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Brief reports of our dance-outs
- Good Friday, Milnthorpe
We met just before 11am at the cold and windswept market square in Milnthorpe. We played and danced for about 40 minutes – sometimes dry, sometimes through mizzle – to the delight of the hardy spectators who had braved the conditions. When the rain started to fall properly, we took cover in and around the market – eventually adjourning to the nearby Bull’s Head. After checking the forecast and considering our options, we decided to abandon our plans to go to Morecambe. Instead, we stayed in the pub, where we had a good time entertaining ourselves and some of the locals with an impromptu mixture of song, music and dance.
- Spring Forward Chester
We had a great time in Chester with Clerical Error (North Wales) and Powderkegs (Derbyshire) at the Spring Forward dance out on Saturday 28th March. Conditions were good on the whole – fine for celebrating the arrival of British Summer Time.
- Dance Out at Rufford Hall
We danced out at Rufford Old Hall, Rufford on Saturday 14th March in the afternoon. We were joined by Morris friends Newburgh and Royal Preston. The event was organised in memory of Keith Myles who used to dance with Stone The Crows and lived in the Rufford area.
- Wassail in Cumbria
Saturday 17th January 2026 we joined Crook Morris at The Row in the Lyth Valley for their annual Wassail. We had a great day toasting the wren in the local orchard and then dancing at The Black Labrador in Underbarrow
- Mummer’s Play 2025
Friday 26th December 2025, Royal Arms Tockholes. Stone the Crows annual Mummer’s Play was performed, after extensive rehearsals, at the Royal Arms in Tockholes in front of an enthusiastic crowd.
- Archive NewsSTC have been going for 30 years! 18th May 2024 This was the speech made by Simon Wood, current Squire of Stone the Crows Border Morris, at the end of our Day of Dance to celebrate our 30th Birthday, on 18th May 2024. Firstly, I’d like to thank everyone for coming along today to help… Read more: Archive News