Last updated 13 Jan 1997
Millstone River Morris--New Jersey's finest Morris team (New Jersey's only morris side )--dances Cotswold Morris, an English folk dance tradition originally from villages in the Cotswold hills of England. We are a mixed (gender) team from picturesque Princeton, New Jersey.
A Few Comments 
"flexible and
professional" - Norfolk (VA) Festevents) "best described as 'the
polka meets Jane Fonda' " - Somerset County Times "How it goes on in this
day and age, I'll never know." - The Black Adder "No self-respecting pub
would be without a morris team." - Ann Hall, Landlord, The Ship Inn (our pub),
Milford, NJ About Us 
New
picture! Click for an expanded view (~200K). Missing from the picture: Ben Bolker, Roger
Geach, Susie Lorand, Jennifer Sawin (pictures to be supplied?)
Our repertoire comes from the tradition of "Princeton-under-Construction'', which mainly consists of our interpretation of the tradition of Bampton-in-the-Bush, as observed in the 1970s and passed down with much modification through a series of foremen.
The team is at least 12 years old, but our exact origins are currently lost in the mists of time. (Local) annual events include: dancing on May Day around the Mercer Oak in the Princeton Battlefield Park, and around Princeton thereafter; dancing at the Princeton Country Dancers Winter Cotillion. We have toured England and danced in a variety of venues from Norfolk, VA to Boston, MA.
We practice on Thursday evenings, and adjourn to Conte's bar afterwards for beer, (sometimes) birthday cakes, and (occasionally) garlic pizza.
Just for fun, here's a small Venn diagram of the Princeton morris/sword/molly/ritual dance community awhile back, courtesy of Ben Bolker.
Contacting Us We welcome new dancers and opportunities for performance. If you're interested, contact Ben Bolker or Bob Dupre (see below). Or (especially for bookings) you can write to our squire:
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