Abram Circle Dance goes international:-D

Subject: Abram Circle Dance goes international:-D
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 27 Jun 26 - 04:40 PM

After a couple of fallow years due to an ageing team and a tragic loss, Abram Circle Dance was performed once again on its traditional day, today, and at its traditional venue, the Morris dancers ground by...

Minnesota Traditional Morris

I am proud to have been part of the band playing for this auspicious event and later, at the Buck Inn, Abram, to have been part of the band playing for the traditional team. We had to borrow 3 Minnesotians to make up the optimal 14 dancers but we did it :-)

Long may the transatlantic Morris community last!

Subject: RE: Abram Circle Dance goes international:-D
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 27 Jun 26 - 04:44 PM

For reference, this is Minnesota and this is Abram

Subject: RE: Abram Circle Dance goes international:-D
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 27 Jun 26 - 07:10 PM

You mean folks from Minnesota travelled to your location to perform?

Subject: RE: Abram Circle Dance goes international:-D
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 28 Jun 26 - 07:46 AM

Yes! They were on a tour of the UK and happened to be in the north of England this weekend so they performed at the Morris Dancers Ground.

I must comment on one of the best caps I have seen on one of the US team members

Make America Great Britain Again

:-D

Subject: RE: Abram Circle Dance goes international:-D
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 28 Jun 26 - 10:43 AM

I was trying to work out the names - it didn't seem possible that "Minnesota" was a name that originally appeared in the UK so that must mean that someone from that state traveled to the UK. But there was some cognitive dissonance in working against that conclusion at first. ;-)

Subject: RE: Abram Circle Dance goes international:-D
From: Paul Burke
Date: 30 Jun 26 - 12:07 PM

Mynydd Swta is a name that could certainly have appeared in the UK. It's Welsh for Abrupt Mountain. It probably describes the approach to Mount Eagle from Lake Superior, which is an average 1 in 40 (2.5%) gradient. Not very abrupt by Welsh standards of course.