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Brief reports of our dance-outs
- Hand and Dagger, Treales
Thursday 11th June – Pub Dance-out at the Hand and Dagger, a traditional country pub by the Lancaster Canal in Treales near Preston. We were made very welcome and had a great evening dancing on the back patio. Hand and Dagger kindly laid on some chips inside and we finished the evening off with an impromptu session – playing some music and singing a few songs.
- Eagle and Child, Leyland
Thursday 4th June – Pub Dance-out at the Eagle and Child, Leyland. A pleasant evening – the weather turned out better than expected.
- Glossop Heritage Weekend
Sunday 31st May – Had a great day performing at Glossop Heritage Weekend in Glossop Derbyshire. Many thanks to Dave Yates for the photographs.
- The Golden Lion, Higher Wheelton
Thursday 28th May – Dance-out at The Golden Lion, Higher Wheelton. A warm welcome and a warm evening! Thanks Golden Lion for your hospitality. We had a great time.
- The Grapes, Goosnargh
Thursday 21st May – had a great evening at The Grapes Inn in Goosnargh last night with a brilliant audience and some impressive bell ringing. A big thank you to The Grapes for their hospitality.
- Wythenshawe Hall
Sunday 17th May – Jack in The Green at Wythenshawe Hall. A fun day with 2 processions and a maypole dance together with our friends Roots Morris and Thieving Magpies. Great weather on the day – in spite of the forecast.
Jack in The Green 
Seriously? - Sod Hall
Thursday 7th May – the Crows annual visit to the remains of Sod Hall on Farington Moss to do the dance which is aptly named Sod Hall. A lonely and lovely spot and a surprise treat for locals out for an evening stroll!
- Fylde Folklore Society May Day
Monday 4th May at Staining Village Hall – performed with Fylde Coast Cloggers at the Fylde Folklore Society May Day celebration
- Royal Arms, Tockholes
Sunday 3rd May – we performed at the Ale & Cider Festival, The Royal Arms, Tockholes BB3 0PA. We’ll be back – Thursday 14th May at around 8pm for one of our summer dance-outs
- Dancing Up the Sun, Brockholes
Friday 1st May 2026 – Beautiful morning at Brockholes Nature Reserve for dancing up the sun. Clear sky, great visibility
- Amounderness Day of Dance, Chorley
Saturday 25th April – we enjoyed a great day of dance with Amounderness Ladies (shown in the picture above) and 12 other morris sides. As usual, Amounderness were great hosts before, during and after the dancing. The weather was fantastic and there were plenty of spectators. It’s very sad that this is to be Amounderness Ladies’ last year in charge, but they gave us their blessing when we offered to step in and keep the April Day of Dance going. Let’s hope the weather is as kind to us next year.
- 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.
- Dancing the Sun Down
Sunday 21st December 2025 – dancing the sun down at Brockholes Nature Reserve, Preston. We celebrated the winter solstice at the Brockholes stone circle, just above the River Ribble. It was cold, but dry and we warmed up afterwards at a local pub.
- 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