History

1. •August, 1996 — Inaugural Meeting
   

2. •November, 1996 — First Dance-Out
   

3. •November, 1998 — Orange Peel Wort
   

4. •May, 2004 and July 2008 — 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 — The Bag and dancer
   

2. •Cathy — dancer, concertina
   

3. •Ceinwen — dancer
   

4. •Chris B — ukelele
   

5. •Chris C — Squire, dancer, whistle
   

6. •Chris E — dancer, drum
   

7. •Dave — concertina, dancer, navigator
   

8. •David — Ass's 'Oss
   

9. •Dickson — banjo, guitar
   

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

11. •Elizabeth — fiddle, dancer
    

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

13. •Jan — fiddle
    

14. •Janet — dancer, accordion
    

15. •Jim — video
    

16. •John B — Dance Fore, nose flute, whistle, bodran
    

17. •John C — dancer, whistle, guitar, purveyor of things British
    

18. •Joy — dancer, stick percussion
    

19. •Kiaran — mouth organ and trucks ... and very cute!
    

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

21. •Lucy — dancer
    

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

23. •Nancy — violin, dancer
    

24. •Parky — dancer, concertina, keeper of history
    

25. •Pumpkin — whistle, dancer
    

26. •Robin — muso who blows anything!
    

27. •Sarah — dancer
    

28. •Shannon — dancer and keeper of details
    

29. •Sherry — dancer
    

30. •Sue — dancer and cookies
    

31. •Sydney — dancer
    

32. •Tina — bodran, triangle, tambourine
    

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

34. •Vic — dancer, photographer
    

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
   

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
    

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

13. •Morningstar
    

14. •Mr. Dolly
    

15. •Much Wenlock
    

16. •Northumberland Musketeers
    

17. •Ockington Stick Dance
    

18. •Poston
    

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

20. •The Prisoner
    

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

22. •John Peel's Real Wheel
    

23. •Worcestershire Monkey (after Wicket Brood)
    

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

25. • ... 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