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Famous Belfagan Sheep Designed And Copyrighted By Steve Marshall 1997 Belfagan Women's Morris The Band In Their Winter
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TO CONTACT BELFAGAN
Phone the secretary - Jan Dickins - 016973 21375
or
email the webmaker Ally McGurk


MORRIS DANCING GENERAL

The Morris Federation
The Morris Ring
Open Morris
Jeff Bigler's wonderful comprehensive list of all morris teams worldwide - whether online or not.
Rich Holmes' equally wonderful morris listing site.
Morris Dancing FAQ sheet songs, tunes, dance notation etc. - wonderfully comprehensive
The Morris Dancers' Discussion List (the MuDDLe)
The English Folk Dance & Song Society

SOME OF OUR FRIENDS

Cumberland Morris Men Our partners in crime in the Lake District.
The Village Green Ceilidh Band based near Cockermouth and available to play at events and celebrations for your dancing pleasure - run by one of our own star musicians, Stuart Wiltshire, who is an experienced caller as well as a musician.
Frolicking Pete and the Fumbling Fingers Ceilidh Band based in Lancashire but including two of our star musicians, Gin and Pete Crewe. If you're in Lancs or North Yorkshire and want a ceilidh band, look no further - they're terrific!
Black Sheep Morris
Fylde Coast Cloggers
Southport Swords
Saddleworth Clog and Garland Dancers
Wharfdale Wayzgoose

MUSIC

Marshall McGurk Probably the best musical instrument repair company in Cumbria. Specialists in woodwind & brass. Also cane and rush seating & website design (including this one!)
Piping Hot Recorders Several members of Belfagan also play with Piping Hot - we're a versatile lot!
Kathleen Robertshaw - Luthier Kathleen dances with Belfagan, plays recorders with Piping Hot (see above) and also makes guitars and related instruments as well as repairing violins and most other stringed instruments. She doesn't have a website as yet, but we thoroughly recommend her services and she can be contacted by email.
Musical Traditions
Richard & Anita Evans Makers of Northumbrian & Scottish smallpipes, based near Carlisle.
Furness Tradition folk festival based in Ulverston, Cumbria. Music, song and dance - something for everyone in a pretty Cumbrian town.

LAKE DISTRICT & CUMBRIA - SOME OF THE PLACES WE DANCE

Muncaster Castle
The World Owl Trust based at Muncaster Castle
Ravenglass Charter Fair
The L'al Ratty - The Eskdale & Ravenglass Railway
Whinlatter Visitor Centre
Whitehaven

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