The Manx Connection

Some recent research has come to our attention that leads us to believe that Scallop Dancing in the isle of Man is a traditional and admirable form of dance not totally unrelated to Morris.

You can read more about this in the attached articles. Make of them what you will.

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Origins of the Scallop Dancers

Scallop Dancing - the French connection

Event calendar

2026
Date	Title
Sat 18 Apr	King John weekend
Fri 1 May 5:30am	May Day morning, Totnes Castle
Fri 1 May 7:30pm	May Day evening, Harberton
Fri 8 May 7:30pm	Totnes Town Tour
Sat 16 May	Glory of the West DoD
Fri 22 May 7:30pm	Dolphin Inn, Newton Ferrers
Sat 30 May	Exeter Morris Day of Dance
Fri 5 Jun 8:00pm	Monks retreat, Broadhempston
Fri 12 Jun 8:00pm	Union Inn, Denbury
Sat 20 Jun	Teignmouth Folk Festival
Sat 4 Jul	Ilfracombe weekend of dance
Fri 10 Jul 8:00pm	Dartmouth town tour
Sat 18 Jul 10:30am	Brutus Celebration Day, Totnes
Fri 24 Jul 8:00pm	Church House Inn, Holne
Sat 1 Aug 11:00am	Sidmouth Folk Festival
Thu 6 Aug 7:30pm	Stokeinteignhead with Beltane
Fri 14 Aug 7:30pm	Ivybridge Brewery tap room
Wed 19 Aug 7:30pm	Pack Horse Inn, South Brent with Plymouth Morris
Sat 22 Aug 2:00pm	Torre Abbey Summer Fayre
Fri 28 Aug 7:30pm	Salcombe town tour
Sat 5 Sep	Dartmoor Border Morris 25th birthday day of dance
Sat 12 Sep 10:30am	Dartington Day of Dance
Sat 19 Sep 11:00pm	Totnes Heritage Day
Sun 20 Sep	Buckfastleigh Orchard Millennium Green event
Sun 4 Oct 1:00pm	Morris Recruiting Workshop
Sat 14 Nov	Dartington Autumn Ale