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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 t...

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 ...

Morris dancers change face paint from black to blue after racism concerns 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 makeu...

Cross-county group Joint Morris Organisations called for end to use of full-face black makeup in 2020 Members of the Hook Eagle Morris Men perform outside the Shack Cafe near to Hook in Hampshire as they see in the May Day dawn. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA Members of the Hook Eagle Morris Men perform outside the Shack Cafe near to Hook in Hampshire as they see in the May Day dawn. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA PAMedia Sat 1 May 2021 14.25 EDT Last modified on Sat 1 May 2021 14.40 EDT A group of Morris dancers have changed their face paint from black to blue following concerns over racis...

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 ...