East Kent Morris Men perform men's Cotswold Morris dances.

 We wear red, white and blue uniform to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II coronation in 1953, the year we were founded. Cotswold style is with bells and sticks or handkerchiefs. The Cotswold villages of Adderbury, Badby, Bampton, Brackley, Bucknell, Fieldtown, Headington and  Ilmington name the different traditions which we perform. We also perform eight-man dances from Lichfield in Staffordshire,  a violent stick dance from Upton-on-Severn and a North Skelton Longsword dance.

Dances are selected for two reasons. We need to enjoy them and we want the audience to enjoy them too. We put together a suitable programme, usually of two twenty minute sets, which meets this aim .

Peter Taylor - A Fine Musician

From October to May we practice on Wednesday nights at The Scout Hall, Breadlands Road, Willesborough, Ashford.

Dancers will be most welcome but please contact the side to confirm our Wednesday meeting

John Messias - A Grand Old Fool

During the summer we dance at a mixture of fetes and other paid stands (usually at weekends) and on Friday nights we do pub stands.

For information on booking the side, please contact us

We have some excellent pubs in our area, many of which we will visit during the Summer.

Our Programme shows some of the best Pubs in the area and the dates when we will be dancing there.