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Previous dance-outs

This list is far from comprehensive, so any extra information would be appreciated

2001

25th June 2001, Exbury Gardens

2002

1st May 2002, Dance at dawn. Bevois Valley then Wickham Village Square in evening

June 2002, Rose Road 50th anniversary Golden Jubilee Street Party – with pics in Echo and Advertiser.

September 2002, first Thornhill Festival

Saturday 26th October 2002, 2 pm Birthday Bash at Legends

2003

Saturday 15th March 2003, Hobbit Environmental Rock Festival

Thursday 1st May 2003, dance the sun up in Bevois Valley then Wickham Village Square in evening

May 2003, Beltane Camp

June 2003, Exbury Gardens

Mid July 2003, Romsey Beggars Fair

Mid July 2003, Sholing Valley Study Centre Summer Fair

July 2003, Peartree Green, event organised by Pete’s neighbour where we danced with the Mayor and her sari kept getting in the way!

Sunday 3rd August 2003, Lammas Camp

Sunday 17th August 2003, Royal Victoria Country Park Hobbies Event

Saturday 13th September 2003, Romsey Show first time

Sunday 14th September 2003, Salisbury Beer Festival

Saturday 20th September 2003, Thornhill Festival

Saturday 25th October 2003, Birthday Bash at Legends

Sunday 2nd November 2003, first ever national morris gig in Trafalgar Square to celebrate morris music exemption from Public Entertainment Licensing Act.

2004

Hobbit Environmental Rock Festival

Saturday 1st May 2004, Dance at dawn, West Wood. This is our record, 4 gigs in one day

Saturday 1st May 2004, 10.30 am, Chamberlayne School;

Saturday 1st May 2004, 3pm, Netley old folks’ home

Saturday 1st May 2004, 7pm Wickham Square.

Monday 3rd May, Manor Farm Country Park.

Braishfield School fete

Sunday 4th July 2004, Botley Festival

Saturday 10th July 2004, Romsey Beggars Fair

July 2004, Sholing Valley Study Centre

August 2004, Royal Victoria Country Park Hobbies Event

September 2004, Romsey Show

September 2004, Thornhill Festival

Saturday 30th October 2004, Birthday Bash at Bencraft Hall of Residence – two days after David and John Peel died.

2005

Thursday 11th March 2005, guerrilla morris in Oxford Street in aid of Red Nose Day

Saturday 23rd April 2005, St George's Day new festival, Beaminster village square - we'll be on in the afternoon.

Saturday 30th April 2005 -this took a lot of discussion - 10.30 am Beltane Camp, New Forest

Saturday 30th April 2005, 1.45 at the Hobbit Environmental Rock festival, Bevois Valley

Sunday 1st May 2005, 5.15 am in West Wood, Weston, dance the sun up, then back to Lois's for big breakfast, then Wickham Village Square in the evening. 7pm.

Saturday 7th May 2005, 10.30 and 11.30, Mayfield Nursery Open Day and Plant Sale, Mayfield Park, Weston. Lovely plants at low prices, it's a horticultural therapy project for MIND and is our chosen charity for this year, please be there.

Saturday 14th May 2005, in the afternoon at the Grove pub, Swift Road, Weston

Sunday 12th June 2005, Exbury Gardens, Exbury, returning to the site of our first triumph, a wonderful place, the Hip and Thigh orthopaedic Charity walk, afternoon

June 2005, Braishfield School Fete

Saturday 9th July 2005, Romsey Beggars Fair, afternoon then dancing with Arrowhead morris in Warsash

Saturday 16th July 2005, Sholing Valley Study Centre Fete, in the afternoon, a lovely setting, also we run a stall selling interesting stuff

Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th July 2005, Netley Steam Fair, Netley Marsh

Saturday 30th July 2005, Lammas Camp in the Forest

Tuesday 27th & Wednesday 28th August 2005, Netley Park Hobbies Extravaganza, afternoon

Saturday 3rd September 2005. charity event at The Swan, Woolston

Saturday 10th September 2005, Romsey Show

Saturday 29th October 2005, our Birthday Bash with dramatic interlude, The Grove, Woolston

2006

Dance at dawn, Southampton Common

Wickham village square, evening

Saturday 13th May 2006, 7pm, Bitterne local history soc. On Iceland (roof of shop)

Saturday 13th May 2006, 2pm, The Hobbit Environmental Rock Festival

Sunday 28th May 2006, 1pm, The Dolphin, St Denys

Saturday 2nd July 2006, Bishop’s Waltham Fair

Saturday 8th July 2006, afternoon, Romsey Beggars Fair

Saturday 15th July 2006, afternoon, Sholing Valley Fete

Sunday 20th August 2006, afternoon, Royal Victoria Country Park Hobbies Event

Saturday 2nd September 2006, The Swan charity event with free beer and food.

Saturday 9th September 2006, 3pm, Romsey Show

Saturday 28th October 2006, afternoon. Our Birthday Bash at the Bevois Castle, where we stopped the traffic.

2007

Pub crawl up Bevois Valley, only made it to two pubs, for Red Nose Day. Over £100 collected!

Tuesday 1st May 2007, dance at dawn, in West Wood then Wickham village square in evening

Saturday 19th May 2007 Sholing Valley 10.30am

Sunday 3rd June 2007 Exbury. Dancing starts at 2pm.

Saturday 9th June 2007, 10.30am. Sholing Valley Study Centre.

Thursday 14th June 2007, 7.30pm. Dance out in kit at South-Western, Adelaide Road, with Red Stags Morris.

