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Thread #151220 Message #3527842
Posted By: Green Man
19-Jun-13 - 06:05 AM
Thread Name: Why are morris dancers under threat from
Subject: RE: Why are morris dancers under threat from
Morris men are under threat from themselves.
As long as they run the Morris like a big boys club it will decline.
If it was not for women maintaining the tradition over wartime periods it probably would be in a much worse state.
The Morris Ring have their ideas and the rest don't.
I much prefer Border or Cotswold to the c loggers but they do have their place and they dress up in strange outfits (even for Morris people)
I think we are dying out in a demographic sense as we as a group are failing to attract young people to continue the tradition.