The border that we are tending to see popping up all over the place at the moment seems to have more in common with revival teams like the Flag Crackers and Plum Jerkum (apologies to those I've missed out) in their kit (black rag coat and top hat compulsory + gimmick) and general approach (hey, we're Pagans)- than with the border teams as they existed of old. It is indeed fun for all and is currently so popular that in the North West it is taking over from the traditional dance of the area - some NW teams are very rocky indeed at the moment - as the thing to do. Soon all we'll have is Stone the Thieving Clerical Powder Crackers type revival border style dance in the country and clogs will have joined the fat old men waving hankies lying unloved and forgotten in the waste bin of un-trendy traditional dance, modern border is the grey squirrel in the folk dance forest. I know that all the participants are doing this for pleasure and as a hobby, but shouldn't we feel som responsibility towards safeguarding regional tradition before we re-write the books?