Gisburn

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Introduction and History

The Gisburn North West Processional Morris Dance

Dance Notations

Gisburn from CMM page 1jpeg.jpeg Gisburn CMM page2.jpeg
WDF and RD from Leta Douglas Gisburn notation.pdf


Gisburn Notation Roy Dommett and WDF.pdf Gisburn Notation Roy Dommett and WDF.pdf


Tunes Used

The primary tune for the Gisburn is John of Paris/Old 95 but we are trying a new tune written by our very own Roughlee Ruffian, Paul Nicholson - Moog's Day Out

  1. Moog's Day Out
  2. John of Paris
  3. Blaydon Races

A sugggested arrangement for the previous tunes is given here Gisburn Arrangement

Kit

Pictures

Videos

Links

Bibliography

Gisburn Processional Dance Bibliography:

  • Clitheroe Advertiser 17th May, 1979
  • Douglas, Leta, 1934, Article attributed to Leta Douglas “Three More Dances of the Yorkshire Dales”
  • Janet Dowles, Clitheroe ( photographs, newspaper clips, CMM Notation for The Gisburn: Clitheroe Morris Men Notation Sheet 1: : author unknown, possibly Bruce Dowles: no date but circa late 1970s/early 1980s))
  • http://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Gisburn_Processional author unknown
  • http://www.gisburn.org.uk/gisburnvillage/traditions.htm author unknown
  • http://www.lancashirefolk.co.uk/Morris_Information.htm
  • Lancashire Evening Telegraph 17th May 1979
  • Lancaster Guardian, Friday 13th July, 1951
  • Manchester Morris Men Archive: pictures courtesy and copyright of Manchester Morris Men Archives.
  • Middlehurst, David, Pictures from David Middlehurst (Flicker) and loaned also to Manchester Morris Men Archive
  • Pilling, Julian, English Folk Dance and Song Spring 1968, Morris Dancing In Gisburn, pages 10 -11, originally printed in The Dalesman in 1966
  • Smith, Roy, http://www.lancashirefolk.co.uk/Morris_Information.htm (Written by Roy Smith, Preston) MORRIS HISTORY/PHOTOS: The History of Morris
  • WMF/RD Notes Manchester Morris Men and other sources and hand written source WMF/RD’s Notes on Garland Dance and Lancashire and Cheshire morris.

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