Animatt.

I'm basing the womens morris on the dancers I know and team I danced with, of whom 80% were big girls' blouses, and the other 20% could be what is affectionately known as 'bull dykes'. There are teams around that dance energetically, or with passion, and accurately, but they don't tend to be the flowery skirted, beribboned and behooped teams. And yes, I do approve of women's morris, although I know several traitors to the cause of suffrage who would dispute that. I just object to morris danced badly, by teams that should know better, and never seem to improve with age.

When Albion Morris went to Canada a few years ago, we were asked at customs if we were working or there for pleasure, one idiot said a bit of both, and was immediately hustled into a room. After about 20 mins another officer was summoned. After a total wait of about 35 mins, he was led out by a couple of officers, laughing. When questioned he said that they had asked him about the nature of the work. He said morris dancing, and it then took the customs officers 30 mins to decide whether the team were going to put any Canadians out of work, by being there. The fellow officer had been summoned as being knowledgable about these things. When asked were we likely to be putting Canadian morris dancers out of work, he replied 'Have you seen the Toronto morris team? To put them out of work would be a kindness, let them go!!'

LTS

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