Tag: Boscastle
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May Day 2025
The 1st May is the start ofthe Morris dancing season and most sides will be out dancing up the sun to make sure that it rises for the rest of the year. As in 2024, we decided it was better to dance down the sun as getting up early (sunrise was around 5.30) is hard…
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End of Season Dance
Our final dance out for the summer was fun and supported by The Wad from Falmouth plus a terrific audience! Both sides performed a variety of their favourite dances and our morris beasties clearly enjoyed the spotlight too. Our selkie Morsterren, was released back into the sea for the winter – a bitter-sweet farewell ……
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The Wellington, 2024
An evening dance out at The Wellington Hotel in Boscastle with an excellent audience watching. Starting with out Ow Tevi and Bear Down Man we danced Cider Stomp, Boscastle Breakdown, Lovers’ Green, September 4th, Upton-on-Severn and Bonnie so Blue. It was good to dance Lovers’ Green here as this is the first place it was…
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The Cobweb, 2024
We decided to dance a little earlier tonight as the England/Netherlands Euro 24 match was on at 8pm and we didn’t want to steal their audience! After weekes of bad weather we were lucky to have a completely rain-free evening to dance. Our thanks to the Cobweb Inn for allowing the outside tables to be…
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The Napoleon, 2024
A sunny evening at The Napoleon Inn in Boscastle, our home turf. An excellent audience, which was great but meant that we had very little space to dance in – this led to some bumping and lots of laughing. We started with our Ow Tevi, as usual, and a Bear Down and danced most of…
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Boscastle, 2024
For the second week in a row we danced at the harbour in Boscastle. This was a quieter affair than the May Day one but we still pulled an appreciative audience and had a good dance. Starting, as we always will now, with our Ow Tevi and a quick Bear Down Man we moved on…
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May Day, 2024
Our first dance out of the season, the May Day, Beltane or Kala Me (May Day in Cornish) dance where Morris sides traditionally dance the sun up and start their year. Well, with the almost constant rain over the past few months our place to dance the sun up, the stitches, was too wet so…
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Lovers’ Green
A special day when one of our own got married and we provided a surprise guard of honour as the happy couple came out of the registry office – followed by some dancing at The Wellington Hotel in Boscastle to entertain the guests. Included in our dance set was a new dance written especially for…
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Boscastle Christmas Lights
On Friday 1st December we performed in the Cobweb Carpark prior to the turning on of the village Christmas lights on our lobster pot tree. In addition to our dances, the entertainment included the children, teachers and staff of Boscastle School and the Boscastle Buoys singing carols. Despite the real cold, a pretty large crowd…
