Wimborne Folk Festival

[watervole]

 Had a good, if tiring, weekend at Wimborne Folk Festival.

Friday - collecting tins and then ceilidh
Saturday - lots of collecting tins, then ceilidh
Sunday - Anonymous Morris danced.

I'd been watching the weather forecast with trepidation for some time, the Sunday forecast was for lots of rain.

Fortunately, the actual day wasn't nearly so bad.  We had a lot of showers and drizzle, but not enough to prevent us dancing and not enough to drive all the audience away.

Two children from our recent workshops at Ferndown Middle school joined us for the day.  One acquitted herself very well in the dance she'd learned and the other drummed for all all day through four dance spots and assorted weather.  (Started off a bit fast and sometimes off the beat, but had it pretty much in hand by the end and was starting to anticipate some of the stick strikes and add extra beats for those.)

Both have expressed an interest in joining the side, as did a lady who was at one of the dance spots and another lady who picked up one of our flyers.

So, let's see who turns up at our next practice session...

If we just gain one person from the festival, I shall be happy.  If we gain two or more, I shall be extremely happy.  (I don't count people until they've been to three sessions - three seems to be the charm)

Comments

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Does she dance with New Esperance? (They're a great lady's morris side from London and we spent quite a while chatting to them)

[rockwell-666.livejournal.com]

I don't know, but it's very possible as I've just looked at their website and they wear a sash with purple, yellow and green stripes on it and on her Facebook page there's a pic of her with the same sash, so the answer is probably yes :-)

If I'd known she was going I'd have mentioned I knew you before, you've probably got a fair bit in common other than Morris...!