Pecsaetan Morris are from Sheffield,
South Yorkshire, England

Pecsaetan [peck-suh-tan]: an Anglo-Saxon tribe local to the Sheffield area; ‘People of the Peak’.

Mid-2001: a group of friends drunkenly decide to start a women's Cotswold morris team and surprise themselves by actually doing so in the cold light of day. They (not so drunkenly) decide to call themselves Pecsætan, a name which no- one understands and few can pronounce.

They finally emerge as a fledgling side in summer 2002, since when they have set about the arduous task of having a fantastic time and dancing a lot, at pubs and events in their local Sheffield, at festivals around the country and abroad.

Kit is white shirts, black trousers and bells and ribbons in purple, red and gold.

2011 is Pecsaetan's 10th Birthday

To celebrate, we are releasing a CD! "At one with the Bells" features recordings of some of our dances, some traditional songs we sing and a sample of what some of our dancers get up to when they take their bells off. You can buy it from www.sheffieldfolk.co.uk from October 2011.

 

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Some nice things people have said about us:

“It’s really encouraging to see a young, energy packed, precise side.”
“Your lines looked like they were laser guided”
"I'm impressed - and I'm not usually impressed"
"I usually don't like women's Cotswold because it can either be too butch or too frilly/prissy but you were neither - really good!”
"Still not sure about the hook legs but the RTBs were perfect.”
"I never usually watch the whole of morris displays but it was excellent & I watched the whole thing”
“you're the best women's Cotswold morris team I’ve ever seen”
“bloody great”