{"id":20,"date":"2024-06-30T14:52:33","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T13:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maldonmorris.net\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2024-06-30T17:44:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T16:44:30","slug":"maldon-greenjackets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maldonmorris.net\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"Maldon GreenJackets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Maldon GreenJackets<\/strong>\u00a0dance in the Cotswold tradition. Cotswold Morris comes from the villages in an area of Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire and is the style probably most often associated with\u00a0morris dancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It is danced with hankies or sticks&nbsp;to accompany the hand movements and dances are usually for 6 or 8 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Maldon Greenjackets was formed in 1988, originally with all male dancers, but since 2000 it has been a mixed&nbsp;&nbsp;group or \u201cside\u201d performing dances mainly in the Cotswold tradition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The origin of the term \u201cMorris\u201d is uncertain. One theory is that it comes from the Latin \u201cMores\u201d, meaning the traditional customs of a particular social group. Dances called \u201cMoresque\u201d in France and \u201cMorisco\u201d in Spain were introduced into the court of Henry VII around 1494.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Research shows that in Maldon during the 16th century, Minstrels and Morris dancers entertained the audience during intervals between plays performed at the Maldon Friary. The Chamberlains accounts of 1540, refer to payments for bells, Minstrels and Morris dancers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maldon GreenJackets\u00a0dance in the Cotswold tradition. Cotswold Morris comes from the villages in an area of Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire and is the style probably most often associated with\u00a0morris dancing. It is danced with hankies or sticks&nbsp;to accompany the hand movements and dances are usually for 6 or 8 people. Maldon Greenjackets was formed in 1988, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/maldonmorris.net\/?page_id=20\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Maldon GreenJackets<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maldonmorris.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maldonmorris.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maldonmorris.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maldonmorris.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maldonmorris.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/maldonmorris.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84,"href":"https:\/\/maldonmorris.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maldonmorris.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}