2003
Scrapbook
Chippenham
Folk Festival
30 May 2004
OBJ missed
the 2003 festival but put in an appearance in 2004.
We had an
excellent days dancing on the Sunday, including the exhausting
stage performance near the end of the day, and liked it so much
that some of us came back in civvies for the Monday.
The
highlight was probably when Witchmen suggested we dance the
"Witchmens Thistle" at the Rose&Crown spot. They
were very kind about the results.
The team
comprised: Abi, Anne, Bob, Chris, Colin, Dave, Gill, Ian, Jenny,
Jill, Linda, Mike G, Mike S, Pam, Tiff, Vera
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how are we going to make a morris team out of this lot? |
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The
Rose & Crown spot Getting ready to dance something-or-other
Linda, Colin, Abi
and Mike G in the foreground.
Anne, Gill and Pam
prepare to play, assisted by Vera and Bob.
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| The
Rose&Crown again This looks like the chorus in White
Ladies Aston
Jenny and Tiff in
the foreground.
Witchmen look on
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Witchmen's
Thistle Tiff,
Abi, Linda and Chris in the cross-over figure
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| Brimfield (above) Colin and Chris (left),
Jenny, Abi and Mike G (right)
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Hay-on-Wye
in progress Linda,
Tiff and Mike G
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| Sheepskins in the High Street (above) Colin and Tiff at this end
of the set
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Dave
and Jenny |
| Chris
and Abi |
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On
the stage We
generally prefer not to dance on stages as morris should
be done amongst the audience.
Colin introduces
the first dance and Henry (our banner-bearer). The others
wait in eager anticipation
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| White Ladies Aston on the stage The chorus (above left) and
linked-hey figure (above right)
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| The
band on the stage Abi, Bob, Anne, Gill, Pam, Ian
Mike and Vera are
just outside the picture
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| The
standard way of ending the day when Wicket Brood is with
us. A
double set of Worcester Monkey
Probably the best
dance at the festival
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| Above left: Jenny and Abi doing
nothing-in-particular Above right: Abi: "Dave, don't
you love me any more?"
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| An
integral part of Witchmens performance. I don't know what he/she/it
is called
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On
Monday, some of us were watching (and heckling) Wicket
Brood. At
an opportune moment, many of Wicket Broods dancers
developed a headache and the audience was asked for
"volunteers" to help them out with a Worcester
Monkey.
Jenny, Colin,
Chris and Tiff stepped forward.
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| Another
picture from the same dance. Chris is most visible.
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Tiff
and David finish off the Monkey Hey (or is it Hay?) at
the end of the dance. |