It’s not strictly relevant, but it is interesting – here’s a colour film of London from 1927.
https://vimeo.com/7638752
Gloucestershire Tour Information
Please find attached the details and arrangements for this year’s Gloucestershire Tour, with many thanks to Robin for all his chasing around. In response to feedback, this year’s accommodation arrangements are different and similar to the Cotswolds. Indoor camping will be in the Scout Hut in Minchinhampton which is 5-10 minutes’ walk from The Crown. There is a kitchen where we will make some breakfast and we have the luxury of indoor toilets! The Scout Hut address is: Minchinhampton Scout Hut, Doctor Brown’s Road, Minchinhampton, Glos. GL6 9DD. I hope that’s more amenable to everyone.
We’re a little tight on numbers this year so I’ve cut one pub from the Saturday tour which means, I’m afraid, that there might be some more time sitting in the pub drinking beer/singing/playing etc. Our apologies for that.
If anyone else fancies adding themselves to the list for the weekend, please don’t hesitate to shout!
Click below to download tour programme:
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Team Dancing Spreadsheet
Keeping track of who’s going to be dancing at what is managed by a shared Google Spreadsheet.
You can access it by using the following link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ap36Z4EAJF-8cHBtRHhOMDR5MzlvRFo0eEJqSGRwSnc&usp=sharing
Petition: Britain’s Intangible Heritage
(via Mike Wilson-Jones)
Our intangible heritage is at risk.
That means us and what we stand for as morris dancers and people interested in our customs and heritage.
This is vitally important to the future of culture and tradition in all of the UK.
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/46671
Please sign & spread the word – mightily
If there gets to be 100k signatures, there has to be a UK parliamentary debate.
Many of you will have seen recent news coverage of how the traditional Easter custom of the Bacup Coconut Dancers processing through their local streets was nearly prevented by local authority insistence on paying for policing and training of stewards. Just think how many local customs could disappear from our streets. It could also spread to morris dance displays and mummers plays.
You only have to look at the Unesco site to see how many similar customs in other countries have already been ‘protected’. But there are none in the UK!
It is quite clear that when the folk world gets behind a particular campaign it raises a huge amount of support.