Performance Schedule & History

Recently Traditional Fictional Morris (RTFM) dances just once a year, at sunset on October 31st.

We start dancing shortly before the expected local sunset time, so that we are dancing as the sun actually sets. When the dance is done, we walk the labyrinth, and then disappear silently into the night.

In addition to listing sunset time, the table below also lists a start time; this is the time when we gather at the site. We arrive early so that there is time to meet, greet, and socialize with our audience before the dancing. That is also the time to sing pumpkin carols (links to some of these can be found on our links page).

**The 2011 Dancing of the AntiMorris**
Start Time	5:00PM (see note below)
Sunset Time	5:39PM
End Time	Roughly 6:00PM
Location	Somerville Community Growing Center, 22 Vinal Ave., Somerville, MA
Note	We've enjoyed early start times over the past two years, when the 31st was on weekend days. Sadly, we're back to a week day this year, so we've reset our start time accordingly. Of course, this has no effect at all on the actual dancing of the AntiMorris, it just compresses the pre-sunset portion of the festivities.

Here is information on previous dancings of the AntiMorris:

Year	Start Time	Sunset Time	Location
2009-2010	4:15PM*	5:39PM	Somerville Community Growing Center, 22 Vinal Ave., Somerville, MA
2007-2008	5:00PM	5:39PM	Somerville Community Growing Center, 22 Vinal Ave., Somerville, MA
2002-2006	4:00PM**	4:39PM**	Somerville Community Growing Center, 22 Vinal Ave., Somerville, MA
2001	4:00PM**	4:39PM**	Kresge Oval, MIT, 48 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA

* - In 2009 and 2010, as the 31st fell on weekend days, we met earlier than usual, and had two local "regular" morris teams (Pipe Dream and Red Herring) join us to dance prior to sunset.

** - Prior to 2007, Daylight Saving Time did not include October 31st, making the time for AntiMorris one hour earlier according to local clocks.

This page belongs to and is maintained by Jeremy H. Kessler. It was last updated on 20 October 2011.

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