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Mo the caller Too old for folk when this is over (62* d) RE: Too old for folk when this is over 14 Aug 20


Not quite the end of the story. Some of us, as in Charmion's thread need the motivation to go from meaning to practice to actually doing it. And dancing solo is not at all the same.
I started lockdown with good intentions. I would use all this time to play tunes and get ready for Whitby Folk week. Start the week at the level that I usually come home after a week of playing with other people. A few weeks later WFF was cancelled and it became obvious that this could go on for a long time since all our folk activities involve close contact with folk. Most discouraging.

As for dancing. It is what keeps some of us moving, some into their 90s. Clubs adapt to the age of participants. Even one well known caller who only a few years ago seemed surprised that calling hornpipes at his mother's club was not a popular choice now calls contra and other smoother types of dance after experiencing joint problems himself.
Zoom solo dancing is OKish, but going round in circles in a small space palls after a while, even if there are friends on your screen doing the same.
I occasionally double step up and down the corridor, can just about manage 32 bars singing and dancing before legs and lungs force me to stop.
Luckily our U3A walking group has restarted, even there my range is not what it was.


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