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Welcome to Newton Bushel Morris

Founded in 1972, Newton Bushel Morris is a mixed Cotswold side from South Devon.  Our ethos is to have fun and enjoy dancing outside in beautiful places. Read more

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Contact us/Join us/ Book us

Newton Bushel are always looking to welcome new dancers (no experience needed) as well as new musicians. If you fancy having a go, you are welcome to come along to one of our Thursday practice sessions, we are a fun and friendly group and it’s free! The tunes are fairly easy to play, our band includes box players, whistle players and a drummer but other instruments will make a great addition! Get in touch via the contact us page.
We are available to perform at festivals, fetes, Fairs, charity events, weddings, care homes, cultural events. It is best to book us before May as our calendar soon fills up, but we are always happy to try to fit in later engagements. During the winter months we are available for indoor events or care home entertainment. See the contact us page for details.

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Event Calendar

​Our dancing season starts at the end of April 2025 when we can be seen dancing at the Green Man festival in Bovey Tracey in Devon.
On the 1st of May 2025 we will be dancing at dawn at the Labrador Bay car park, watching the sun rise over the sea, followed by a slap-up breakfast!

 

Next Event

Date
Venue/event
April
23/04/2025
St Georges Day - Babbacombe Conservative Club
26/04/2025
Green Man Day - Bovey Tracey 10am-3.30pm
May
01/05/2025
May Day - Labrador Bay - at dawn
08/05/2025
Bay Horse - Totnes 8pm
15/05/2025
The Church House Inn, Stokeinteignhead - 8pm
22/05/2025
Berry Head Hotel - Brixham - 8pm
25/05/2025
Combeinteignhead Village Show - 11am-5pm
29/05/2025
Babbacombe Downs - Torquay - 8pm
31/05/2025
Abbotskerswell Twinning Association evening. Abbotskerswell Village Hall 8.40 and 9.45pm
June
05/06/2025
Boathouse - Preston, Paignton - 8pm
08/06/2025
Galmpton Open Gardens Day
12/06/2025
The Marina - Brixham - 8pm
19/06/2025
Paignton Sea Front - 8pm
21/06/2025
Teignmouth Folk Festival
26/06/2025
Union Inn - Denbury - 8pm

On Thursday evenings, throughout the summer, we dance outside various local pubs in our local villages, or in idyllic places by the sea, including Babbacombe Downs and Berry Head. We usually end the evening inside the pub with some jolly singing.  We also dance at festivals, fêtes, fairs and charity events. It’s always super fun to meet up with other Morris sides, especially at festivals! We have a broad repertoire of over 30 dances, mainly traditional Cotswold, from 9 different traditions - to keep us on our toes (literally). Our emblem is the Clock Tower in Newton Abbot of which Newton Bushel was once a district. 

Newton Bushel Morris are proud to support The Park Inn, Kingskerswell, and we can usually be found there, during the winter months, on Thursday evenings, singing and chatting after practice.

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About us

Dances

There are so many exciting and varied cotswold dances to choose from! Over the past 50 years, the Bushellers have indulged in 11 Adderbury, 9 Bampton, 2 Bucknel, 3 Ducklington, 3 Bledington, 1 Badby, 4 Lichfield, 1 Stretton-on-Foss, 1 Brackley and the Upton on Severn Stick Dance!
Of course it would be too arduous to practise all of these dances over the winter, so for 2025 our repertoire will be: 
Adderbury tradition: Bluebells, Landlord, Lads a Bunchem, South Australia, Black Joke and The Bell.
Bampton tradition:
Trunkles and Banbury Bill.
Bledington tradition:
Young Collins
Ducklington tradition:
Nutting Girl and Mrs Casey.
Fieldtown tradition:
The Poppy
Lichfield tradition:
Vandals, Sheriff’s Ride, Jenny Lind and Ring O Bells.

There are a nice mix of styles, around half are stick dances and the rest are waiver dances.
 

Peck

Peck is our friendly seagull, he hatched in 1975 so next year he’ll be 50 years old!! His youthful looks are due to a couple of face-lifts over the years.

Morris Federation

Newton Bushel Morris are proud members of the Morris Federation. Their website features a wealth of resources and information on Morris dancing, clog, rapper and Longsword.
www.morrisfed.org.uk

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