Olympics Deliberately Refusing Morris...

Subject: RE: Olympics Deliberately Refusing Morris...
From: GUEST,John Foxen
Date: 30 Jan 12 - 12:54 PM

Let's face it: Shakespeare is fuddy duddy and morris dancing and all that hey nonny no stuff don't cut the mustard in this modern age.
Forget tradition. Danny Boyle should be using his own works that have made him famous to present a proud picture of modern Britain.
For instance, visitors to the games could arrive in an apparently deserted London then be savaged by flesh-eating zombies.
They could be taken on tours of derelict stations to meet colourful dossers, drunks and drug addicts.
They could be introduced to queues of would-be slumdog millionaires who feel that with the shattered economy their only chance of the good life is to win a TV quiz or talent show.
Any surviving tourists could be killed for their money then buried in shallow graves
Meanwhile, anyone who wants to miss the opening ceremony will surely be at Cambridge.
PS What a shame they got Seb Coe to run the Olympics and not Pete Coe.

Subject: RE: Olympics Deliberately Refusing Morris...
From: Tradsinger
Date: 30 Jan 12 - 01:40 PM

I must say I agree with the premise and indignation of the original post. It just goes to show how low English folk culture has fallen in the eyes of the "authorities". Just imagine if there was an Olympic event in Scotland - would there be ranks of Scottish pipers and dancers? - you betcha. Several people have mentioned Damien Barber - I applaud what he is doing in his roadshow and that, scaled up and danced with young athletic dancers would be dazzling.

Several other people have mentioned grey-haired Morris. I am a Morris dancer and grey-haired and in my 60s. However, I would have no desire to see me and my like in the show. No, what it needed was to train up a new young vigorous band of dancers. Not just morris - rapper, sword, stepdance etc. Nor would I be opposed to some multi-cultural elements being introduced, so long as the core was English traditions.

So basically the Olympic authorities have bottled it and let us all down. I think there is a good case for some Morris public disobedience when the games are on. After all, the PEL allows Morris wherever. I rest my case.

Tradsinger

Subject: RE: Olympics Deliberately Refusing Morris...
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 30 Jan 12 - 01:52 PM

What Dave of Mawkin said, is a realistic and doable solution to what some deem a problem.

I figured LOCOG was a bunch of wankers on the day they approved the London Olympic logo which looks humorously like Lisa Simpson giving Bart Simpson head. The travesty of a handover show at the close of Beijing Olympics confirmed it for me. It's all about the bus (famous London icon) cum Transformer with a random selection of current and has been celebs.

Christ the whole thing is a joke. Morris dance is better off to be kept far far away from the London Myopic Olympic committee.

Subject: RE: Olympics Deliberately Refusing Morris...
From: SINSULL
Date: 30 Jan 12 - 01:57 PM

As a bow to folk I am sure some of those children will be dressed up in pearly buttons.

Subject: RE: Olympics Deliberately Refusing Morris...
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 30 Jan 12 - 02:01 PM

No! We should be there. This is once in a century stuff. Were not superior to this, we're just being rejected. You can't pretend that we're rejecting them. the fact is - they don't want folk music as is, you figure it....!

Subject: RE: Olympics Deliberately Refusing Morris...
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 30 Jan 12 - 02:22 PM

Well how do you propose to get their attention? It would take some heavy weights in government (which is obviously embarrassed by its cultural heritage) to get them to pay any heed.

An ePetition? It would not generate enough signatures in time to effect change unless you could manage to get every single Morris dancer (globally) and their family and friends to sign it. How do you organise that?

A letter writing campaign to LOCOG, David Cameron, Jeremy Hunt (Culture Secretary), Danny Boyle? Who and how do you get it going and get enough involved?

OCCUPY OLYMPICS- A Morris protest - rolling into main arena in thousands of caravans?

Subject: RE: Olympics Deliberately Refusing Morris...
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 30 Jan 12 - 02:37 PM

I guess we could have a parallel campaigne to stop Morris or any other folk activity being involved in this rediculous waste of time and money?

Just a thought

L in C#
Clog dance lessons at The Beech 25th Feb M21 9EG

Subject: RE: Olympics Deliberately Refusing Morris...
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 30 Jan 12 - 03:04 PM

You're probably right, but I think its a bit sad.

Subject: RE: Olympics Deliberately Refusing Morris...
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 30 Jan 12 - 03:26 PM

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Subject: RE: Olympics Deliberately Refusing Morris...
From: GUEST,999
Date: 30 Jan 12 - 03:35 PM

I used to follow the Olympics closely until I saw how commercialized it was becoming and that was that. I think 1972 was it for me. Sad when athletes take performance enhancing drugs, but certainly an indication of the riches to be derived from winning.

Subject: RE: Olympics Deliberately Refusing Morris...
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 30 Jan 12 - 04:45 PM

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