Brigg
Barley Brigg is based around Yoxford in Suffolk, England. It was formed in 1989 to perform morris dances in the North West tradition. We dance for your, and our, entertainment and enjoyment - mainly over the summer months and occasionally during the winter, mostly on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day and at Christmas Fayre.
Our dancers and musicians come from all over East Suffolk, meeting 8-10pm each Wednesday evening during the winter at Yoxford village hall to learn new dances and practise old favourites in readiness for the summer.
During the season, our pub evenings - generally on Wednesday nights during the summer - are convivial and relaxed affairs, with music and song in the pub afterwards.
We also appear at a number of events - mainly in East Anglia but also further afield in England and some years we tour abroad. In July 2008 we performed at the Rättviksdansen folklore festival in Sweden (above) and a few years ago we danced on the West Coast of Ireland, as well as Brittany and Bouchain in Northern France. In 2008 we performed at the Wimbourne Folk Festival and in previous years we've danced on the Yorkshire coast and in Kent and Sussex.
Our dances this season will include
Abbeygate
Carr Lodge Polka
Clitheroe
Hindley Circle Dance
Hindley Street Dance
Horbury Processional
Lostock Junction
Spitfire
Whitby Shindig
We would like to extend our thanks to Haughley Hoofers who taught us Abbeygate, Persephone Morris who wrote Whitby Shindig, and John Hakeman of Knockhundred Shuttles who devised Spitfire.
As a fairly clunky taster, here's a brief video clip of us dancing Whitby Shindig.