And folk dancing for slum girls - two of the achievements of Mary Neal, and the title of an exhibition by Faye Claridge at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum. Mary Neal ran a club for working women in London, as a place for factory women to go. Cecil Sharp introduced her to morris, and in the end, as I understand it, they fell out, as she believed that it was ok to modify the dances, he believed the dances should be danced in the same way as he had seen them danced when he wrote them down.
The exhibition includes photos of one of our members, and a video loop of him and another member, as the last members of the last Morris side in Rugby borough. Today there was a Morris themed event at the gallery, featuring us and Anker Morris Men from Nuneaton. Many thanks to Faye for asking us - here are some photos.
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