After the American adventure there followed a series of excellent evening dance outs – on our own in Binfield, at the Plough, Little London with Basingclog, the George on the Green at Holyport with Taeppas Tump, the Bell at Aldworth with Old Speckled Hen, and the Waggon and Horses at Hartley Wintney with Alton and Fleet. Interspersed with these on 6th July was a day in Abingdon as guests of Mr. Hemmings for their day of dance along with a number of other good teams. The day was notable for quite a lot of rain (never on us of course) resulting in a few compromises of location, but an enjoyable day nevertheless.
Then on 27th and 28th July came one of the season’s highlights, another appearance at the Warwick Folk Festival, our first since 2018. With 13 BB dancers and a full range of musicians on each day, and great weather throughout, this was a highly enjoyable event. Thanks to some careful planning by Jameson we got through some 30 dances over the weekend in a range of locations including Warwick Castle without any repetitions, and were often able to put up 2 sets which always looks a bit more spectacular. Our Saturday workshop, teaching Binfield Jump no less, was also reasonably well attended.
