Rutland Ring Meeting 1995
(Some of) Rutland Morris and guests, Saturday July 15th 1995, Rutland Ring Meeting
In 1995, the Rutland Morris hosted the 262nd meeting of the Morris Ring. The Ring brings together not just the familiar Cotswold styles of morris dancing, but also other men's dance forms such as the sword and clog traditions.
The most spectacular event was the exhibition dancing in Uppingham Market Square which was being closed to traffic for the occasion. This was on Saturday, starting at 4.30 pm. Individual clubs performed their own dances and there were also several massed dances of more than 100 dancers.
Sides travelled to Rutland from as far afield as Durham, Chester, Sussex and Cornwall. In fact, Rutland proved such a popular venue that we had to turn down several sides' applications to visit.
We had four tours on the Saturday of the weekend, which visited …
| Tour one |
| Rutland Water (Normanton) |
| The Vaults, Uppingham |
| The Cuckoo, Wing |
| Marquis of Exeter, Lyddington |
| Old White Hart, Lyddington |
| Exeter Arms, Barrowden |
| Stamford |
| Tour two |
| Corby |
| East Carlton Park |
| Old Plough, Drayton |
| Neville Arms, Medbourne |
| Wheel & Compass, Weston-by-Welland |
| The Fox, Hallaton |
| The Sun Belton-in-Rutland |
| Tour three |
| Melton town centre, 9.30 to 10 am |
| Berkeley Arms, Wymondham |
| Black Bull, Market Overton |
| Sun Inn, Cottesmore |
| Fox and Hounds, Exton |
| Finch's Arms, Hambleton |
| Tour four |
| Oakham |
| Old Brewery Inn, Somerby |
| Blue Ball, Braunston |
| Horse and Jockey, Manton |
| Wheatsheaf, Edith Weston |
| Noel Arms, Whitwell |
