Black Diamond Day of Dance 11th April 2026

• The meeting time and place is 10.00 am at the Dolphin Leisure Centre.
• Dancing starts at 10:30am
• Collections are for Great North Air Ambulance Service. Each team will be assigned a collecting bucket with a QR code attached. The minimum donation will be set at £1.00

Getting there

• If you are arriving by train the town centre is a short walk (or taxi ride) from the Railway Station. Across the ring road, aim for the big church then walk through the church yard to the market square.
• If you are arriving by car, it’s recommended you park in the Feethams Multi Story car park DL1 1ND. Cost: £1.20 per hour Max 10 Hours.

Food

• For drink and food there are plenty of pubs and bars around the town centre as well as the usual collection of Greggs, Cooplands, and assorted sandwich shops. For those lucky enough to be near Skinnergate at lunch time, then there is the legendary Taylor's pie shop. If you want a sit-down snack, try Hatch Luncheonette (between Skinnergate and the House of Hop), who also have take away, open from 7.30 am for breakfast. A new eating venue for this year is Casa Del Alma on Skinnergate, conveniently right on a dance spot.
• There are also numerous food outlets in the Indoor Market Food Hall, including Haus de Bratwurste with a good range of German beers.

Recommended pubs in the town centre area are:

• The House of Hop: Houndgate. This pub is one of our sponsors and Three Brothers Brewing also one of our sponsors will have a barrel of Black Diamond IPA. They have kindly said that they don’t mind people taking in their own food and won’t be opposed to anyone striking up a tune or two. Please note that due to licencing restrictions glasses are not permitted to be taken outside. Tankards and plastic drinking vessels are ok.
• The Quaker House: Mechanics Yard
• Number Twenty2: Coniscliffe Road
• ORB Micropub: Coniscliffe Rd
• Vesuvio Wine Bar: Houndgate (Vesuvio is an event Sponsor)
• The Vault: Underneath the Indoor Market
• The Other Side: Houndgate

Dance Spots

• There are six dance spots and 19 teams.
• We have been asked by the Council to please respect our local businesses and try not to obscure their entrances or block their windows.
• There is no wet weather provision, so should the elements be against us please take shelter until such times as we can restart the programme.

The Dance Spots are:

• Bondgate (outside Rosies Bar)

• Skinnergate/Duke Street Corner

• Blackwellgate (outside The Cherry Tree)

• The House of Hop, Houndgate

• Northgate (outside Betfred Book Makers)

• The Indoor Market

Showcase

• This year’s final showcase will be at the Jospeh Pease Monument on the corner of High Row.
• This will be preceded by a parade from outside the Cherry Tree on Blackwellgate to the Joseph Pease Monument.
• If there are team members not dancing, then we would love to have them engaging with the crowd and shaking buckets to raise money for the Great North Air Ambulance.

After the dancing has finished there will be a post dance session in the House of Hop which you are welcome to come and join. From about 7.30 pm, feel free to join us again in the House of Hop for the evening music and singing session.

In addition we have available new Black Diamond 10yrs badges available for £2/ea. These are limited to first come first served. If you could let me know how many per side via this email that would be great.

Ebor Morris are dancing as follows:

10:30 - 11:15; Indoor Market

11:30-12:15: House of Hop

12:30-1pm Skinnergate / Dukes Street

1-1:45 Lunch

2:00-2:30pm Bondgate (Rosies Bar)

2:45-3:15 Northgate (outside the betting shop)

3:30 Parade Assemble at Blackwellgate . We are second last, behind Border Reivers , with Silkstone Greens behind us.

3:50pm Joseph Pease statue. Order: Ripon, Ramshackle, Redcar, Roots, Harlequin, Mons Meg, Black Sheep, Flagcrackers, White Rose, Jetset, Yorkshire Coast, Maltby Sword, Massed border, Aire Valley, Flash Company, Ebor, Locos, Silkstones, Black Diamond, Massed dance.