A Brief History of WMM

Below are listed the historical highlights of our team:

1991 - WMM formed by Judy Goldsmith and Andy Klapper (notice we were a mixed side back then...)
team had up to twelve dancers and three musicians
gigs included Beltaine in the Park, Le Festival du Voyeur (this is not a typo!), St. Norbert Farmer's Market, and the Midwest Morris Ale (where we wowed Chicago with the mud wrestling version of "Weeping Willow", and with "Darjeeling Blues" from the new tradition of Benares-on-the-Ganges)
1993 - Judy and Andy find tenure track jobs at the University of Kentucky - several other members move away during this time as well
squireship taken over by Jeannie Gilbert and Colleen McCarthy
became a women's team because after the mass exodus only three women were left!
rehearsals were moved to the basement of Toad Hall Toys, owned by third member Ann England (yes, this is a shameless plug)
by 1997 membership had grown to eight (more or less) dancers and one musician - rehearsals moved to Greendell Community Club in Winnipeg
Judy and Andy now head up Squash Beetle Morris out of Lexington, KY, USA
2000 - Alison Campbell moves to Vancouver, BC and takes up with Tiddley Cove Morris.
July, 2001 - Colleen McCarthy moves up to Whitehorse, YT where she's promised to start her own group. :)

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