Morris

[watervole]

 Danced with Anonymous Morris at a school fete today (Mayday).

The sun shone for just the right amount of time.  The children did their maypole dances, and we danced morris in-between their spots. Lovely relaxed atmosphere with parents and children chilling out and playing.

It was on the school playing field, which meant the children could also play on the play equipment there, and there were also some picnic tables and hay bales.

Result - children happy for far longer than if it had been in an open field (which I gather is where the event normally is), and parents happily chatting away.  The school seemed to do a good trade in tea, cakes, etc. and it was  delightful two hours.

I also got to chat with the teacher teaching the maypole, which was a nice bonus.

Comments

[lexin]

That sounds really lovely!

[kotturinn]

That sounds like wins all round!

[vera_j]

I am really glad you can do the dancing with the Anonymous. It must have been a lovely and exciting day!
Here we also managed to perform our traditional acitivities, we have a very tall and lovely maypole this year and we had a program for children too. My friend´s son asked me to play a witch with him and I accepted happily. The result was so good that even the adults were scared. I had a messy long blonde wig and painted face and my long Indian dress with a wide black scarf. But my neclace was a real masterpiece - I tied several dried chicken legs to a ribbon and wore it round my neck (the legs I bought for my dog, I have a big bag of these:-)).

[watervole]

Do take some more maypole photos for me next year! I'd love to see what people do in your village.

I love the witch with bone necklace! What a fabulous idea.