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Batley
  • Batley Irish Set Dance Team
    An offshoot from the traditional Irish music sessions held at St Mary's Social Club on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. All welcome, from beginners to advanced.
    Meets Wednesdays, 7.30 - 9.00 pm at St Mary's Social Club, Melton Street, Batley WF17 8PT.
    Contact: Patricia Howden
    Address: Folk At The Proke, c/o St Mary's Social Club, Melton Street, Batley, West Yorkshire WF17 8PT
    Telephone: 01924 503758
    Email: stmarysclubbatley@hotmail.com
    Website: http://www.stmarybatley.co.uk/folk%20club.htm
    10/09

Bradford
  • Persephone: Bradford Women's Morris
    Women's North West Morris.
    Meets Tuesdays, weekly, 7.30 pm at Hunsworth Community Centre, near M62 junction 26 (male musicians welcome).
    Contact: Rose Hudson (Secretary)
    Telephone: 01132 561265
    Email: rose.hudson1@btinternet.com
    Website: http://www.persephonemorris.co.uk/
    10/09

Castleford
  • Castleford Sword Dancers
    Men's Longsword.
    Meets Tuesdays, weekly.
    Contact: Barry Green
    Telephone: 01977 510770
    Email: bagman@caslongsword.co.uk
    10/09
Cleckheaton
  • Spen Valley Longsword
    Traditional Yorkshire Longsword.
    Meets at The Golden Fleece, Birkenshaw. Social emphasis, new members welcome.
    Contact: For information on meeting times and email details visit the website
    Website: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bradford/
    02/10
Halifax
  • Annapurna Indian Dance Company
    Indian dance based mainly on the Bharata Natyam style. Performances regularly include storytellers and puppeteers. Workshops and educational projects available.
    Contact: Shantha Rao
    Telephone: 01422 365103
    Email: info@annapurnadance.com
    Website: http://www.annapurnadance.com/
    See also Workshops
    11/09

Haworth
  • Oakworth Village Morris Men
    Men's Cotswold Morris.
    Meets Mondays, weekly at Oakworth Methodist Church from 8pm.
    Contact: Mark Ashton
    Telephone: 01274 583176
    Website: http://www.ovmm.co.uk/
    10/09
Hebden Bridge Huddersfield Keighley
Kirklees
  • Thieving Magpie
    Border morris; mixed.
    Open Morris; "Leave nowt but wood, blood and feathers". Meets Mondays at Marsden Parochial Hall.
    Contact: Helen Armitage
    Telephone:01274 878607
    Email: armitagepartnership@phonecoop.coop
    10/09

Leeds Otley  
Ripponden Saltaire
  • Clogaire
    Step clog routines from trad and not-so-trad sources.
    Meets Mondays at Victoria Hall, Saltaire.
    Mixed team, all ages; new members welcome. Emphasis on fun.
    Contact: Barbara Binless
    5 Norfolk Mount, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS7 4PU
    Telephone: 0113 2694764
    Email: clogaire@binless.co.uk
    Website: http://www.clogaire.binless.co.uk/
    10/09

Shipley
  • Rainbow Morris
    Mixed North West Morris.
    Meets Mondays, weekly at Shipley Resource Centre.
    Contact: Kay Wilkinson
    Telephone: 01423 866479
    Email: kaysutcliffe@hotmail.com
    10/09

  Wakefield
  • Rhubarb Tarts
    Mixed Molly. New dancers welcome.
    Meets Sundays, from September to late Spring.
    Contact: Liz Wild
    Telephone: 07816 085494
    Email: info@wildfolk.co.uk
    Website: http://www.wildfolk.co.uk/
    11/09

  • Wakefield Morris Dancers
    Mixed North West Morris.
    Monday Evenings from 8 until 10.00, September to May, weekly at the Methodist Hall, Horbury.
    Contact: Ian and Anne Osborne
    Telephone: 01924 290 351
    Email: watah@tiscali.co.uk
    Website: http://www.wakefieldmorris.com/
    11/09

Wharfedale
  • Great Yorkshire Morris
    Men's Cotswold, Longsword, Border and Rapper.
    Meets alternate Wednesdays, 8 - 10 pm at Pool Memorial Hall, Pool in Wharfedale.
    Contact: Bob Carter
    Brookside Cottage, Forest Moor Road, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire HG5 8JY
    Telephone: 01423 863433
    Email: bjcarter@ntlworld.com
    10/09

 

 
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