Can I just say that I know the three warlocks of halifax extremly well and I can guarantee that they are not "old farts". Can I point out to those of you who think that the morris offspring are the only young people doing "morris dancing" that you are WRONG! One of the warlocks of halifax is a fantastic and world renowned cotswold dancer who dances with many cotswold teams and is only 18. Another of the warlocks is involved in a project (i shall name no names due to data protection) that is all about young people carrying on the tradition of dancing and music! The last of the three warlocks dances with a north-west veteran team who have a couple of very young people dancing with them i.e. 7 year olds! who may I add in my humble opinion are better dancers than those in morris offspring.

I am a qualified dancer and I dance with Persephone Women's Morris who apparently are a very well thought of north-west team. In Persephone are half a dozen young people i.e. under 25 who are fantastic dancers - there again the morris tradition doesn't centre around the morris offspring!

May I point out that "Riverdance", "Morris Dancing" and "Morris Offspring" should not be mentioned in the same sentence. I'm a championship Irish dancer and I am ashamed of Riverdance! Morris offspring bare no resemblance what so ever to Riverdance.

Thus concludes my lecture... single minded simpletons need to open their eyes to the amount of young people