Ilmington resources
Some resources relating to the Ilmington tradition, which is the basis for Wild Blue Morris’s repertoire and style:
Web sites:
- The Esperance Morris Book, Vol. II — scan of the 1910-ish book with descriptions of a couple of Ilmington dances, and a couple of photos of the ca. 1908 Ilmington side.
- A short article on the morris in Ilmington and the fiddler Sam Bennett
- Web site of the Traditional Ilmington Morris Men
- An ABC Library of Morris Tunes has some Ilmington tunes
- Ilmington Tunes in ABC format from the Morris Ring
- “Innovative Ilmington”, an article by Roy Dommett
Other resources:
- CD-ROM version of Keith Chandler’s “Morris Dancing in the English South Midlands 1660-1900″ includes:
- information on records of pre 20th century performances in Ilmington and of dancers from Ilmington in the “Chronological Gazetteer”
- an article, “Ilmington Morris Dancers : The Revival of 1908″.
- description in Sharp’s Morris Book, Part I, second edition
- summary in Bacon’s Handbook of Morris Dances, of course
- two short writeups in Roy Dommett’s Morris Notes
