Foggy Bottom Morris Men
Date: Thu, May 1st 2008Additional Time Info: 11:00 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Silver Plaza
Washington, DC, USA
Founded 1977
The Foggy Bottom Morris Men perform Morris Dance at festivals, private events, street-corners, and drinking establishments. What is morris dancing, you ask? It is a lively English folk dance, invigorated by clashing sticks, flashing handkerchiefs, and jangling bells, performed to the beat of toe-tapping live music from a concertina, accordion, and sometimes a fiddle and a drum. We perform what are known as Cotswold Morris dances, as well as wild-looking Border Morris dances, sword dances, and (in the Winter Holiday season) a mummer's play. As you can see above, we are a fine bunch of fellows.