50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HOP HOODENING & 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF WANTSUM MORRIS MEN
Attending
Boughton Monchelsea Morris, Chipping Campden Morris Men, East Kent Country Dancers, East Kent Morris Men, King John’s Morris Men, Offcumduns, Ravensbourne Morris Men, Oyster Morris, Winchester Morris Men, Wolf’s Head & Vixen, Woodchurch Morris Men, Wantsum Morris Men
Hop Queen
Laura Gray
Hop Princesses
Jessica Watkins, Charlotte Watkins
Cathedral Service Display
Wantsum Morris Men – ‘The Rose’ (Fieldtown)
Cathedral Service Reading
The Sheriff of Canterbury, Councillor Gillian Reuby & David Stephens
Cathedral Service Address
The Vice Dean, The Revd. Canon Clare Edwards
Followed by dancing in the Cathedral Precincts, Canterbury City Centre & Chilham Castle
Hop Queen (Laura Gray), Hop Princesses (Charlotte Watkins and Jessica Watkins) with the bower party from East Kent Country Dancers (Rita Hood and Margaret Browning)Wantsum Morris Men – Canterbury CathedralWantsum Morris Men (L to R: Steve Austen, Dave Gray, Peter Cox, Simon Gray, Alex Steltner, Wally Watkins (Squire) – Canterbury CathedralWantsum Morris Men (L to R: Dave Stephens, Steve Grayland, Michael Perry, Keith Young, Peter Roberts – Canterbury CathedralDave Stephens (Founder Member of Wantsum Morris Men) – Canterbury CathedralThe Vice Dean, The Revd. Canon Clare Edwards, and Kevin Downham (Chipping Campden Morris Men) – Cathedral PrecinctsOyster Women – Cathedral Precincts Sampling Cathedral Ale (with thanks to the Cathedral Gift Shop) – Cathedral PrecinctsRavensbourne Morris Men – Rose Square, CanterburyChipping Campden Morris Men – Rose Square, CanterburyEast Kent Country Dancers – Rose Square, CanterburyOyster Men – Rose Square, CanterburyEast Kent Morris Men – Rose Square, CanterburyHop Princess, Charlotte Watkins, and Invicta (East Kent Morris Men’s White Horse) – Rose Square, CanterburyOffcumduns – Rose Square, CanterburyBoughton Monchelsea Morris – Rose Square, CanterburyWolf’s Head & Vixen – Rose Square, CanterburyWantsum Morris Men (L to R: Paul Austen, Simon Gray, Peter Cox, Alex Steltner, Bruce Ashcroft, Steve Austen) – Rose Square, CanterburyWinchester Morris Men (including Mike Austen, Founder Member of Wantsum Morris Men, fifth L) with Mike Garland (former Squire of the Morris Ring, second L) and Bruce Ashcroft (Wantsum Morris Men) – Rose Square, CanterburyMasses Morris – Rose Square, CanterburyA young musician from Chipping Campden Morris Men, Keith Young (Wantsum Morris Men) and Dave Diaper (King John’s Morris Men) lead Wantsum Morris Men in the precession to Chilham CastleChipping Campden Morris Men – Chilham CastleWantsum Morris Men (L to R: Simon Gray, Alex Steltner, Bruce Ashcroft, Paul Austen, Dave Gray, Peter Cox) – Chilham Castle