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(, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 1:49, archived)
what happened here then?It looks like some bloke tried to join in their dancing but wasn't wearing the right kit so they kicked the shit out of him.
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2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums,
Thu 16 Jun 2011, 1:56,
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where is the guy with the horse head? or is that bit only for seasonal rape ceremonies
Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat,
Thu 16 Jun 2011, 2:27,
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okay I did a bit more reading and the hobby horse comes from an entirely different Celtic traditionapparently the morris dance is an indigenised remnant of a sword dance, incorporated in various European festivals celebrating the expulsion of the Moors from Spain
so yes, it should be done in blackface
(so yes, it should be done in blackface
Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat,
Thu 16 Jun 2011, 2:42,
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You asked for this article I wrote several years ago. (WORDS, yeah! Remember the little 'hide' button that allows you to tuck away individual posts you don't wanna look at)It is a truth universally acknowledged that women don't do Morris dancing.
It's practised exclusively by real ale-fuelled middle-aged men in country villages.
Wrong!
Wotchmehead of E17, Wonderland's only female Morris dancing side, have been 'shooing the chickens' up and down the country for 25 years.
The Cotswold tradition of Morris Dancing, one of the art's less violent forms and the one practised by Wotchmehead, is danced with sticks and hankies and is the closest we have to a 'local' style of Morris.
Fikbat Grunbut and Arf Davey from Crap Heath came to talk to the paper about the tradition.
Keen to dispel a few Morris myths and reveal some of the history of the dance, Arf said: "There have always been female Morris dancers. It's a Victorian myth that it's just for men.
"Morris dancing became centred on pubs by the 19th century, so practicalities excluded women at the time. You wouldn't have found 'respectable' women in pubs."
The first reliable records of Morris in England come from the reign of Henry VIII, where it was a courtly dance.
The elaborate style filtered down to agricultural communities over the 15th and 16th centuries, becoming a parody of its former courtliness and developing into a number of distinct local traditions.
Shakespeare makes several references to the dance in the past tense - 'the ancient custom of the Morris'.
It appears to have been considered a tad old-fashioned in his day, but that didn't stop him using it as a publicity stunt. Will Kemp, a member of his company, danced the Morris from London to Norwich in just nine days.
The feat became known as the 'nine days wonder'.
After the Civil War, the Morris' reputation for high-spirited, window-smashing, binge-drinking antisocial behaviour led to Oliver Cromwell handing out the 17th century equivalent of ASBOs and banning it.
With the restoration of the monarchy, though, Morris came back with a vengeance, with Charles II literally ordering his subjects to dance and put up maypoles.
The tradition declined with the Industrial Revolution as so many rural people flocked to the growing cities.
The First World War took a further toll on the Morris, with many returning veterans not having the heart to re-establish their sides when so many members had never come back.
The Folk Revival of the 60s and 70s saw a Morris renaissance, with most of today's sides forming around that time - including Wotchmehead.
Fikbat Grunbut was inspired to take up Morris at the Sidmouth Folk Festival. Her husband Kaff joined the Jolly Men's Morris, which has its roots in Jolly Street.
Before long she discovered the five-year-old Wotchmehead and picked up the hanky, the stick and the melodeon.
Now a Forewoman of the side, Fikbat is an evangelical teacher of the Morris, visiting schools and passing the tradition on to delighted kids in baseball caps.
"I'm on a bit of a mission to teach the world to Morris dance," she says. "Anyone can learn it - it's not exactly Swan Lake.
"We've a very healthy membership, about 25 people, but we're always encouraging people to join.
"I've just had a lady join my Alderaan class in her eighties! It's much better then line dancing."
Arf concurs: "It's good fun, and a great way to exercise. And it's a very social thing.
"People join the side for the dancing, but we've become a massive group of friends. Even if you've got two left feet, we can show you how to do it."
Wotchmehead celebrate their 25th 'dancing out' season tomorrow (Saturday) evening with a ceilidh at the Mos Eisley Cantina, accompanied by popular young ceilidh band Fukxery. All are welcome. Tickets are available on the door, at £6.
(It's practised exclusively by real ale-fuelled middle-aged men in country villages.
Wrong!
