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This mixed Morris side was formed in 1988 when members of Holywell Cross Women’s
Morris and Chesterfield Morris Men decided to form a joint side after dancing in
single sex groups for ten years. The group's name comes from the two birds
supporting the shield on the coat of arms for Chesterfield.
The origins of Morris dancing is in ancient Springtime fertility rites and the noise, spectacle and vigour of the dance was thought to scare away the dark spirits of Winter and waken the earth ready for new growth as the crops were planted.
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