Start to enjoy life? Actually that's why I play with Whitby Scratch and sing and listen in the Tap 'n' Spile! Isn't it elitist to exclude people? We welcome any (male) Cotswold dancer and any musician and I've met lots of new friends this way.

Geoff's right - I never saw any Scratch member tripping dancers. I've only seen two dance team members who seemed upset with Scratch's attending the final dance display. On each occasion I thought they were having a laugh as it seemed so out of character. For the rest of it it seems that the dancers were glad to meet up with old friends from the dance fraternity.

It does seem odd that Whitby Scratch Morris are only now getting criticised for doing exactly the same things they've been doing for more than 20 years.