Wat ho! Thank you to everyone who came out and saw us at The Railway Inn, Meare, on Saturday night, we had a blast! Happy holidays to you all from us !!
We regularly appear @ The Vaults on the first Wednesday of the month, so come and be thoroughly entertained, next appearance TBC.
We can also be found on Facebook at the link below….
A quick heads up for next year!!
Morris Minor is the vocal arm of Chalice Morris and one of their endearing qualities is the singing session that normally follows a dancing performance (The Wail of Sound), and appear at many events in hostelries, inns and festivals in the Somerset area….. (sometimes further afield!!).
A Brief History of The Morris Minors:
Bob Cross and Paul Wilson were the founding members of Morris Minor. Paul goes on to say that he and Bob have been singing acapella together for over 40 years.They were joined by Derek Bond, their comic song and monologue specialist, Andy Hebden their bass voice and melodeon player and Harlan Chapman-Green the main shantyman ( AKA the Handsome Cabin Boy).
“Bob Cross and I are rather steeped in the English folksongery,” says Paul Wilson, “and Bob has inherited an original copy of Cecil Sharp’s Folk Songs of Somerset from the Rev Kenneth Loveless who was taught the concertina by William Kimber the Musician for the Headington Quarry Morris Men. It was hearing Kimber playing set off Sharp collecting Morris Dancing and, as they say, the rest is history . . . . .”
It also appears that Morris Minor produced a collection of songs and put them onto a CD in the murky past. Entitled ANON & ON. I am sure if you are eager enough they may still have copies for sale so do ask when you next see them👍 Worth every penny!
