Bassett Street Hounds News

Midwest Morris Ale

We just received a fairly impressive spreadsheet from the organizers of the Midwest Morris Ale, being held in the environs of Port Huron, Michigan. Among the various registration details. they included a list of the teams that will be attending. Quite a list!

Ann Arbor Morris, Boars Tooth Sword, Bells of the North, Bloomington Quarry Morris, Capering Roisters, Grand Rapids Reformed Morris & Sword, Half Crown Clog, Itasca Rugby & Morris, Maroon Bells & Breathless on Barthound Border, Minnesota Traditional Morris, Oak Apple Morris, Olentangy Motley Morris & Sword, Orange Peel Morris, Prairie Waves Morris, Pullman Morris & Sword, Ramsey's Braggarts, Seabright Morris, Squash Beetle Morris, Toronto Women's Sword, Upton on Calhoun, and White Rats Morris.

Oh, and us.

The tour schedules for the Ale are now up. From an email sent to us by the Ale coordinators, we seem to be tentatively scheduled as follows:

Saturday, May 28, 2005:
Tour 2: Edison Tour
10:30 AM – 12:00 – Blue Water Bridge (Grassy area along river)
10:30 AM - 12:00 - Blue Water Bridge (Grassy area along river)
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM - Dance at Thomas Edison Museum
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM - Pub Stop: Thomas Edison Inn Hunt Room Lounge
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM - Dance near Huron Lightship & tour lightship
3:45 PM - Load Buses for return to camp
Pullman Morris & Sword
Bells of the North
Itasca Rugby & Morris
Bassett Street Hounds
Toronto Women's Sword
Orange Peel Morris

Sunday, May 29, 2005:
Tour 2: Lexington #2 Tour
1:30 AM - 2:30 PM - Dance at Lexington Harbor Park
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM - Pub Stop: Steiss Village Inn
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM - Dance at Lexington Village Green
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM - Dance at Lakeport State Park
5:30 PM - Load Buses for return to camp
Minnesota Traditional Morris
Bassett Street Hounds
Prairie Waves Morris
Grand Rapids Reformed Morris & Sword
Orange Peel Morris