Join us on Tuesday 20th August for a night of music, mirth and magic as a multitude of Morris maids and men do mingle and make merry at our Night Of Dance.
7pm – gather at the Oval Tavern in Addiscombe (Good food on sale, children allowed inside until 9pm). Some performers will move around the corner to nearby Builders Arms in Lesley Park Road.
8pm – a bit of a swop around.
9pm – process from The Oval to The Builders then clockwise back round to The Oval.
9.30 pm – The Mayor and representatives from Croydon Rotary, Open Morris and the Morris Ring will do short speeches
9.45ish – Dancing
10.15ish – Raffle
10.30ish – Dancing
11ish – Close
THE SIDES (Troupes)
Also: London Pride Morris, Ravensbourne Morris Men, Thames Valley Morris Men and Wild Hunt Bedlam.
The event is also supported by individual performers from Devils Dyke Morris Men, East Surrey Morris Men, Greenwich Morris Men, Hammersmith Morris Men, North Wood Way and Open Morris.
VENUES and TRANSPORT
Oval Tavern, 131 Oval Road, Croydon, CR0 6BR
Builders Arms, 65 Leslie Park Rd, Croydon CR0 6TP
Parking in evenings at time of going to press but do please check.
Buses 197, 312, 367 and 410 stop at Lesley Grove (in Cherry Orchard Road); 289 stops at Lower Addiscombe Road/Davidson Road and also Morland Road, both on Lower Addiscombe Road (A222). Both pubs are within 15 minutes walk of Lebanon Road tramstop and East Croydon railway station.