UPDATE ON KEITH

Keith has now had his first dance out with Sheffield City Morris - I never has Keith down as a Green Trousers Man

FIRST DANCE OUT 2015 THE SWAN AT BRAYBROOKE 23rd April 2015

The first dance out of the 2015 season was interesting for several reasons  Spurred on by the activities of another Person wth Parkinson's ,I set myself the challenge of dancing 2 Morris Dances with the side on St Georges day to raise funds for The Cure Parkinson's Trust I faced my challenge outside the Swan  in Braybrooke .

I'm not the prettiest of dancers - not helped by the fact that the laces at the bottom of my bells came undone allowing 4 or 5 bells to fall off and the lace dragged on the ground. ready to trip me up and I had forgotten that the Swan Car Park is on a slope

With a reasonable sized audience looking on it was a pleasant spring evening, which we shared with our old friends Hips 'n' Haws  resplendent in their new Blue and Yellow costume (at least I hadn't seen it before.. The evening ended in failing light with Shepherds Hey – with quite a few of the audience joining in.

 A total of £1207 including Gift Aid has made it's way to The Cure Parkinson's Trust - £54 being raised at the Swan on Thursday. It is interesting that I had donations from several people who I do not actually know and some who remained anonymous.It has taken me until Sunday to get feeling 'right' and my legs stop aching but having dance out for the first time I intend to continue dancing to help the side out as we are short of dancers. I will be looking to add a couple more dances to the repertoire. I may not be up to dancing every week, with PD no one know's what each day will bring but I will dance as often as I can as it has done me some good in relation to my overall co-ordination. 

MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO SUPPORTED ME BY DONATING to THE CURE PARKINSON’S TRUST.

Last Practice for Bill's Morris Dance Challenge 13th April 2015

The last chance for improvement in Bill's Dancing came and went at last Monday's Practice. Due to an error by the Northants Telegraph in stating that the challenge was back to back dancing of Constant Billy and Bluebells of Scotland we decided to give it a go. In fact we danced Constant Billy once and Bluebells of Scotland twice consecutively (3 dances in succession) - It was fine on the night but the price has been paid Tuesday and Wednesday. So 8 days to go to St Georges Day 23rd - and I am really looking forwards to it.

Constant Billy Challenge update 30th March 2015

The latest video sows the continued improvement of Bill's attempts at 'Constant Billy' ready for 23rd April 2015 at The Swan in Braybrooke at around 7.45pm. The current standing of his Justgiving page for The Cure Parkinson's Trust is
£ 460 plus Gift Aid- plenty of time left to make a donation and thanks to the side for supporting this challenge and getting me going.

Progress with Skirmish was a little less evident with a mix up at the start between dancers of who was clashing sticks with whom - soon resolved and back to normal

It all happens on practice night at Braybrooke Village Hall 30th March 2015

What Happens when the lights go out
So there we were , at our best demonstrating Jenny Lind to Lesley and Margaret who had come along to see if they would like to have a go , when in the middle of a set of double time strikes the lights in the Village Hall flickered and went out. In total darkness the side carried on with great accuracy - not a scream or yelp at fingers smacked by a stick - such practised accuracy they can do it in the dark. Looks like the culprit was a lightening flash as when we got home  all the clocks had reset to 12.00

Note this is not an April Fools prank - watch the video and see