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Hook Morris dancers swap black face paint for blue

(Image: Andrew Matthews/PA) A GROUP of Morris dancers have changed their face paint from black to blue following concerns over racism – in what they describe as “by far and away the biggest change” in their 30-year history. Members of the Hook Eagle Morris Men performed near the village of Hook, Hampshire, to mark the May Day dawn on Saturday, in their first show since January 2020. In June 2020, cross-county group the Joint Morris Organisations issued a statement calling for dancing groups to eliminate the use of full-face black makeup in response to the Black Lives Matter movement. Hook Eagle Morris dancer John Ellis, 70, from the nearby village of Fleet, has been with the local dance troupe since its inception as a church group in 1991.

In Pictures: Morris Men see in May Day dawn | Press and Journal

May 1, 2021, 7:42 am Members of the Hook Eagle Morris Men perform outside the Shack Cafe near to Hook in Hampshire (Andrew Matthews/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Hampshire Morris dancers have gathered to mark the May Day dawn. Members of the Hook Eagle Morris Men performed near the village of Hook, in their first show since January 2020. Hook Eagle perform in the Border Morris style, originating on the English-Welsh border, which the group say is the oldest form of the dance.

In Pictures: Morris Men see in May Day dawn

By Press Association 2021 Members of the Hook Eagle Morris Men perform outside the Shack Cafe near to Hook in Hampshire Hampshire Morris dancers have gathered to mark the May Day dawn. Members of the Hook Eagle Morris Men performed near the village of Hook, in their first show since January 2020. Hook Eagle perform in the Border Morris style, originating on the English-Welsh border, which the group say is the oldest form of the dance. (Andrew Matthews/PA) (Andrew Matthews/PA) The May Day dance gave the performances a chance to show off their new blue face paint. (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Morris dancers swap black face paint for blue in biggest change in 30 years

A group of Morris dancers have changed their face paint from black to blue following concerns over racism – in what they describe as “by far and away the biggest change” in their 30-year history. Members of the Hook Eagle Morris Men performed near the village of Hook, Hampshire, to mark the May Day dawn on Saturday, in their first show since January 2020. In June 2020, cross-county group the Joint Morris Organisations issued a statement calling for dancing groups to eliminate the use of full-face black makeup in response to the Black Lives Matter movement. Hook Eagle Morris dancer John Ellis, 70, from the nearby village of Fleet, has been with the local dance troupe since its inception as a church group in 1991.

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