The Mermaid’s Tavern Guide to Zoom Singing
The Mermaid’s Tavern Guide to Zoom Singing is a blog-based website for planning, producing, and participating in community song sessions and concerts online. It includes an extensive resources section of over 25 additional guides to various aspects of online music, dance, and song.
CDSS Starter Kit for Folk Song Organizers
A comprehensive how-to on starting a sing. Includes sections on vision, finding a venue, publicity, structure, facilitation, and more!
From CDSS
The North American Morris Dance Organization
The North American Morris Dance Organization is an association with representatives from self-governing morris teams and individuals, which aims to: promote and maintain interest in the practice of morris dancing by women and men of all ages; serve as a hub for morris dance activity; support the preservation of North American morris dance history; and be part of the ongoing development and innovation of morris dance in all its forms.
Open Morris is a loose organization of morris teams in England. Their website has a listing of teams, publications, and useful links.
The Morris Federation is an association of self-governing morris teams in England. Their website includes archives, publications, team finder, and more.
The Morris Ring is an association of approximately 180 morris, sword, and mummer clubs/teams in England. Their website has a wide range of resources, including publications, information about the various traditions, morris music, and more.
This Google Map lists hundreds of morris teams throughout the world. It is easy to add/update team information and search by type of side.
From James Merryclough
How to Facilitate an Organizers Discussion
This resource not only provides a number of tips on how to facilitate a discussion but it also includes a how-to on including a session at a pre-existing event or creating your own day-long gathering.
Celebrating Cotswold Morris! Facebook Group
This Facebook group discusses topics relating to Cotswold Morris.
How Many Morris Dancers are on Facebook? Facebook Group
This Facebook group honors morris dancing and its related forms of dance and performance. The group welcomes dancers, musicians, hobbies, mummers, and the occasional dedicated hangers-on who have an irrational love of bells.
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