The following Sunday (31st July) several of the side were at Sidmouth for dancing on the prom at lunchtime and again in the early evening, sharing a spot with the recently formed Fools Gambit, a fine young side which amongst others includes our own Will M, Alun and Mark. But sandwiched between these spots was one of the (morris) highlights of Sidmouth Folk Week, the annual jig competition. This featured entries in the double jig from Will B and Alun, accompanied by Sue, and in the solo jig from Jameson, also accompanied by Sue. Will and Alun performed an excellent ‘Go and Enlist’ jig and were somewhat unfortunate not to be placed in the top 3. Jameson, however, excelled himself with a smoothly flowing ‘Nutting Girl’, beautifully played by Sue, and they deservedly won the prize for the best over-40, and second place overall. This was greeted with rapturous applause from the audience, but a few seconds later there was even louder applause as the fully merited winner was declared – none other than Emma, accompanied by Mark Rogers. We think that under the circumstances Jameson probably didn’t mind being beaten by a girl – though it must have made for an interesting car journey home to Wokingham that evening.
