Black Bess Border Morris
Home Page
We are a women’s Border Morris ‘side’ from South Devon performing dances in
the tradition of the Welsh Border Country. Some of these are dances handed
down from ‘time immemorial’ and some we have made up, but all are danced in
the same enthusiastic, noisy and sometimes unruly style of the traditional Border
Morris.
We are a women’s side, but you will notice a few men among us at practice and
performance; the rule is: “Dancers are female, but the Band is chosen by
musicianship rather than gender” and, just occasionally, a male musician has been
known to step out of the band to fill the gap in a dance.
The important thing is having fun!