History

1. •August, 1996 — Inaugural Meeting
   

2. •November, 1996 — First Dance-Out
   

3. •November, 1998 — Orange Peel Wort
   

4. •May, 2004 and July 2008 and July 2012 — England Tours
   

5. • … summer concerts: Crucible, Johnny Collins & Graeme Knights, Doug Eunson & Sarah Matthews, Crucible (again!)
   

Fees and Costs

1. •Annual Membership Fee — $25 or so …
   

2. •Kit (Outfit/Costume) Fee — varies
   

3. •Ales, Worts, etc — $10 – $50
   

4. •Festivals, etc — Free Entrance
   

Practices and Rehearsals

1. •September to May: Thursdays from 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm, at The Avalon Nursing Home (Broadway West, Orangeville)
   

2. •May to September: Thursdays from 7:30 pm – dusk, often at Alexandra Park, Second Street, behind the Opera House, Orangeville.
         Note: Summer practice locations change regularly. Call any member to confirm the location.
   

Dancers and Musicians

1. •Ali — dancer
   

2. •Ann — dancer, calendar maven
   

3. •Cathy — dancer, concertina
   

4. •Ceinwen — dancer
   

5. •Chris B — ukelele
   

6. •Chris C — dancer, whistle
   

7. •Chris E — dancer, drum
   

8. •Dave — Squire, concertina, dancer, navigator
   

9. •David — Ass's 'Oss
   

10. •Dickson — banjo, guitar
    

11. •Donna — dancer, cooks-with-spices!
    

12. •Elizabeth — fiddle, dancer
    

13. •Elswyth — dancer, fiddle
    

14. •(Mary) Grainne — dancer, flute, concertina
    

15. •Jan — fiddle
    

16. •Janet — dancer, accordion
    

17. •John B — dancer-with-light-feet, nose flute, whistle, bodran
    

18. •Joy — dancer, stick percussion
    

19. •Krystyna — dancer, fan of things black and white
    

20. •Lucy — dancer
    

21. •Magi — dancer, Bagger extraordinaire!
    

22. •Mark C — melodeon, dancer
    

23. •Mark W. — Squire, fife, whistle, pipe and tabor, dancer (?)
    

24. •Nancy — violin, dancer
    

25. •Parky — Professor Bag, dancer, concertina, keeper of history
    

26. •Pumpkin — whistle, dancer
    

27. •Shannon — Dance Fore and keeper of details
    

28. •Sherry — dancer
    

29. •Sue — dancer and cookies
    

30. •Sydney — dancer
    

31. •Tina — bodran, triangle, tambourine
    

32. •Tom — Music Fore, accordion extraordinaire, dancer
    

The Orange Peel's Kit

1. •Top Hat ... or some other hat, with or without feathers (pheasant, wild turkey or whatever …)
   

2. •Tatter Shirt/Coat (no orange, please!)
   

3. •Knickers ... or long pants ... or shorts ...
   

4. •Long Stick (1; 36 inches)
   

5. •Short Stick (2; 18 inches)
   

6. •Hankies (2)
   

7. •Knee Socks ... often of extravagant colours, and seldom matched ...
   

8. •Shoes (good arch support)
   

9. •Leg Bells (28 per leg)
   

10. •Sunglasses and bandana (optional)
    

11. •Beer mug (?optional?)
    

12. •... whatever else you can get away with ... as long as there’s no orange ...
    

Border Dance Repertoire

1. •Boghouse Door (our own dance)
   

2. •Break A Leg (our own dance by Nancy and Krystyna et al)
   

3. •Bromsberrow Heath
   

4. •Crooked Billet
   

5. •Dawley (after Basset Street Hounds and Red Stags)
   

6. •Dilwyn
   

7. •The Drunken Idiot
   

8. •Dufferin (Con-)Fusiliers (our own dance)
   

9. •Evesham
   

10. •Green Man
    

11. •Hunt The Hare (after The Witchmen)
    

12. •John Peel’s Reel Wheel (our own dance)
    

13. •Just as The Tide Was Flowing (after The Witchmen)
    

14. •Morningstar
    

15. •Mr. Dolly
    

16. •Much Wenlock
    

17. •Nightingale’s Revenge (our own dance by Shannon)
    

18. •Northumberland Musketeers
    

19. •Ockington Stick Dance
    

20. •Poston
    

21. •Stephenson’s Rock-it (after ?)
    

22. •The Prisoner
    

23. •Three-Legged Man (our own dance by John Burton)
    

24. •John Peel's Real Wheel
    

25. •Worcestershire Monkey (after Wicket Brood)
    

26. • ... in times past: The Upton-on-Cold-Barn Stick Dance / The Upton-on-Severn Stick Dance
                                 / Brimfield / Not Upton-on-Severn Stick Dance
    

27. • ... also some of us are known to dance-in with some Cotswold stuff ...
    
    

Links

1. •Orange Peel Home
   

2. •Orange Peel Gallery
   

3. •Orange Peel Wassail 2002
   

4. •Toronto May Morning, 2001
   

5. •Toronto Ale, 2001
   

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7. General Morris Links (most certainly not an exhaustive list!)
   

8. •Origin of the Morris ... some of it even serious ...
   

9. •Alphabetic List of Morris Dance & Sword Dance...
   

10. •Border Morris History
    

11. •Index to Roy Dommet's Border & Other Dance Notes
    

12. •Ishmael on Morris Dancing
    

13. •ABC Library of Morris Tunes
    

14. •Folk Play Archive - Mumming Plays
    

15. •Pipe and Tabor, THE Morris Instrument