2009 Events & Programs

Feb - Apr (Tuesday evenings) Cotswold Morris Dance Practice Learn to perform dances or music for the English Cotswold Morris tradition. The Asheville Morris Men group is open to men as dancers and men or women as musicians (our companion group, Ashgrove Garland, is open to women as dancers). We meet every Tuesday during Jan - Apr and Oct - Nov to practice. Performances are presented during May - Oct and Dec. Free practice sessions are held starting at 7:30p at the Movement & Learning Center above the French Broad Food Co-op in Asheville. Learning & Movement Center French Broad Food Co-op 90 Biltmore Ave Asheville, NC 7:30p

May - Sep (Evenings & Weekends) Cotswold Morris & English Country Dance Performances Asheville Morris Men

July 11, 2009 (Saturday), 7:30p From the Mountains to the Sea: Songs & Stories of North Carolina Sheila Kay Adams & Jeff Warner Special Performance Folklorists Sheila Kay Adams and Jeff Warner will present a portrait of North Carolina communities as they developed through the 19th century. The program includes music, songs, and stories that each artist has collected from their family members, other tradition bearers, and archival sources. Presented will be a patchwork of folk material to capture interest, thoroughly entertain, and provide a panorama of North Carolina's cultural history. Tickets are $15 and reservations may be made in advance by contacting the BMCA office. Sheila Kay Adams is a native of a small mountain community in Madison County, North Carolina. For seven generations, her family has maintained the tradition of passing down English, Scottish and Irish ballads that their ancestors brought to America in the mid 1700’s. In 1998, Sheila received the prestigious North Carolina Folklore Society’s Brown-Hudson Award in recognition of her contributions to the study of North Carolina folklore. Jeff Warner presents the music and songs of 19th century American communities. His ties to Outer Banks fishing villages and areas of Appalachia began with the work of his parents, Frank and Anne Warner, and the songs they collected during the 1940s and '50s. The material obtained is the basis of the Warner Collection, which now resides in the Library of Congress. Black Mountain Center for the Arts 225 West State Street Black Mountain, NC 828/669-0930

Sep - Nov (Tuesday evenings) Border Morris Dance Practice Learn to perform dances or music for the English Border Morris tradition. The Asheville Morris Men group is open to men as dancers and men or women as musicians (our companion group, Ashgrove Garland, is open to women as dancers). We meet every Tuesday during Jan - Apr and Oct - Nov to practice. Performances are presented during May - Oct and Dec. Free practice sessions are held starting at 7:30p at the Movement & Learning Center above the French Broad Food Co-op in Asheville. Learning & Movement Center French Broad Food Co-op 90 Biltmore Ave Asheville, NC 7:30p

September 26 - 27, 2009 (Saturday/Sunday) Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival Portsmouth, New Hampshire (USA)

Nov - Dec (Evenings & Weekends) Border Morris & English Country Dance Performances Asheville Morris Men