Photo Gallery – 2016
For the story behind the photos read the Posts from 2016
IVDF
27 Feb, IVDF in Coventry – a bitterly cold day, only marginally warmer in the Lower Precinct Shopping Centre
David in mid song
Near the statue of Lady Godiva, who especially must have been feeling the cold
About to finish Wheel of Fortune – but a small child has taken Malcolm’s place
1-6 with TOCC in the ruins of the Cathedral…
…where the cold wind had got colder
Knees up with guests
… and how did one of Fools Gambit get in?!
Oxford Folk Weekend
16 April, Oxford Folk Weekend
Backs to the wall outside The Bear
In Bonn Square
Ladies in Red
Hook Eagle 25th Birthday Day of Dance
23 Apr, Hook Eagle 25th Birthday Day of Dance, Odiham
Tim looking slightly nervous
David looking slightly imperious
After the event, Simon steals the headlines (not the one about the funeral)
Winchester Mayfest
7 May, the resurrected Winchester Mayfest – outside the City Museum
Birds eye view of Mazurka
Eeek
And relax…
Kirtlington Lamb Ale & Queens Oak
22 May – Kirtlington Lamb Ale …
… Goblins at the Village Hall
Albemarle’s Hop in show spot
More Albemarle’s
7 Jun – Queens Oak, Finchampstead, Florent’s debut – and that’s not his dropped stick…
Dorset Tour
Sat 11 June, on the pier at Swanage ….
…. at the start of a fabulous Dorset Tour, masterminded by David
During it, Tom made his professional debut with the team, albeit with fetching black shoes.
Also during it, Roy made his professional musical debut with the team, with a fetching red fleece.
A successful end (for once) to Base over Apex
Processing along the pier
A new approach to Highland Mary – alternate sitting down
Lunch at Durlston Country Park
Aha – it’s after lunch, and Tom now has white shoes
Looks like a draw
Outside Durlston Castle
Forever to be known as ‘Tom’s plinth’
A grandiose setting for dropping sticks
An evening stroll to The Square and Compass, Worth Matravers
“No, I never said I was bringing your bells…”
An appreciative audience at the pub
Next day…
… at Salisbury Museum
A rarely seen Plain Brown Wrapper, with two willing ‘volunteers’
The cathedral in the background
Last dance of a great weekend, Going Away outside Salisbury Cathedral
Priddy Folk Festival
Sat 9 July, Priddy Folk Festival
In the not-the-Big-Caper show, David is suitably pampered while Jameson is suitably unpampered
And David looks the part in the subsequent jig
The team chillaxing while Lawrence supervises
Sidmouth Folk Week
Sat 30 Jul, first dance at Sidmouth, what else but two by two with Paul?
At the Hub
Roy sporting his waistcoat for the first time
Saturday afternoon procession along the seafront
It’s got to be done
First performance in Blackmore Marquee, 3 by 3
Concentration in Fairies
Saturday night LNE, Jameson in Wheel of Fortune gets a big cheer for ‘the Jameson Walk’
LNE sword dance
Going Away to finish
Sunday morning on the prom ….
… time for an Old Woman
Solo jig competition …
… terrific stuff from Will and Sue
Double jig competition …
… winning stuff from Alun and Mark, with musician Tom
BB members with their awards: Mark, Alun and Tom double jig winners
With Jerry as musician, 3rd place for Windsor dancers Charlotte and Maria
In the solo jig, Jameson with musician Saul Rose won best over 40 and 3rd place overall
On a rainy Monday, BB perform to a family audience as part of the Childrens festival …
… and Jerry teaches Shepherds Hey to BB and some children
David and Heather find time to take in a Wizard of Oz evening on the campsaite
Wednesday morning, and Alun gets fully involved in the BB hanky workshop
Back out on the Hub,JJ for 10
Goblins
Wednesday afternoon, Princess Royal on the stage in Connaught Gardens
BB getting their kicks
Still on the stage, a very relaxed Mazurka
End of Mazurka
Thursday morning stick workshop – David bravely attempting Base over Apex
Thursday lunchtime on the prom – the stick sword dance
Prom musicians
Thursday procession – oh, there seems to be a unicorn in the way
Thursday evening in the Market Place …
… the sword dance with swords
Our last dance in the Market Place …
… has to be Fairies …
… with concentration …
… and more concentration.
Friday lunchtime on the seafront, Will about to repeat his jig, but not enjoying Malcolm’s introduction…
… or moments later his breeches splitting after an ambitiously high kick
Time for all the old favourites – here’s Lord Barry’s Breakfast
Jameson in Champs kit was roped in for Jolly jockey, Champs style
Final afternoon show in Connaught Gardens, show running early so a hastily inserted Sucking the Monkey featuring …
… 25 year old Jerry who dyes his beard grey, Roy who’s forgotten more than he ever knew, David with a complete bird’s nest in his hat…
… Alun the closet Leicester City fan, 50 year old Will who dyes his beard black, and Mark Marky Mark Mark Mark, known to us as just Mark
The end of Coconuts
Our final dance, Knees Up in front of the stage
A final procession around the gardens
In the torchlight procession, 10 for Princess Royal
Our final stroll to the beach
2016 Sidmouth musicians – Roy, Jen, Sue
2016 Sidmouth team – now you don’t see Jameson…
… now you do
Wallingford Bunkfest
Sun 4 Sep – Wallingford Bunkfest…
… in Wallingford Market Place
Morris Fed AGM Day of Dance
Sat 24 Sep, Morris Fed AGM Day of Dance in Nottingham – big audience at first spot…
… by Castle Wharf
More at St. Peter’s Square – must have heard we were coming
A sticky moment in Coconuts
Fine time for a shimmy
Lift off by Robin’s Hood Statue
Where’s the arrow going to go?…
That way-ish…
BB Bunfight
BB Bunfight, Sat 26 Nov – ‘Living La Vida Bunfight!’
Caller Nick Walden doing his stuff with Panjandrum
‘Men in Bags’…..
Wokingham Winter Carnival
Sun 27 Nov, Wokingham Winter Carnival…
… with Princess Royal
Still got (most of) it
Cavalier in front of the Town Hall
More Cavalier
Mark and Will reprise their prize winning Sidmouth jig