Schedule for 1995
Wed Jan 18 7:30 PM Semi-Annual Group Meeting Seabright Brewery
Sun Feb 12 7 PM Songs of the Heart Kuumbwa Jazz Center
S/M Feb 19-20 Midnite SCMCD 1995 Santa Cruz Dawn Dance @ CPDES Hall
Seabright performs during a break
in the all-night contra dancing.
At the dawn dance Seabright will be joined by
Purple Sage Morris of
San Francisco and by any
other stray morris dancers in the vicinity.
Sun April 9 ~3 PM Kit & Hobby Sewing Party Caroline's
Wed April 19 8-10 PM Practice in full kit Louden Nelson
FSS Apr 21-23 Berkeley Morris Holy Gr'Ale
Sun April 30 ~3 PM Maypole & Potluck Betty & Laura's
Mon May 1 5:45 AM May Day dance up the sun Santa Cruz Lighthouse
6 AM Santa Cruz Lighthouse: dancing has begun
6:22 AM Sunrise at Lighthouse (but only if we dance)
9:15 AM Santa Cruz Homeless Garden
11 AM Pacific Garden Mall
5 PM The Post Office Compass at Pacific & Water
Sun May 7 Dance as guests of Deer Creek (at their second stop only)
12-2 PM Spring Festival, Ardenwood Historic Park, Fremont
3:30 PM Spring Festival, Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills
Sun May 21 1 PM+ Lighthouse Point Santa Cruz
2:15 PM Pacific Avenue near Post Office
May 26-30 Memorial Day Weekend
-> some to Midwest Morris Ale (Minnesota)
-> some to southern Ren. Pleasure Faire
Sun June 4 A Whitsun Ale, if there ever was one
(Henry V, Act II, Scene iv, line 18)
Sat June 17 Santa Cruz Mountain Vintners' Festival
1 PM Hallcrest Vineyards, Felton
3:30 PM Bargetto Winery, Soquel
Sun June 18 White Rats (NOT Seabright) San Francisco
Wed June 21 7:30 PM Annual Group Meeting and Solstice Dance Out
Santa Cruz Wharf
Fri June 23 11 AM Opening of the new East Santa Cruz Post Office
The Seabright Ave. station moved to Morrissey Blvd.
(Who could resist the puns? Not us!
We danced Adderbury Postman's Knock)
Sat July 1 PM With Fools' Choice Morris
Pacific Grove & Monterey Tour
Tue July 4 10 AM World's Shortest Parade Aptos
Seabright's Cotswold season has ended
Sun Oct 1 PM Visser/Wendt Wedding El Cerrito
Sun Oct 8 9:30 PM SCMCD Contra Dance CPDES Hall, Santa Cruz
Sat Oct 14 PM Volunteer Festival Capitola Mall
Wed Nov/Dec 7:30 PM Beginners Welcome to Join Us and Try Out
Sun Dec 31 PM First Night Santa Cruz DownTown Santa Cruz
Mayfield and Seabright
1995 June 4
On Sunday June 4 (Whitsunday) scores of morris dancers will recreate
the springtime festivities which were once performed all over England
at various places around Santa Cruz county. Seabright Morris will
host teams from all over northern California in a celebration which
dates from the time of King Charles II.
At the beginning of the 17th century morris dancing was done by the
working class over much of England. After the English Civil
War almost all forms of festive expression were suppressed by the new
puritanical rulers. Celebrations could only be held if approved by
civil and church authorities. With the return of the crown in the
person of Charles II the folk of England were once again freed to
celebrate springtime in large gatherings known as ``ales.'' These ales
resembled modern county fairs and drew participants from all over a
shire. They were held on Whitsunday partly in celebration of the
birthday of Charles II. One of the sports at the ales was morris dancing with competitions between the many local teams. The
Whitsun celebrations persisted for over two centuries until the
social change caused by the industrial revolution finally ended them.
Here is the schedule of the touring:
1:00 - 2:30 Dancing at the Lighthouse Field: Show Dances and
massed dances for all who will.
3:00 - 4:00 Pacific Garden Mall: we'll "spiral out" to three
spots on the downtown Santa Cruz Pacific Ave;
there are free municipal parking lots and ramps
abounding.
4:30 - 5:30 Reshuffling combinations of teams, we'll go up
the hill to Felton Commons (Covered Bridge) and
Hallcrest Vinyards for a cheerful hour, and then
mill up the hill a little more, to
6:00 pm Dinner at Boulder Creek Brewing Company
A perennial favorite; we can dance and sing there, too!
Teams which will be particpating and their home towns:
Seabright Morris Santa Cruz
Berkeley Morris Berkeley
Mayfield Morris and Sword Palo Alto
Deer Creek Morris Men Palo Alto
Fools' Choice Morris Palo Alto
White Rat's Morris San Francisco
Monarch Grove Morris Santa Barbara
Red Tail Morris San Francisco
Bangors & Mash Berkeley
Purple Sage San Francisco
Swords of Gridlock Berkeley
Emperor Norton's Berkeley
Stomp 'n' Jingle East Bay
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