Hot 4 Joe Morris with Attitude

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The Chimney

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Released: Jan 1, 2002

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The Chimney
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Man In The Brown Hat
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Genre: Alternative / Folk / Visual
Location South Australia, AU
Profile Views: 7855
Last Login: 6/14/2011
Member Since 3/7/2007
Website http://h4j.morris.org.au/
Record Label Unsigned
Bio
.. Hot For Joe is an Adelaide-based women's border morris team formed in 1993 by Mary McFadden. The team has developed a highly styled, truly unique form of morris dancing, which essentially emphasises the importance of precise and energetic dancing while at the same time presenting a mysterious, wild and dramatic performance. In both 1995 and 1997, the group was the recipient of a South Australian Folk Federation Award, and were also nominees for a SAMIA (South Australian Music Industry Association) award in both of these years. These accolades have reflected not only the group's growing popularity, but also a renewed respect for this ancient art form. All of the dance repertoire has been choreographed within the team and some of the tunes used are also originals. When performing in public, Hot For Joe wear a 'kit' which consists of black tunic dresses, black and white striped leggings and black 'Doc Marten' type boots. Bells are worn on the feet, and faces are painted black in a mask-like appearance, just as those of our border-dancing ancestors were. During the warmer months, a more appropriate version of the kit is worn - featuring less layers and more skin! Since its inception, Hot For Joe have attracted a strong following, and have performed at such events as the Woodford Folk Festival (Qld), the National Folk Festival (Canberra), the South Australian Folk Festival, South Australian Medieval Fair, the South Australian Tourism Awards, and the Adelaide Fringe Festival. Hot For Joe is an inspiring modern interpretation of an ancient dance tradition. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... Hot for Joe is: .... .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Members
Adrienne, Ati, Cherie, Di, Fiona, Glenda, Lisa, Little Rach, Louise, Maggie, Rachel and Tracy. And the two noisy ones, Lisa and Paul.
Influences
Shropshire Bedlams, Seven Champions, Windsor Morris, Great Western (the morris side and the sparkling wine of the same name !!) and the fabulous traditional dance tunes of Europe.
Sounds Like
A Border Morris side (that's the English/Welsh borders, of course!!) with English squeezeboxin'. The tune you can hear called "The Chimney" is played by the side and used for a dance called Brain Damage (don't ask!). The tune was written by hurdy-gurdy wizard Nigel Eaton and can be heard on the album "Pandemonium" And the other tune "Man in the Brown Hat" was written by another gurdy wizz, Cliff Stapleton and was taken from the Blowzabella album "A Richer Dust". Huge thank yous to Cliff and Nige for giving us permission to use these tunes on our site and for writing such great dancing melodies !