Coincidentally, the ceilidh band I play in did a gig tonight (I'm just back from it). The gig was the culmination of a day of morris dancing for 4 local primary schools in my area. The children had been practising and dancing all day, in their own costumes, and they - plus teachers and parents - all got together on a local village hall to demonstrate their dancing. So we had children strutting their morris stuff and then the adults being shown some dances to music by the band.

It was a great evening. The hall was packed. The children danced delightfully, and everyone had a great time. The event was sponsored by SEFAN - the South-East Folk Arts Network - and a huge amount of time was put in by local teachers, parents and stalwarts from the Ditchling Morris. I felt privileged to be part of it - even as just a humble member of the band.

And I should add that Ditchling Morris regularly dance in Normandy and invite local French dance teams back to Sussex.

There's a lot of good stuff going on...