BS: Strange fruit at Whitby

Subject: BS: Strange fruit at Whitby festival
From: Mo the caller
Date: 29 Aug 10 - 09:20 AM

Holiday makers may have wondered why there were coconuts on the beach last Friday.
A member of our dance workshop at the festival entertained us each morning by writing the praises of a caller or musician in the sand.
For the final morning it was the praise of a dance 'Rosa' which starts with palms to your partners. He wrote/depicted the quote from Romeo and Juliet 'Palm to palm is holy palmer's kiss'. One of the palms was represented by a palm tree complete with cocnuts as a gift to random holiday makers.
By 1pm half of them had gone, I wonder how many people saw the others and didn't take them (never take sweets from strangers). And if they were still there when the tide came in, where would they have washed up? That might give the oceanographers something to ponder about.

Subject: RE: BS: Strange fruit at Whitby
From: Mrrzy
Date: 29 Aug 10 - 03:51 PM

Better coconuts than right feet, I guess, eh?

Subject: RE: BS: Strange fruit at Whitby
From: Mrrzy
Date: 29 Aug 10 - 03:53 PM

I hadn't even known about the WhiDBEy one!

Subject: RE: BS: Strange fruit at Whitby
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 29 Aug 10 - 05:58 PM

Can I just say that I'm really, really (REALLY!) glad that it had nothing to do with Billie Holliday's "Strange Fruit"?

Subject: RE: BS: Strange fruit at Whitby
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 29 Aug 10 - 10:40 PM

i'm with you on that, Desert Dancer.

Subject: RE: BS: Strange fruit at Whitby
From: Mo the caller
Date: 31 Aug 10 - 03:57 AM

Mrrzy, what does the DBE stand for? And why right feet?
Desert Dancer, we may get slightly annoyed with other dancers and callers but not often, and not that much.

Subject: RE: BS: Strange fruit at Whitby
From: Ann N
Date: 31 Aug 10 - 05:35 PM

Quote 'One of the palms was represented by a palm tree complete with coconuts as a gift to random holiday makers.'

    So it wasn't Global Warming affecting the beachcombers haul then :)

Subject: RE: BS: Strange fruit at Whitby
From: Rapparee
Date: 31 Aug 10 - 06:41 PM

I thought this was about the Synod. News doesn't travel very fast around here.

Subject: RE: BS: Strange fruit at Whitby
From: Bill D
Date: 31 Aug 10 - 07:54 PM

mystery feet in Canada

(for information only...don't let this divert the topic)

Subject: RE: BS: Strange fruit at Whitby
From: Mo the caller
Date: 01 Sep 10 - 03:15 AM

Divert it if you want to. let it drift with the tide.
I was expecting Raggy to tell me where the coconuts would drift to but maybe he doesn't come down here.

Subject: RE: BS: Strange fruit at Whitby
From: Mo the caller
Date: 01 Sep 10 - 03:21 AM

Only 1346 years out, Rapaire