The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #92092 Message #1756303
Posted By: Mo the caller
09-Jun-06 - 05:53 PM
Thread Name: Overlapping (folk) worlds
Subject: Overlapping (folk) worlds
I've noticed, when we go to festivals that we are among several sets of people who are experts in their own worlds. When we need a rest from dancing we might go to a shanty sesssion. The room will be full of people who know all the words to shanties we never heard before, even ones with incomprehensible lines (did they really sing'Every finger a fid'?). Or we'll try our hand at playing in a session, again a room full of people who all know the tunes, and can play them. We recognise a few, but can't play them at that speed. Or a concert, all those artists we didn't know we were missing. And on the way to these diversions we may pass another crowd who get their pleasure from wearing odd clothes any performing in the street.
Never mind, if any of them dropped in to the Social dance they'd find that we can do not only a ladies chain but also Grimstock Hey, Star through, Turn single, Swing through......
We enjoy it all. If only there was time for all of it.