The next 2 Thursdays were dance outs with some excellent teams local to us: firstly on Thursday 15th June with Taeppas Tump at The Beehive, White Waltham, followed by Thurs 22nd June at the Stag and Hounds, Binfield, both very enjoyable evenings. On Saturday 24th June, we were guests (or did we invite ourselves? not sure…) of Windsor Morris for their Day of Dance, along with Rockhopper. Rockhopper’s musician was very late arriving, so Tom did an excellent job of filling in, finishing learning each dance approximately 10 seconds before going on and playing it faultlessly. We had spots in Peascod Street and at the Two Brewers before having one dance each at the Rotary Fayre in Alexandra Gardens, and then finished with spots at The Boatman and the Guildhall.
The following Thursday was another evening dance out of a different kind – as guests of Kennet Morris for their annual dance out during Henley Festival week. A slightly different kind of audience this time with several blazered gentlemen, rowers and past rowers, admiring the dancing. And just a couple of days later we were Kennet’s guests again, this time for a day of dance in Reading to commemorate their 60th anniversary. 15 local teams took part, and we enjoyed spots in Broad Street, at The Minster, and in the Market Place before a final assembly in Forbury Gardens for a dance from each team interspersed with one or 2 massed dances.