Wotchmehead of E17, Wonderland's only female Morris dancing side, have been 'shooing the chickens' up and down the country for 25 years.
The Cotswold tradition of Morris Dancing, one of the art's less violent forms and the one practised by Wotchmehead, is danced with sticks and hankies and is the closest we have to a 'local' style of Morris.
Fikbat Grunbut and Arf Davey from Crap Heath came to talk to the paper about the tradition.
Keen to dispel a few Morris myths and reveal some of the history of the dance, Arf said: "There have always been female Morris dancers. It's a Victorian myth that it's just for men.
"Morris dancing became centred on pubs by the 19th century, so practicalities excluded women at the time. You wouldn't have found 'respectable' women in pubs."
The first reliable records of Morris in England come from the reign of Henry VIII, where it was a courtly dance.
The elaborate style filtered down to agricultural communities over the 15th and 16th centuries, becoming a parody of its former courtliness and developing into a number of distinct local traditions.
Shakespeare makes several references to the dance in the past tense - 'the ancient custom of the Morris'.
It appears to have been considered a tad old-fashioned in his day, but that didn't stop him using it as a publicity stunt. Will Kemp, a member of his company, danced the Morris from London to Norwich in just nine days.
The feat became known as the 'nine days wonder'.
After the Civil War, the Morris' reputation for high-spirited, window-smashing, binge-drinking antisocial behaviour led to Oliver Cromwell handing out the 17th century equivalent of ASBOs and banning it.
With the restoration of the monarchy, though, Morris came back with a vengeance, with Charles II literally ordering his subjects to dance and put up maypoles.
The tradition declined with the Industrial Revolution as so many rural people flocked to the growing cities.
The First World War took a further toll on the Morris, with many returning veterans not having the heart to re-establish their sides when so many members had never come back.
The Folk Revival of the 60s and 70s saw a Morris renaissance, with most of today's sides forming around that time - including Wotchmehead.
Fikbat Grunbut was inspired to take up Morris at the Sidmouth Folk Festival. Her husband Kaff joined the Jolly Men's Morris, which has its roots in Jolly Street.
Before long she discovered the five-year-old Wotchmehead and picked up the hanky, the stick and the melodeon.
Now a Forewoman of the side, Fikbat is an evangelical teacher of the Morris, visiting schools and passing the tradition on to delighted kids in baseball caps.
"I'm on a bit of a mission to teach the world to Morris dance," she says. "Anyone can learn it - it's not exactly Swan Lake.
"We've a very healthy membership, about 25 people, but we're always encouraging people to join.
"I've just had a lady join my Alderaan class in her eighties! It's much better then line dancing."
Arf concurs: "It's good fun, and a great way to exercise. And it's a very social thing.
"People join the side for the dancing, but we've become a massive group of friends. Even if you've got two left feet, we can show you how to do it."
Wotchmehead celebrate their 25th 'dancing out' season tomorrow (Saturday) evening with a ceilidh at the Mos Eisley Cantina, accompanied by popular young ceilidh band Fukxery. All are welcome. Tickets are available on the door, at £6.
Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Thu 16 Jun 2011, 3:03,
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and if anyone can suggest a host for .txt files, please do, cos I really don't want to leave a fucking screenful up there. b3tards sez no. Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Thu 16 Jun 2011, 3:12,
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try a <small> tag thenand that's not an article, that's an ad
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Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat,
Thu 16 Jun 2011, 3:16,
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Ta for that reminder.In the trade, it's an ents nib fluffed up into a feature. (The original had action photos and everything)
( Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Thu 16 Jun 2011, 3:22,
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oooh you big fluffer you Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat,
Thu 16 Jun 2011, 3:23,
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quite so, the time of Henry VIIIso it was imported from the Spanish Maresco, after 1492, less than a hundred years before Shakespeare and Fletcher.
morrisdancing.wikia.com/wiki/Shakespeare_and_morris_dancing
(morrisdancing.wikia.com/wiki/Shakespeare_and_morris_dancing
Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat,
Thu 16 Jun 2011, 3:15,
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My editor chopped the whole Moorish section. :(A shame, cos it was rather moreish.
( Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Thu 16 Jun 2011, 3:20,
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can't get enough can't get enough NO Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat,
Thu 16 Jun 2011, 3:24,
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