Swanage Folk Festival - part two

[puddleshark]

OBJ Morris.








Towersey Horseshoes Morris.




Infiltrated by a member of Armaleggan.


Wickham Morris.




Ilfracombe Red Petticoats.








The ladies of Baharah Dance, in their fabulous costumes.






Rockhopper Morris. *Boing!*


Mayflower Morris.








Hobos Border Morris.





It's really hard to photograph the Hobos, because their music is so insanely catchy, you can't keep still.


Marlings Morris.




Anonymous Morris.


Impressive stick juggling skills!!

Comments

[kotturinn]

Did you and watervole get to meet up?

[watervole]

Sadly not. I've got an infection in my ear and it's making me very dizzy. Add that to a foot injury... I didn't dare even thinking about dancing.

MY granddaughter was there though. She's in the last photo, close to the camera.

I spent a quiet weekend at Corfe Castle with the English Civil War society, sitting down and telling people about 17th century clothing.

[kotturinn]

So she is!

Ugh to ear and foot, not nice. Hope the back is behaving itself. That sounds like another nice way to spend a weekend though.

[puddleshark]

Oh, no! I'm so sorry to hear that you had to miss Swanage. Though spending the weekend with the English Civil War society also sounds like fun. I saw the pikemen making their way up through Corfe as I was driving through on Saturday. One of these days I will make it to Corfe to see a re-enactment.

I hope the ear infection and the foot injury soon get better.

[watervole]

It was a good re-enactment. I spoke to some really knowledgeable people, and managed to interest a few people in 17th century underwear!

There was some really good pike and musket drill as well.

And loads of kids lining up to try a mini-pike!

Foot's nearly there now, and I'm gaining on the ear.

[sartorias]

I love the color soooo much.

[puddleshark]

So much colour! 😊

[watervole]

Great photo of Anonymous Morris. The stick tossing dance is called 'Chaos Squared'.

[puddleshark]

Thank you!

Anonymous Morris had attracted such a good crowd, it was really hard to get any clear photos. Wonderfully entertaining dances, as always!

[nikonf3]

The light and the color on the dancers is marvelous.

[puddleshark]

I am increasingly fond of folk festivals. A day spent wandering through a riot of colour and eccentricity is such a great antidote to the grimness of the day job.