Exhaustion

[watervole]

 I'm drained.

Yesterday was Folk on the Quay, a local event in Poole, which I always like to support.

But they had fewer dance teams this year (not certain why, I think they probably wanted more).  

I was calling maypole in the morning for  an hour, but fortunately it was a bit bleak and threatening rain.

I managed to keep it active for the whole hour, but I started with two people and ended with eight - which is way below what I was hoping for.

But, on the plus side, at least (thanks to Covid and social isolation) I know maypole dances for groups as small as two!

Did a nice plait for four - who got it perfect. 

Variations on other dances, managed to get away without repeating anything, and everyone seemed to enjoy it.

But after that, I was dancing with my longsword team as well as Anonymous Morris - never got a break for lunch and was starting to make mistakes in the morris dances.

And I had a bit of trouble with my leg muscles before the day started....

However, I think I'm gradually recovering - Sunday evening now :)

And it's time to book a physio appointment to sort those damn leg muscles out.

But we did manage to perform our new dance. 

(Our youngest dancer has only been introduced to the back-to-back move about an hour earlier, but luckily she's a fast learner.) 

The music glitched, which threw out our timing on the final hey, but surprisingly, I'm still quite pleased with the result. It needs some polish, but for first time out, and with several changes to the figured in the last few weeks, not too bad. (I realised dancers were having trouble with transitions between some of the moves, so making changes made the transitions easier)

Watch on YouTube

 

 

Comments

[puddleshark]

Oh, that new dance is so impressive! Like you say, a shame the music glitched - it is so hard to keep everything together when the music goes wrong - but everyone kept going.

I would have loved to do Folk on the Quay, but we just couldn't get enough dancers and musicians together this year.

[watervole]

I'm really glad you like it. It took a lot of thinking, but I wanted to do a dance that would be suitable for two of our members who have hip/knee issues and can't do 'over the sword' moves.

Mind you, the catch of a multi-age team, is that as the youngsters get older, the get frustrated at not having showy moves.

It's a hard balance to please everyone, and I know Oswin only really does it for my sake now.

I'm hoping to do some rapper, but it will only hit the spot if we can get a couple of teens...

[katherine]

Well done! Enjoy your recovery time.

[watervole]

Thanks! I'm more with it today :)

[kotturinn]

Well done dancers! Hope you het enough recovery time and that the leg can be sorted out easily.

[watervole]

Thanks!

[vera_j]

I am so glad you keep going! I do undeerstand how demanding it is to manage everything; however the result is worth all the effort! I have been always your fan. Just take care!

[watervole]

Thanks. I'm feeling a lot more with it today.