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Capitol Hill Cherry Blossom
Day of Dance
(as provided by the Foggy Bottom
Morris Men)
Saturday, April 9, 2005
Washington,
DC
Foggy Bottom Morris Men,
Washington, DC;
Albemarle Morris Men, Charlottesville, VA
Charm City
Rapper, Baltimore, MD
Kingsessing Morris Men, Philadelphia PA;
Rock Creek
Morris Women, Washington, DC
THE TOUR
10:30-11:15AM Dancing outside Capital
City Brewing Co (next to Union Station)
2 Massachusetts Ave, NE, (rain location Union Station north
of Metro escalators)
11:15-12:45PM Capital City Brewing Co. (arrive
early if ordering a la carte lunch)
2
Massachusetts Ave, NE,
202.842.2337
12:45-1:00PM Walk to Grant
Memorial
1:00-1:45PM Dance @ Grant Memorial
Capitol west reflecting pool (rain
location US Botanic
Garden)
1:45-2:15PM Walk to Hawk 'n Dove
2:15-3:15PM
Hawk 'n Dove
(Guiness, Bass, Blue ridge Amber, Sierra Nevada,
Hefeweizen)
329
Pennsylvania Ave, SE,
202,543.3300
3:15-3:30PM Walk to Eastern
Market
3:30-4:15PM Dance at Antiques on the Hill
701 N.
Carolina Ave. SE, 202.543.1819 (?rain location Gallery
5?)
4:15-4:30PM Walk to Stanton
Park
4:30-5:00PM Dance @ Stanton Park,
NE
Massachusetts
& Maryland Aves @ 5th (rain location Tunecliff's
Tavern)
5:00-5:30PM Walk to
Union Station Metro stop along the way to dance at Mass Ave.
cafes
5:30-6:00PM Metro (Red line) from Union
Station to Gallery Place (7th & H Streets, Chinatown)
6:00PM
-??? Feast & Pubbing at R. F. D. (Prefixed
menu and drink too numerous to mention)
810
Seventh Street, NW, 202.289.2030
This is a walking & Metro
tour. Wear comfortable shoes. The tour loops around the Capitol from
Union Station and returns. Metro to the feast from Union
Station.
Parking on Delaware Avenue between D & Union Station or
Louisiana between North Capitol and Union Station. "Permit Only" signs are
not enforced on weekends. Also, the Metro Red Line has a stop at Union
Station.
The Event
Morris dancers will tour Capitol Hill on Saturday, April 9th to celebrate spring. Spring is a traditional time for morris dancing, and Capitol Hill is a great neighborhood for a morris tour. The tour will alternate between dance stops and pub stops. At the dance stops the teams will put on a show by alternating dances. The pub stops are for relaxing with a pint, fellowship and sometimes singing.
The
Feast
RFD (Regional Food & Drink) Washington
810 Seventh Street, NW, Washington DC,
20001
Red Line, Gallery Place Metro Station, Chinatown exit 7th & H
Streeets
The tour will take the Red line from Union
Station
6:00~7:00PM/ hors d'ouvres and bar drinks
7:00~8:30PM/ feast and presentations Family style service entrees
8:30~10:00PM/ songs & impromptus
The
Teams
o Foggy Bottom Morris Men, Washington,
DC
Kit: Brown breeches, yellow and earth baldricks, brown
derby
o Albemarle Morris Men, Charlotteville,
VA
Kit: Whites, Purple and yellow baldricks, white
caps
o Charm City Rapper, Baltimore, MD
Kit:
Black breeches, red vests
o Kingsessing Morris Men,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kit: Whites, maroon suspenders and
stripes, gray morning hats
o Rock Creek Morris Women,
Washington, DC
Kit: White breeches, yellow vests,
ribbon armbands
The Morris
Morris dancing is a living tradition of dance and music, ancient in its origins and passed down from father to son for generations. The tradition comes from England, and most surviving dances are from the Cotswolds west of London. The origins are unclear but even in the fifteenth century, morris dancing was considered and old custom. The Morris is mentioned in several of Shakespeare's plays and one of his actors, Will Kemp(e), was a "Maurice dauncer". In one village, Bampton in Oxfordshire, it is said the team has danced each spring for four hundred years.
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