Chippenham Town Morris Men

In the 30 plus years we have been together, we have had some exciting and some bizarre bookings. Here are some:

• Pop video for Men Without Hats hit single The Safety Dance
• 32 years later, a remake of The Safety Dance with the Memepunks
• BBC Top Gear, dancing in Castle Combe by a sports car
• The half time entertainment for the finals of the European Interceltic Wrestling Championships!
• Crinkly Bottom theme park - yes the Mister Blobby one
• Hazlebury Manor stately home
• Bristol Zoo - they didn't keep us in
• The film "Savage Hearts" with Maryam D'Abo, Richard Harris, Jerry Hall and Angus Deayton (bottom left picture)
• In St Andrew's Church dancing in front of nuns for a "Folk Service"
• Littlecote Manor stately home/fun park
• Being awarded the Golden Bucket by Terry Pratchett for our interpretation of his Stick & Bucket Dance. See news
• Dancing in a supermarket full of bemused shoppers during a festival in Blain, France
• Dancing in the almost empty bar of a health club - the organisers hadn't told anybody they had entertainment on
• Dancing on Channel 5 reality TV programme The Farm
• Dancing in Hungary at a "Hunter's Fair" which consisted of archery items, rifles and sweets for sale, plus a SWAT team re-enactment
• Being filmed for House Hunters International, an American reality TV show about people moving from California to Wiltshire (see top left picture)
• Dancing as the entertainment following a one-act play competition in Swindon
• Being the only two-legged entertainment at a horse fair in Brittany
• One that got away. We were asked to dance for Tatler Magazine at the Ritz. Sadly the cost of train fares made it impossible
• Filming an Agatha Raisin mystery for Sky TV - twice (bottom right picture)
• Being booked to have a dance-off with break dancers at a wedding