Bloomington Quarry Morris

04/19/2026

Come see us perform May 1 at the Courthouse Square at dawn (6:45 am) and noon! Maypole with audience participation at the noon performance.

08/02/2025

Some photos from this past May Day!

07/09/2025

Our show dance from the ale: Ragged Crow. Music is by BQM alumna Amy Letson, now dancing with Bells of the North. Video by Ruth Letson.

Team: Bloomington Quarry MorrisDance: Tradition: BorderMidwest Morris AleSunday ShowdanceFor more information about this event: https://midwestmorrisale.org/...

05/21/2025

Great article about our May Day performance in the B Square Bulletin! https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomingtons-annual-may-day-ritual-continues-under-watchful-eye-of-weathervane-fish/?ref=the-almost-daily-bulletin-newsletter&fbclid=IwY2xjawKbGzlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETE3QWVNOG1ib2lnaDc3UzBHAR7VCC2fL_1zkZl0HYCvFtJ1PHualRtawRS6QOW9r1jXK2yshpUYmAUDxw626Q_aem_i2nndr8PkQHmbOTrtSV9MQ

The Earth is now awake—beans busting out in garden beds, trees budding. And the wind has been alerted to bring some rain. The Earth has risen from its slumber, because on Thursday at dawn, a team of Morris dancers summoned the spring season from a spot on the Monroe

05/20/2025

Four of us will be attending the midwest morris ale again this year, this time near Minneapolis. You can see the tour schedule here if you scroll down the page: https://midwestmorrisale.org/2025-ale/schedule/ (photo of three of our four ale attendees dancing at Woolery Farmer's Market last June)

04/18/2025

Come see us perform on May Day (May 1) at the courthouse! Dawn (6:45 a.m.) and noon. There will be singing at dawn and maypole at noon, plus poppyseed cake at both performances! (Photo from us dancing last year.)

11/01/2024

Photos from our performance at the farmers' market last Saturday!

10/23/2024

We'll be doing our end-of-season performance this Saturday at the city farmers' market. Come see us at 11 a.m. on the B-line trail!
(Photo of the team dancing in Bryan Park in October 2020.)

06/18/2024

Three weeks ago, some of the team went to the Midwest Morris Ale in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Bloomington Quarry hadn't been to an ale in about a decade, and it was a first time for all of us attending, but we were so heartwarmed by how excited many people were to see our team back again. Mortarbordis, the border team from UChicago, gave us the traditional "Second Most Improved" award, so we're contractually obligated to go back next year to pass it on to someone else. 😊

06/10/2024

Photos of some of the team dancing at the Woolery Farmers' Market this weekend.