Ripley Green Garters was formed as a North West Morris dance side in March 1982. After three months of practice sessions a group of ladies who wanted to keep North West Morris dances alive, began, with two of their daughters to dance out some of the dances they had learned. The first dance out was in May 1982.
With a small number of the original members along with others who have joined over the past 40 years, we continue to enjoy learning dances to share with the public.
We have regular weekly evening practices throughout the autumn and winter months and we go out and about, now mainly in Derbyshire but occasionally further afield for weekend events.
Ripley Green Garters have been seen performing in France on five occasions, at an International Festival in Germany and in the Netherlands at Maastricht. These trips combined sharing dances in a sociable way and enjoying excellent holidays together.
The dancers could not do any of this without our wonderful and dedicated musicians.
Sometimes we leave the clogs, bells, garlands, sticks and costumes at home
and head off for walking weekends and theatre trips.
