21st April 2018
Oxford Folk Weekend

Dance: Witchmens Thistle

Dancers: Chris, Mike, Karen, Sarah, Tony, Ann, Helen and Eddie

Musicians: Joe, Colin (melodeons), Phil, Clare (concertinas), MaryAnn (fiddle), Ali, Mark (percussion), etc

Camera: Jane

The day started at the rather lovely Botanic Gardens

Here we are getting set for our first dance

Probably Dilwyn, looking over Clare's shoulder

Dilwyn under way, with Lorraine, Ian, Helen Mike and Karen facing us

Probably Witchmens Thistle, with Tony, MaryAnn, Claudia and Eddie all gasping for breath in perfect synchronisation

The musicians are much more relaxed Phil, Clare, Ali, Colin and Joe have a chat

Mark, MaryAnn and a few others have joined the band in this picture

The team photo

The Cornmarket spot

This is probably another Dilwyn, with Ian and Mike at this end of the set

This must be another dance - maybe Much Gridlock, as Mike and Ian have changed sides

Ian, Helen, Ann, Andy, Tony and Sarah are on this side

Brimfield getting ready to start

Eddie and Tony are the nearest men

Sticks rampant!

Karen, Linda, Helen and Ann give it some wellie

A bit further into Brimfield

In the second half of Brimfield, roles are reversed

By this stage, Ann and Claudia had tagged one another

The final figure

The musicians await the thumbs-up for the next dance

MaryAnn, Sarah, Andy, Mark, Ali, Joe and Colin

Claudia, waiting to tag Ann in Brimfield

Ali, Mark and Joe

We met some strange beings during the long walk from the Botanic Gardens to Cornmarket

Eddie couldn't resist posing for this

And Ann attracted some odd people - nothing new there then

Joe and IanJ