The Star, Geddington

David West, one of our members, sadly passed away last week after an illness borne with great optimism.  We have missed his presence for some time, and will continue to do so, and will miss being able to share in his great knowledge of all sorts of things.

It was David, who I already knew, who told me I would enjoy Morris if I came along and took me along with him.   And he was right. 

We felt tonight that there were two dances that we particularly associated with David.   So we began our evening at Geddington with one, Vandals of Hammerwich, and ended with the other, Skirmish, just in time for it to rain.

The photos show us dancing Skirmish.   It also seems appropriate to note that the street across the road from the Eleanor Cross is called West St.

The George, Ashley

 

A lovely warm evening, with a lovely warm audience!

Irchester

Danced at Irchester's Jubilee celebrations, as guests of St Katharine's Morris.   A gorgeous sunny day, lots of stalls to look at, food in the nearby Parsons Hall, and some dancing to watch and do.   What more could we want?     Thanks to St Katharine's Morris for inviting us.  Here is one picture of each of us.

Chandler's Arms, Shearsby

Shearsby is somewhere where we can always expect an audience and it did not disappoint tonight.   Thank you if you watched us get some dances right first time, and others right after a practice (not that we have not been practising, of course!)

Dog and Gun, Walton

First night out of the season, at the Dog and Gun.   An audience, who watched through the bar windows and did come out to join us for "Shepherds Hey".    And a visit from a 1923 Standard car (pictured) and from the police (not pictured!), who stopped to watch for a bit.  

Change of plan

For various reasons we will not now be dancing on 1st May at 6.30 to welcome May.   We are not meeting next Monday, the 7th, and so will be dancing next on Monday 14th May.   Details of our programme are on the right of this site.

2012 programme

Thanks to the hard work of our secretary, Pauline Dawes, our programme for 2012 is here! Details are to the right of this post, all being well. One change from last year is that we will dance through August, ending the week before the Bank Holiday. We will then have a break and start to practice from 17th September. There is a "taster evening" on 15th October at the Village Hall, Braybrooke. This replaces our "open evening" in September, and if you have always wanted to have a go at Morris, this is for you!