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40th birthday weekend - Fri 21st - Sun 23rd July - our guests performing |
Setting
the scene at our weekend base - Tadley Rugby Club |
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Next
home game - Billy Bedlams |
Camp
site |
Jackets
ready to go! |
Saturday
morning - one dance for each team before setting off |
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A
9 man line up for BB for 3 by 3 |
Halfway
through |
The
end - can we have a white line to finish on for all our dances? |
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The
first of our wonderful guest teams - Brighton Morris! |
The
equally wonderful Chinewrde |
The
equally wonderful Oyster women |
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The
equally wonderful Oyster men |
The
equally wonderful Silver Flame ... |
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though one of them spent a lot of the weekend hanging around |
During
the day at West Berks Brewery, Milestones Museum, and the White Hart at
Sherfield on Loddon |
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BB
1 at the Brewery (raining outside!) |
Oyster
at the Brewery |
Oyster
outside Milestones Museum |
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BB
A inside Milestones |
BB
1 inside Milestones |
Oyster
inside Milstones |
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A
splendid Brighton jig |
Chinewrde's
fine musicians at the White Hart |
A
couple of Oysters had a go at Goblins, though at this stage hadn't quite
picked it up |
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Brighton
found 6 could comfortably fit under a sun umbrella during light
drizzle... |
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and remained there while Oyster were rained on |
"...I'm
determined to finish this introduction, no matter who's following
me..." |
Sunday
23rd dancing in Reading, joined also by the wonderful Windsor
Morris |
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The
lion had been watching earlier but turned away at just the wrong moment |
High
danger in Broad Street |
Hello
everyone! Thanks for coming! |
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One
member of Silver Flame standing still... |
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and one member hanging around - again |
Chinewrde
in Broad Street |
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Windsor
also introducing danger to the unwary shoppers... |
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and with some Brighton admirers |
Brighton's
fine musicians |
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Watchers |
Had
to be done, didn't it Ben? |
"Ere,
did I tell you about......................" |
A
final dance from each team outside the Town Hall |
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Brighton
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thanks for coming! |
Chinewrde... |
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thanks for coming! |
Oyster... |
...
thanks for coming! |
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Silver
Flame - despite the constant hanging around... |
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thanks for coming! |
Ah!
Must be a sword dance... |
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...
yes, definitely is ... |
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all right, no need to shout |
BB! |
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A
brilliant weekend - massive thanks to everyone who came for joining in
the spirit of our weekend! |