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  • 2009 DATES

    April 11th - Berkeley Castle Easter Extravaganza. Wonderful warm sunshine, good crowd, very appreciative (even laughed at the jokes!) Collected £91.70 for the Acorns Hospice - a great start to the season. Well done everybody, especially Barbara for shaking the tin. Christine made her debut, dancing and playing
    April 18th - Cardiff Ladies Spring Capers
    April 23rd - St George's Day. Gloucester Cathedral 6.30pm - 7.30pm, then after the service at drinks reception for Royal Society of St George. Click here to read 'true' story of St George Smith.
    April 24th - Longford Village Hall for St George's Celebrations 1pm
    May 1st - May Hill 5am with Lassington Oak MM. FoD MM etc
    May 2nd - Blackfriars Priory, Ladybellegate Street, Gloucester, Open Day for GHURC
    Very pleasant afternoon. Presented our cheque for £500 to Nigel Beames of 'Dogs for the Disabled' and 'Teddy' ( who was unimpressed!)


    May 3rd - Upton Folk Festival The procession was even longer than usual!
    May 9th - Leonard Stanley School Fete. A bit windy and cold, but we went down well with the audience.
    May 10th - Churn Project, Cirencester. Very hot, huge crowd.
    May 16th - Barnwood Fun Day (aka Victorian Fete) Were able to perform '16th May' on the correct day for some years! Forgot to sing Happy Birthday to Fiona! 8 dancers and three musos, although nearly rained off, we performed very well under all the circumstances.
    May 18th - Pilot Inn Hardwicke, collected £15.02 for Acorns Hospice
    May 22nd - Tewkesbury Nursing Home, Bushley. We only had four dancers and two musos, but were able to give an excellent performance in the Resident's Lounge. Must remember to take some carpet with us when we dance out! Adapted several dances 'on the hoof' (sorry!)The new Mayor and Mayoress of Tewkesbury Town, The Worshipful Councillor & Mrs Workman, were in the appreciative audience
    May 25th - Chippenham Folk Festival
    May 28th - Black Horse Cranham, collected £13.20 for Acorns Hospice
    June 1st - Green Dragon, Cockleford with Ragged & Old Morris. A really pleasant evening, all very friendly, collected £24.56 for Acorns Hospice
    June 6th - Cheltenham College Junior School Workshop. Taught about 100 Year 5 and Year 6 children some dances - Grenoside Processional, Shepherd's Hey, and Cuckoo's Nest - who then did a performance for the enthusiastic parents at the end of the morning. The resulting collection for our charity amounted to a massive £58.23! Very friendly, lovely atmosphere, doughnuts in abundance!
    June 8th - Apple Tree Woodmancote 8pm
    June 15th - Coal House Apperley with Old Meg NW Morris 8pm
    June 19/21 - Scarborough Fayre with Yorkshire Coast Morris
    June 25th - Haw Bridge Inn, Tirley 8pm
    June 29th - Falcon Inn, Painswick 8pm
    July 4th - Brockworth Fete 2pm
    July 6th - Bat & Ball, Churchdown 8pm
    July 13th - Fleet Inn, Twyning, with Faithful City MM 8pm
    July 20th - Bell Inn, Frampton on Severn 8pm
    July 27th - Royal Oak, Gretton, with Pebworth Vale of Evesham MM 8pm
    Aug 2nd - Morgan Car Rally, Cheltenham Racecourse pm, and Sidmouth Folk Week
    Aug 6th - The Boat, Ashleworth 8pm
    Aug 15/16 - Bideford Folk Festival
    Aug 18th - Butcher's Arms, Sheepscombe with Gloucestershire Morris Men 8pm
    Aug 24th - Red Lion, Wainlodes 8pm
    Sep 7th - practices resume
    Sep 21st - AGM Members only 8pm
    Sep 12th - Cirencester
    Oct 4th - Morris Conkers Championship, England's Glory, London Rd, Gloucester 12 noon
    Dec 12th - Dancing in Cheltenham (tbc)
    Dec 26th - Boxing Day Festivities at Gloucester Cathedral 12 noon
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