Thursday 21st June 2007, to dance the Solstice at the Anchor in Eling

Saturday 23rd June 2007 1.30pm Easton Royal Revels

Saturday 30th June 2007, 2pm Portswood School

Sunday 8th July 2007, Bishop’s Waltham Festival. Lois to confirm details.

Saturday 14th July 2007, Romsey Beggars Fair.

Tuesday 24th July 2007, 8pm, White Lion Soberton with Belles and Arrows.

Saturday, 21st September 2007, Larping, Itchen Valley Country Park

Saturday, 8th September 2007, Romsey Show, Broadlands Park

Saturday 27th October, our Birthday Bash at the South Western.

2008

Saturday 1st March 2008, Fairtrade fortnight, meet 11.30 under the Bargate to dance at noon.

Saturday 26th April 2008,Hobbit Environmental Rock - Lois dealing with organisers.

Sunday 27th April 2008, Sholing Village Green opens 11am.

Thursday 1st May 2008, dawn dance then Wickham Square

Monday 5th May 2008, Manor Farm

Saturday 12th July 2008, Beggars Fair

August 2008, Netley Hobbies

Sunday 3rd August 2008, Stokes Bay Festival (ex-Wickham Festival) near Leigh on Solent

Sunday 17th August 2008, Netley Hobbies Festival, Royal Victoria Country Park dancing at 1pm & 3pm

Monday 25th August 2008, Folk Festival on the pier, Southsea Parade

Saturday 13th September 2008, Romsey Show

Saturday 27th September 2008, Alverstoke Harvest Festival (near Stokes Bay). It goes on from 1 to 5pm outside in the streets around St Mary's church.

Saturday 25th October 2008, our 8th birthday bash at the Old Farmhouse, Derby Road

Sunday 19th October 2008, Lord Palmerston pub, Southampton, in the afternoon. With a barbecue.

Friday 5th December 2008, Kelda’s birthday bash

Monday 15th December 2008, Ship Inn, Woolston

2009

Saturday 7th March 2009, 1pm, Southampton Bargate at the Fairtrade event.

Friday 13th March 2009, Red Nose Day at The Dolphin, St. Denys Southampton

Easter Saturday 11th April 2009,Gosport & Fareham Festival on between 11.30 & 2.30, in the West Street precinct.

Saturday 25th April 2009, Environmental Rock at the Hobbit, Southampton

Friday 1st May 2009, Mayday evening of dance in Wickham Square, commencing 7pm

Sunday 3rd May 2009, Sholing Valley

Sunday 3rd May 2009, Bursledon Windmill

Monday 4th May, Manor Farm Country Park

Sunday 17th May 2009, 3 pm, Ship Inn at Woolston

Sunday 14th June 2009, The Anchor, East Street, Southampton at about 2 pm.

Thursday 2nd July 2009, White Lion, Soberton

Saturday 11th July, Romsey Beggars Fair

Friday 10th & Saturday 11th July 2009, Romsey Beggars Fair

Saturday 30th July to Sunday 2nd August 2009, Stokes Bay Folk Festival

Sunday 6th September 2009, Sholing Village Green

12th September 2009, Romsey Show

26th September 2009, Alverstoke, dancing at 1.45 and 3.15 pm.

Sunday 18th October 2009, 1pm at the Anchor in East Street, Southampton.

Sunday 14th November 2009, 1pm Shirley and Freemantle Community Centre opening, Southampton.

2010

Saturday 6th March 2010, 1pm & 2pm, "Let's Try" event at Southampton Art Gallery.

Saturday 27th March 2010, 11.00am Morris workshop at Freemantle Community Centre, Randolph Street, Southampton

Sunday 18th April 2010, Sholing Village Green

Saturday 1st May 2010, Soul Cellar 5.33 am then 7 am/ Wickham in evening

Sunday 2nd May 2010, East Meon Sustainability Camp

Monday 3rd May 2010, Manor Farm

Monday 8th May 2010, Mayfield Nursery, Mayfield Park

Sunsay 9th May, 12.30 Winchester Cathedral Close for Trinity Homeless Day Centre and Night Shelter

Saturday 5th June 2010, 12.30 and again at 1.30, St Denys Community Centre

Saturday 3rd July 2010, Dorset Medieval Festival

Thursday 8th July 2010, 8pm, outside Southampton Civic Centre for Sharers' Day.

Saturday 10th July 2010, Beggars Fair, Romsey:

    12 noon, La Parisienne

    2 pm, The Hundred

    3 pm, Church Place

Tuesday 3rd August, 8pm outside the Green Dragon at Brook.

Saturday 7th August, Wickham Festival

Sunday 5th September 2010, Sholing Village Green

Sunday 11th September 2010, Romsey Show

Sunday, 12th September 2010, Bevois and Ascupart community carnival in Empress Road.

Saturday 30th October 2010, our 10th Birthday Bash at The Old Farmhouse, Mount Pleasant Rd, Southampton

2011

Saturday 30th April 2011, Church Hall, Ancasta Road, Bevois Valley, 1.30 - 3.30 pm

Sunday 1st May 2011, dance at dawn.

Monday 2nd May 2011, Environmental Rock Festival at the Hobbit.

Saturday 7th May 2011, Workshop, Swaythling Community Centre, off Burgess Road, 1.30 - 3.30 pm

Saturday 14th May 2011, Workshop, Freemantle Community Centre, Randolph Road, 2-4 pm

Saturday 18th June 2011, Workshop, Woolston Community Centre, Church Road, 1.30-3.30 pm

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