From Adderbury to Winster (not quite A to Z) but close enough!

Since the early days of Dartington Hall (1968), the side has taken an interest in a very wide variety of the Cotswold traditions, occasionally straying to Upton upon Severn in the Border region, to Lichfield (Staffs) in the Midlands and to Badby, Brackley and Hinton in the East.

The Morris continues to grow and evolve all the time. New dances, variants, and differing interpretations can be seen countrywide at Days of Dance, Meetings of the Morris Ring and on Summer tours of towns and villages everywhere.

A glance at the map towards the back of Lionel Bacon's renowned 'Black Book', the 'Bible' to countless Morris sides, highlights the predominant number of towns and villages in Oxfordshire, which have provided Dartington (and the majority of others) with the backbone of their repertoire.

Or dances today are taken primarily from Adderbury, Badby, Bampton, Bledington, Bucknell, Ducklington, Fieldtown, Headington Quarry, Hinton in the Hedges, and Upton upon Severn. Filkins (Oxon) (researched by our current Foreman Chris Farr) is at present only performed by Dartington.

Occasional 'visits' have been made in the past to Brackley, Eynsham, Lichfield, Longborough and Oddington, and there are still many others that remain to be danced!

To the frequent Morris visitors to South Devon, particularly during the Summer months, there is always the opportunity to 'join in' on a Friday night, and to feel 'at home' with the dance style, the enthusiasm of the side and the friendly welcome that is always extended!