2011
2010
The Great Caper is pleased to announce that we have been accepted onto
the Hampshire School Sports partnership database. We look forward to
working in the area.
The Great Caper's co-ordinator, John Clifford, was nominated for an
award following the success of the Dinosaurs Not Allowed event in
Weymouth Sept 2009. John was acting independently of the Great Caper in
his voluntary role as Olympics Representative for Open Morris. He
co-ordinated the Dinosaurs Not Allowed event on behalf of the Joint
Morris Organisations - Open Morris, the Morris Federation and the Morris
Ring. The Dinosaurs Not Allowed event is planned to run again next year
and it is hoped that local schools will be able to take advantage of
workshops provided by the Great Caper in 2010. Further information
about the award can be found at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/8316159.stm
2009
Swindon and Dorset have taken up the Morris challenge in 2009. Great Caper
tutors worked with children and adults at Bishopstone Primary School in Swindon
with a 6 week project leading to displays at school and in the local area.
In Dorset Great Caper tutors were able to teach a Wild Hunt dance called Maiden
Castle to children living locally to Maiden Castle.
2008 The Great Caper has once again worked with
South Gloucestershire Council during 2008. Seven schools took part in the Rural
Schools project and two schools took part in a Morris and Mumming project. We
look forward to further participation with South Gloucestershire Council.
2007 The first Creating the
Leaders workshop was held in Christchurch, Dorset in 2007 and was very
successful. Course attendees included musicians, Beaver and Guide leaders, a
primary school teacher and dance tutors. All from the same area, most people
were coming together for the first time. Initial feedback shows that a junior
dance side now has access to more musicians, the primary school has linked in
with dance tutors and musicians and Beavers will be having fun with sticks very
soon! For more information on any of the
above tel 07813 346819 or 0117 940-1566 or email
greatcapermorris@aol.com
The
Great Caper is pleased to have been asked to provide the tutors for the
school workshop aspect of the Dinosaurs Not Allowed 2010 event in
Weymouth on Sat 25th September. Work has started with 2 schools in
Sedgemoor, Somerset and 4 schools in Dorset.
A Day of English Country dancing for Bristol Primary Schools could be
back on the agenda. Waitrose in Henleaze has agreed to support the
project in it's Henleaze store during November, on behalf of the Great
Caper, a not for profit organisation aimed at reintroducing English
traditional dance and customs back into the mainstream community. Kim
Woodward, Dance Director for the Great Caper said ' The Children's Day of
Dance is an important and unique part of our culture and it should run
again. It is an opportunity for Bristol's primary school children to
dance together to a live folk band and caller in the open air.' The
likely venue is Blaise Castle.