December 06, 2019
Celebrating the Festive Season in Traditional style
Thursday 12th December will be the last practice night before our Christmas break.
On 19th we hold our annual Christmas Carols and Party Night, in the company of family and friends of the side, carolling into the night at The Sun Inn, Gotham.
Then, we are really looking forward to joining Lady Bay Revellers, along with other local Morris dance sides, for their annual festive gathering at The Victoria, Beeston on Saturday 21st December - the 'official' start to Christmas! Dancing starts at 12 noon followed, after lunch, by hearty carol singing in the pub - and maybe some more dancing - into the afternoon. All welcome!
Our practice season resumes on 9th January.
November 01, 2019
Practice season brings record turn-outs
For the second time this season, enough dancers last night for two sets up and three musicians. We added a new dance to our repertoire: the famous Riggs of Doom, a dance in the style of Bampton written by Utrecht Morris Men to a lovely original tune - one to look out for next summer!
And, it you're thinking of joining, it's still not too late - just come along to Kingston-on-Soar Village Hall on a Thursday evening, or contact:
Martin on 07599 969731
or email
Nick or Dave
September 14, 2019
Fancy joining us? Now's the perfect time
The practise season is now well underway and we welcome new recruits (dancers, musicians or both). You will have the whole of the winter to get up to speed with Dolphin dancing style and could be dancing out with us by May 2020.
Dolphin practice every Thursday until the end of April at Kingston on Soar Village Hall.
Jigs, basic stepping, points of style etc. from 7:30. This tends to allow more personal instructions.
Set dances from about 8:00.
We then recover from the ordeal with a drink at a local pub and often have music and song sessions as part of that.
We are a Cotswold Morris side for male dancers. New dancers or experienced adult male dancers are welcome to join us as well as musician of either sex. We are also happy to put you in touch with other local sides that are all male, all female, or mixed, and which dance Cotswold or any of the other various Morris traditions.
If you want to chat with someone before you come, call
Martin on 07599 969731
or email
Nick or Dave
August 05, 2019
Toby Melville, superbly played for by dad Jon, won this years single jig competition in Sidmouth with a superbly athletic and stylish performance. Well done Toby, amazing leaps! Excellent.
August 01, 2019
The final month of the 2019 dancing-out season saw Dolphin at the following venues:
Thursday 18th July
The Cross Keys at Burton Joyce was a regular stop on the Gate to Southwell in years gone by. A very enthusiastic and raucous audience made for an an excellent show.. We then moved to the Black Horse at Caythorpe, with a smaller crowd consisting of the same people who turn up every year and are a very good audience, chips from the landlady and singing in the bar.
Thursday 25th
The final Dolphin tour of the season at the Waterside Inn and The Swan Inn, Mountsorrel
Sunday 28th
Deerstock festival, East Bridgford as band-change entertainment
Wednesday 31st
Finishing off as guests of Leicester Morris at the Three Crowns, Wymeswold and Anchor Inn, Walton on the Wolds
Practise season starts again early September, call or check here for details
July 17, 2019
With two Thursday night tours to go before the end of the "season" here follows a brief summary of what we've been up to since the last update.
June 20th Kings Head Sutton Bonington. Our annual midsummer massed displays of dancers and dance traditions. This year's friends with us were Black Pig Border, Chip of the Old, First Class Stamp, Maids of Clifton and Dawn Dawson.
June 27th 5 Bells, Claypole followed by Royal Oak Long Bennington, after which a record eleven songs were sung by eleven different dancers with all the dancers out that evening singing one song each. With many of our regular singers away, Dolphin should be proud.
July 4th Plough at Hickling, where a huge and very appreciative audience contributed to a most successful start to the evening. A few people came out at the Plough at Cropwell Butler and there was singing and music afterwards.
July 11th. Practice of the butchers' dance at Bunkers Hill was followed by a performance of this and traditional Morris at City Arts as interval entertainment. The evening finished off at the VAT and Fiddle
Weekend of 12,13,14 July. Annual Chipperfield weekend with Greensleeves and Thelwall Morris
Full 2019 tours information available here or see events diary to the right.
Dolphin is a men's Cotswold Morris side
Women musicians are very welcome, but we are a single-sex (male) dancing side.
Sorry Ladies! Do call us though and we can put you in touch with loads of good
ladies' or mixed sides, if you wish.
We dance a number of traditions (including Adderbury, Fieldtown, Headington Quarry, Bledington, Bampton, Ilmington and
Lichfield) and have members who hail from all over Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire.
From September to April we practise at Kingston-on-Soar Village Hall
(near J24 of the M1) and recover from the ordeal with a pint and, usually, a few tunes and songs in a local pub.
In January we generally perform a Plough play and throughout May, June and July we dance out at pubs and events around Nottinghamshire, as well as the Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire borders; after which we usually like to try and get a good singing and music session going.
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