Thank you for writing about Morris. Your rush-bearing post was very interesting as that's a tradition I hadn't heard of. My own Morris days are over but I had a lot of fun dancing Cotswold with the Oxford-based women's side, Rogue Morris, sadly now defunct. Rogue grew from the men's side, Bampton, so we danced in Bampton style. I left Rogue when I founded Miss Demeanour's, the UK's best gay Morris side. That was great fun too although I'm not sure that our dancing was all that good - not all of us had previous dance experience - and there were never quite enough of us to be a viable side. Still, good times were had. I learned a few snippets of North West when we had Miss Demeanour's.

As you can see you've sent me on a trip down Memory Lane! I hope your workshop will be a great success.