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Paranoidangel asked how I got into morris dancing.
When I was about ten, I did country dancing at the church hall. We also went to local barn dances now and then.
(Odd really, I grew up not far from Manchester, yet never encountered North West or Carnival morris while growing up.)
When I went to university, the first society I joined was the country dancing society. Some of the society also did morris dancing (Cotswold), which was the first time I'd encountered morris. We didn't do much morris, but it sparked an interest.
When I got married and moved to Dorset, I went to Wimborne Folk Festival (which is very local to us) and for the first time encountered morris dancing head on in large quantities. There, I met Dorset Buttons, the local ladies North West team. They were the team closest to where I lived, and it looked like a lot of fun.
That's where it all started. Since then, I've danced with another North West team, a Border Morris team, started a longsword team, taught maypole dancing and longsword and dabbled in rapper and Cotswold.
When I was about ten, I did country dancing at the church hall. We also went to local barn dances now and then.
(Odd really, I grew up not far from Manchester, yet never encountered North West or Carnival morris while growing up.)
When I went to university, the first society I joined was the country dancing society. Some of the society also did morris dancing (Cotswold), which was the first time I'd encountered morris. We didn't do much morris, but it sparked an interest.
When I got married and moved to Dorset, I went to Wimborne Folk Festival (which is very local to us) and for the first time encountered morris dancing head on in large quantities. There, I met Dorset Buttons, the local ladies North West team. They were the team closest to where I lived, and it looked like a lot of fun.
That's where it all started. Since then, I've danced with another North West team, a Border Morris team, started a longsword team, taught maypole dancing and longsword and dabbled in rapper and Cotswold.
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We looked at each other and went back to our practice, hitting each other with rattan swords - through armour, and on shields... (Grin). But lovely to watch!
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Actually, the most serious morris risk is flying splinters from damaged sticks. I've seen a couple of near misses to eyes.
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