Morris dancing as seen by a morris dancer.
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Practice night on film Morris Dancing as it has never been seen before. It is one thing to see the polished dancing of Morris as a performance, but what about when we are all learning. We may spend all of one evening (but usually only 30 to 60 mins) on a dance then that's it till next week. I am planning to record all our practice sessions and within a day or so of doing it, get them onto youtube, so that those who are learning a dance for the first time and those others who are still not completely sure, can have a visual note as to what it's all about. Whenever possible I will have a separate stepping guide (where the Captain explains what is required) and one which will have a complete dance, occasionally there will be several on the same dance showing progress. A positive outcome will encourage us all to improve. I have set up a web site index so that you can go there and have a direct link to any specific youtube clip the links to youtube and the web index are near the top of this page on the left hand side.
