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Wimborne Minster folk Festival
Here's some of the festival highlights for all you poor souls who weren't there.
First of all, this is me when I unexpectedly got dragged into the set by the Knights of King Ina.
(I'm not a Cotswold dancer, but I have attended a couple of their workshops and I guess some of the footwork must finally have got into muscle memory, as I didn't do too badly! Though Portsmouth is a very easy dance as jigs go)
It was fun, and an unexpected bonus.
Second, Fosbrooks. The sleeper hit of the festival. A group of school children from Stockport (near Manchester) They were pretty much ignored on our web site pre-festival as no one knew them. But I'd invited them all that way for good reason. Once they started performing, the audience absolutely loved them and Google Analytics showed a massive boost in hits on their page.
Here they are, dancing their local step dance tradition, as they have done for the last 40 years.
and another sleeper hit - Northgate Rapper.
They were with us last year, but danced mainly in the pubs. Rapper is a natural pub dance, as it is a short dance and takes up very little space. And rapper dancers like pubs...
This year, they still did the pubs, but I also gave them a number of spots in our best venues.
If you think they are good here, trust me when I say that seeing them live from a distance of 2m is scary. Those sword swipes under the feet are terrifying and the first time I saw that final move....
(When they aren't on a stage, they get the audience to come in really close, just so you can get the full terror!)
First of all, this is me when I unexpectedly got dragged into the set by the Knights of King Ina.
(I'm not a Cotswold dancer, but I have attended a couple of their workshops and I guess some of the footwork must finally have got into muscle memory, as I didn't do too badly! Though Portsmouth is a very easy dance as jigs go)
It was fun, and an unexpected bonus.
Second, Fosbrooks. The sleeper hit of the festival. A group of school children from Stockport (near Manchester) They were pretty much ignored on our web site pre-festival as no one knew them. But I'd invited them all that way for good reason. Once they started performing, the audience absolutely loved them and Google Analytics showed a massive boost in hits on their page.
Here they are, dancing their local step dance tradition, as they have done for the last 40 years.
and another sleeper hit - Northgate Rapper.
They were with us last year, but danced mainly in the pubs. Rapper is a natural pub dance, as it is a short dance and takes up very little space. And rapper dancers like pubs...
This year, they still did the pubs, but I also gave them a number of spots in our best venues.
If you think they are good here, trust me when I say that seeing them live from a distance of 2m is scary. Those sword swipes under the feet are terrifying and the first time I saw that final move....
(When they aren't on a stage, they get the audience to come in really close, just so you can get the full terror!)