EventsLongsword Open Practice evening - Tuesday 31st January
on Tuesday 31st January from 8pm-10pm
at the Poppy and Pint, Pierrepont Road, Lady Bay, Nottingham NG2 5DX
They will be teaching their interpretation of the traditional
longsword dance from the village of Sleights in Yorkshire.
A further session will be held on 28th February for the Helmsley longsword dance.
Dancers and musicians of any age are welcome.
No previous sword dancing experience is required.
For details, email sullivanssword@hotmail.co.uk
or phone Alistair Bloomfield on 0115 9227989, mobile 07946 584298
"...an hop about like fleas!"
and 360 degree video dance footage taken at Dinosaurs Not Allowed 2011
- the traditional and the ultra modern come together in the ICCI 360 Dome.
Young dancers and musicians needed
The Great Caper has been commissioned to create a new Cotswold Morris style dance to be performed on the evening of Friday 7th September 2012 in the ICCI 360 Dome in Weymouth, as part of "...an hop about like fleas!" a Cultural Olympiad concert.
Practices will start in the New Year. Practice venue and dates tbc. Dancers should be based in the South West, with priority being given to Dorset based dancers.
Give Kim a ring on 0117 9401566 or
email greatcapermorris@aol.com for more information.
Calling young South West based acoustic musicians aged 16 - 25yrs
A unique opportunity for young South West based acoustic musicians to take part in the Cultural Olympiad in Weymouth on Friday 7th September 2012. "...an hop about like fleas!" starts with a one day workshop with Tim Laycock and Colin Thompson and ends in a multi-media concert that same evening.
Free to participants and audience. Workshop open to young musicians aged 12 - 25yrs with abilitty to sight read / quickly learn by ear.
for more information please contact John on 0777 9257096
or email Caperbag@aol.com
Dinosaurs Not Allowed - September 24th 2011
Dinosaurs Not Allowed was a great success, 17 sides, 13 of them Open Morris members danced in the warm autumn sunshine to the delight of the hoards of tourists and locals.Through the project about 800 children have experienced the Morris, with all the schools from this years workshops creating their own performing side. Plans are developing for a Morris Club to form in Weymouth so that a side will be created independent of the schools so that young dancers can continue in the club after they have left the school, and other schools have moved from school based to after school based with plans to set up a Morris Youth Club.
Thanks to many supporters, Weymouth Folk Community, the Pirates of MV Freedom and the Poole Pirates acting as our stewards (aargh) and trillions of others.
Watch out for footage in a few days on the London 2012 site.
