the British Embassy, from where original logo, a sycamore seed, comes. The costume has changed considerably since them, and reflecting the membership now includes some Marimekko design Since 1996 we have been active members of the Arctic Morris Association along with Eken Morris from Stockholm. Ales (not beers but an ancient word for a gathering of morris dancers!!) with them have been held almost every year since then in either Helsinki or Stockholm - see Relatively Recent Activities on the left orhere for a video of our 2008 May Day dancing For practices we still are very happy to be able to use the Finnish-British Society in central Helsinki (Frederikinkatu 20B - email finnbrit@finnbrit.fi p.+3589 6877020 and at Finnbrits) - every first Friday of the month at 5pm and and every third Sunday at noon. Just come along and meet us if you fancy a go! Over the years local venues have included Tavastia Klubi, Helsinki Railway Station, Kallio Flower Festival, as well as Kaustinen and Rääkylä Music Festivals, the annual May Day dance on Helsinki streets, and more such as on the ice photo, or Morris on Ice video and from Saint Petersburg this! UPCOMING ACTIONNovember 30 at the Anglican Xmas Bazaar at Agricola Church Tehtaankatu 23 - starts at 12, we dance at 13.30 We will hopefully be dancing with the same energy as we did a while ago at Kuopio Dance Festival
Current styles of dancing include a mix of Border(Shropshire Bedlams), Molly(Ousewash and Gog Magog), Cotswold (via Eken Morris) and Helsinki traditions. Here's a short video of us performing our own Sibelius dance in Wimborne a few summers ago..
Kaustinen Festival, July this year - Tinner's Rabbit (photo J Pelonen - see sidebar on left for more of his pics) And guess which one is 'the magnificent Bridget Emery'?!?
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The Webmaster is a Morris Dancer too
