{"id":12376,"date":"2013-05-21T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=12376"},"modified":"2013-05-21T11:17:30","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T10:17:30","slug":"morris-men-take-over-trafalgar-square-for-the-westminster-day-of-dance-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/morris-men-take-over-trafalgar-square-for-the-westminster-day-of-dance-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-01.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trafalgar Square was a blur of waving hankies, stick rattling, sword entwining and jangling bells on Saturday as the\u00a0Westminster Morris Men led their annual Day of Dance.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-02.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s event saw eleven teams of Morris men from around the country gather together to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Westminster Morris Men, who first performed on Coronation Day in 1953.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-03.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Day Of Dance involves groups busting out their best Morris moves at various locations around central London, including\u00a0St James&#8217; Park Bandstand, Tate Britain,\u00a0Victoria Embankment Steps,\u00a0\u00a0Westminster Cathedral and China Town.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-04.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I photographed some of the Morris teams performing in Trafalgar Square in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>I would have got there earlier, but I was busy taking photos at the big <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/defend-londons-nhs-demo-sat-18th-may-photo-report\/\">NHS demo<\/a> down the road.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-05.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All the music at the event was acoustic.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-06.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-07.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-08.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Westminster Morris Men take their turn.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-09.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-11.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-12.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-13.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greensleevesmorris.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greensleeves Morris Men<\/a>\u00a0in action. \u00a0Founded in central London in 1926, the group moved to Wimbledon in 1980.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-14.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A volunteer from the audience is pulled into the ring&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-15.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>..and hoisted aloft!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-16.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-17.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-18.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-19.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-20.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-21.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More from the\u00a0Westminster Morris Men.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-23.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-24.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-25.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Greensleeves Morris Man.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-26.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Violin, tin whistle\u00a0and drum accompaniment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-27.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Greensleeves Morris performing a particularly energetic dance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-28.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-29.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-30.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Introducing the next dance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-31.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was a\u00a0particularly\u00a0curious northern dance that involved the blokes\u00a0intertwining\u00a0themselves using long, bendy metal &#8216;knives&#8217; before breaking out to do a little tap-dancing routine. I rather liked it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-32.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-33.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-35.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unexpected acrobatics in the dance!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-34.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"735\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j579HSXEeB8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-36.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A last look at Trafalgar Square with the\u00a0Westminster Morris Men in action again.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-37.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More info:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.westminstermorris.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Westminster Morris Men<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trafalgar Square was a blur of waving hankies, stick rattling, sword entwining and jangling bells on Saturday as the\u00a0Westminster Morris Men led their annual Day of Dance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[194,17,193],"tags":[50,333,35,605],"class_list":["post-12376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-london-features","category-photos","category-places","tag-dance","tag-morris-dancing","tag-trafalgar-square","tag-westminster"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/westminster-day-of-dance-morris-men-011.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-3dC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12376"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12393,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12376\/revisions\/12393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}