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2 months ago

Here is the programme for Plough Sunday, coming up this weekend ... lots of exciting dance displays to see from different traditions, and some very bad "acting". ... See MoreSee Less

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2 months ago

Hear ye, hear ye!Courtesy of Jeff Lawson , here’s the calendar for sword dance performances over the festive and new year period. Phone numbers and emails have been removed to prevent Spam.

Before travelling to any event it is recommended that you confirm the details via the teams website :

TUESDAY 11th DECEMBER
Barnsley Sword Dancers Dodworth Fire Festival 7.30pm.

TUESDAY 18th DECEMBER
Barnsley Sword Dancers Rapper tour of Barnsley centre pubs ending up at 9.00pm in Old No 7 followed by carols.

FRIDAY 21st DECEMBER
Sallyport Sword Dancers Sheilds Road Tour, Byker.

BOXING DAY: WEDNESDAY 26th DECEMBER
Flamborough Longsword White Horse, Bempton 11:30 am; Headlands Cafe, Flamborough Lighthouse 12:15pm; Rose & Crown 1:00pm; Seabirds, Tower Street 1:45pm; Victoria Club, Chapel Street 2:30pm; Dog & Duck Square 3:00pm. Junior team will be out this year. Please note these times are approximate.

Grenoside Sword Dancers Main St. Grenoside near the Old Harrow at 11:00am followed by carols.

Handsworth Sword Dancers 11:15amThe Cross, Market Square, Woodhouse (S13 7JX), 12 noon - St. Mary's Parish Church, Main Road, Handsworth (S13 9BZ) followed by carols in The Cross Keys.

Highside Longsword Starting at the Queen's Head in Kirkby Malzeard at 1pm and dancing around the village, Crown at Grewelthorpe around 3.00pm.

Redcar Sword Dancers 12 noon, Greatham, near Hartlepool.

Southport Swords 12.30 Hesketh Arms,Churchtown, 1.30pm Bold Hotel, Churchtown, 2.45pm Guest House, Southport.

Spen Valley Longsword Wickham Arms Carols at noon followed by dancing at 1.00 pm (Cleckheaton) and the Spen Victoria cricket club (entrance on right 130 yds before Old Saw (Gomersal) pub at 2.00 pm, carols before and after.

SATURDAY 29th DECEMBER
Saddleworth - Lordsmere Wellington Greenfield -1pm, White Swan Delph-2pm, White Swan Dobcross-3pm, The Hanging Gate, Diggle -4pm, Commercial Uppermill Square -5pm, Albion Tap Uppermill -5:30, Cross Keys Uppermill -7pm, Church Inn Uppermill -9pm

SUNDAY 30th DECEMBER
Barnsley Sword Dancers 12 noon Longcar Inn, Racecommon Road, Barnsley, 1:00pm Spencer Arms, Cawthorne.

NEW YEAR’S DAY: TUESDAY 1st JANUARY 2019
Brompton Scorpers Might dance, check with Vince Rutland

Kirkburton Rapier Dancers are sorry to say they are having trouble raising a team. Get in touch with Richard Castle or any other member of the team they may know to see if we will be dancing at New Year.

Monkseaton Morrismen 12 noon, The Ship Inn, Monkseaton, more details at www.monkseatonmorrismen.co.uk

Wakeman Mummers 11.00 am Skelton on Ure, Blue Stots play followed by a sword dance and then on to The Black Bull at Boroughbridge 1.00 pm.

PLOUGH SUNDAY 6TH JANUARY
Ebor Morris preforming Escrick Longsword, Exhibition Square York , sometime between 11:30am and 1pm

PLOUGH MONDAY 7th JANUARY
Leven Sword will perform a dance and plough play in the Royal Oak in Great Ayton at 8.30pm.

The York Gentlemen Three Cranes, St, Sampsons Square, York at 6pm to dance around 6.30 – ish Contact Rob Guest

PLOUGH SUNDAY 13th JANUARY
Claro Sword Dancers St. John's Church, Knaresborough, Plough Blessing and service at 10.30. Afterwards in Knaresborough Market Place, possibly with guests.

Goathland Plough Stots Plough Blessing at St Mary’s Church Goathland 6.00pm

Highside Longsword Kirkby Malzeard plough blessing service at St Andrew's Church at 10.30 am. Ripon Cathedral Plough Blessing at 2.00 pm

Sullivan's Sword Plough blessing service at the parish church of St. Denis, Morton-cum-Fiskerton at 10:30am then a sword dance by Sullivan's Sword inside or outside the village hall. Dance displays in Southwell from approx. 12:15pm to 1:45pm at the Admiral Rodney and The Wheatsheaf pubs, featuring Sullivan's Sword and various other local dance sides. Plough Play performance at 2:30pm at The Final Whistle, Station Road, Southwell, NG25 0ET, followed by more dance displays until approx 3:30pm.

18th/20th JANUARY
Whittelsey Straw Bear – Often has Sword teams, expected to have Stevenage, see website for details www.strawbear.org.uk/

SATURDAY 19th JANUARY
Goathland Plough Stots 10:00am Tour of Goathland, Darnholm and Beckhole.

Grenoside Sword Dancers Grenoside Village Traipse.

PLOUGH BLESSING SUNDAY 20th JANUARY
Highside Longsword Masham Plough Blessing, 6.30pm.

PLOUGH BLESSING SUNDAY 27th JANUARY
Claro Sword Dancers
St Andrew's Church, Aldborough, York, YO51 9ES. Time - probably 10.30 but check with Ian Porter ... See MoreSee Less

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3 months ago

Sullivan's Sword is currently fundraising for Reach Learning Disability, a charity supporting people with learning disabilities in Nottinghamshire. For 7 days only, until noon on 4th December, any online donation to Reach will be doubled, thanks to generous fund-matching benefactors. Please consider making a donation to this fabulous cause! ... See MoreSee Less

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4 months ago

After a number of happy years practising at the Poppy & Pint, we have decided to move our practice venue to the White Hart in Lenton (upstairs) - Tuesdays from 8pm

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The White Hart Lenton

The White Hart is a bar in Lenton, Nottingham, we offer somewhere to eat, watch live sports, enjoy live entertainment most Saturday's X

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4 months ago

The Trevor Stone Memorial trophy has come to rest in the kitchen of one of our dancers... complete with a marzipan Sullivan! ... See MoreSee Less

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Plough Sunday 2019 Programme Published 7th January 2019
Sullivan’s Sword with Dancing England at the Nottingham Playhouse on Saturday, January 26th 2019 6th January 2019
Plough Sunday with Sullivan’s Sword in Morton and Southwell on Sunday, January 13th 2019 4th December 2018
Sullivan’s Sword at The Woodborough Horticultural Society on Monday, December 10th 2018 2nd December 2018
Sullivan’s Sword at The University of Nottingham Students’ Union on Friday, December 14th 2018 26th November 2018

An English Longsword Dance Team based in Nottingham

An English Longsword Dance Team based in Nottingham

Women in Longsword – encouraging participation. A project by Eilidh Brinsley, supported by the SDU.