Yet again, Rattlejag Morris will dance in the rising sun on Castle Hill, Laxton, Nottinghamshire on May Morning, in a tradition that stretches back into the last century! We welcome all who share the spirit of the occasion - and cater for the physical needs too, with beer & butties.

Whether it's really pagan or a secularised community entertainment is rather an academic point when you're involved: The excitement of preparation, the awareness of the many (yes, many) spectators, the layers of history in the ground we dance on, all give a feeling of BEING a red-letter day on the calendar; the integration of the self with the natural cycle.

We're often lucky enough to experience that moment of revelation that is the sun actually bursting over the horizon AS we're dancing, like a floodlight onto our stage. The adrenalin shot of that instant might have made a "ritual dancer" of any tradition believe in the power of what they were doing!