Morris Dance South Bank 4/5 September

Subject: Morris Dance South Bank 4/5 September
From: pavane
Date: 03 Sep 10 - 08:12 AM

London, that is.

See here
for details. I can't go as I will be in Wales :(

Subject: RE: Morris Dance South Bank 4/5 September
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 03 Sep 10 - 02:33 PM

lots more info, especially this one.

Do check the video, if you haven't already.

Somewhat closer to (my) home: 1st (ever) Abbots Bromliad, on Monday.

~ Becky in Long Beach, a long way away

Subject: RE: Morris Dance South Bank 4/5 September
From: Ann N
Date: 04 Sep 10 - 02:47 PM

Aah, down in London, not 'over the border' Southbank Middlesbrough :)

Subject: RE: Morris Dance South Bank 4/5 September
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 07 Sep 10 - 02:05 PM

There's a fabulous collection of pictures from the event on flickr, here. (These are multiple photographers' uploads, unsorted, so ultimately there's certain amount of redundancy. But, somebody out there is a really great photographer.)

I only count about half a dozen sides represented there, though I didn't get through the full set of pics. Weren't there to be more?

Any first-hand reports?

~ Becky in Long Beach

Subject: RE: Morris Dance South Bank 4/5 September
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 07 Sep 10 - 04:20 PM

Brilliant, exhilarating pictures! But like Becky says, in addition to Hammersmith and Mortimers, what other sides?

Kitty

Subject: RE: Morris Dance South Bank 4/5 September
From: GUEST,Rich Arrowsmith
Date: 07 Sep 10 - 05:27 PM

There was also Stone Monkey, Pecsaetan, Eynsham, Boggarts Breakfast and Gog magog.

Subject: RE: Morris Dance South Bank 4/5 September
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 07 Sep 10 - 07:45 PM

A couple of good articles, although with a few glitches in their numbers:

Before event: Thoroughly modern morris dancing - says "100 sides", when it was to be more like 100 side members

After event: 5000 Morris Dancers Light Up London's Southbank - relatively little focus on the actual morris dancers present, but good overall

~ Becky in Long Beach

Subject: RE: Morris Dance South Bank 4/5 September
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 08 Sep 10 - 08:01 AM

Hopefully someone will have recorded the performance of the Morris On album - the BBC perhaps??

Subject: RE: Morris Dance South Bank 4/5 September
From: GUEST,Ralphie
Date: 08 Sep 10 - 08:17 AM

Looking for another free download are we?
No, it wasn't recorded. Sorry to spoil your fun.

Subject: RE: Morris Dance South Bank 4/5 September
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 08 Sep 10 - 11:38 AM

Here is some of the dancing on YouTube:

Hammersmith

Gog Magog Molly

Boggart's Breakfast

~ Becky in Long Beach

Subject: RE: Morris Dance South Bank 4/5 September
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 08 Sep 10 - 11:54 AM

And thanks to the links provided by Becky, I now know that the side dancing in corsets are Belles of London City - how different from the Beaux!

Kitty

Subject: RE: Morris Dance South Bank 4/5 September
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 08 Sep 10 - 12:29 PM

The Belles area photogenic group, aren't they!

Subject: RE: Morris Dance South Bank 4/5 September
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 08 Sep 10 - 01:31 PM

"are a" not "area"!

Subject: RE: Morris Dance South Bank 4/5 September
From: Paul Davenport
Date: 09 Sep 10 - 01:10 PM

'how different from the Beaux!' - how much more refreshing and, when you examine the record, how very traditional!