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Video conference follow up Morris men voted with their feet. This week instead of our normal turnout for a practice night of about 12 we had over 20, had two sets up for most dances. Last week with video conferencing we had 5 dancers and 3 musicians. Problem with video conferencing was the difficulty in keeping lines straight, stopping halfway through for a rest and one to one tuition. So it is back to normal with men turning up full of vigor and remembering everything they have learnt, soon we will need a bigger hall. (ps anyone know how to put smiley faces into blogs?)
On Wednesday we went through our anticipated dance repertoire for Boxing Day.
Dont forget we are at the Frankland Arms Washington NOT Steyning. See previous blog for the reason.
Most of the dances we practiced were already videoed and on youtube but we did some practice to Christmas tunes click here to hear it. I have also added a couple of dances from our own tradition and whilst you may view and admire, please do not perform them yet. We have not permission to release them from the venerable Paul Setford who developed them from scraps of Sussex dances he extracted from Scan Tester.
When they are released we will pass the details to the Morris Ring.
Those avidly following our YouTube videos will possibly be deprived of fresh updates over Christmas as we will not be practicing again until January.
If all goes to plan though we may have some clips of us dancing in public in our full regalia, including our performance of the Mummers play.
Hope to have an interesting article tomorrow very much related to Christmas but giving an unusual insight. Lets hope I remember to post it!
