But the big event for us in June came at the end of the month when one of the guest teams at Windsor Morris’s 40th birthday weekend. This turned out to be a highly enjoyable weekend, once again based at Trevelyan school in Windsor, where Emma is a teacher. The weekend started with socialising on the Friday evening, followed by a day of dancing in Windsor on the Saturday, along with other guest teams Great Western, Bristol, and Seven Champions. After good dance spots around the town during the day, it was back to the school for afternoon tea and then, in honour of Windsor’s 40th, a 70s themed evening. Cue an opportunity for some over the top 70s outfits, and a mix of real and fake dodgy moustaches. After a cava reception and supper, there was a mix of entertainments from all the teams. Seven Champions kicked off with a ‘Spot the Molly Dancer’ line-up with molly catcher extraordinaire Chris Rose sniffing out the real one while dressed as a cross between a witchfinder and a pilgrim father. Great Western’s spot consisted of mimes of 1975 references, and Windsor’s spot was mimes of 1975 song titles. Our own offering was a reprise of one of our spots of yesteryear, our own version of YMCA, retitled ‘In The Bedlams’, as first performed at the Bunfight in 1995. So once again out came variations on the Village People outfits, with a couple of cowboys (Paul and Bob), a couple of construction workers (Will and Malcolm), a very authentic US cop (Roy), a couple of saucy sailors (Jerry and Jameson), Mark as the over moustachioed leather boy, Rob gamely reprising his significantly under dressed Red Indian, and out front, complete in the gayest BB kit you’re likely to see anywhere, and striding the floor in the way only he can, David, doing a great job on the lead vocals. Another roaring success, and as the audience included several Bunfight regulars who have been trained over the years to demand an encore, an encore was demanded – though a single verse and chorus only second time round. More games followed all the spots, and overall a great evening.
For the Sunday, Windsor had arranged to dance with the guest teams at Cliveden, a National Trust owned country house (partly now a hotel) by the River Thames near Maidenhead. After a drizzly start, the weather improved and the second dance spot, alongside the Orangery Cafe, was a great success with lots of interaction between the teams, including Great Western and Windsor doing a leapfrog dance together, Will and Mark joining some of the Great Western dances, and some of Great Western joining us for Coconuts and Knees Up. Not sure they quite got the hang of the hands-on-knees figure though… All in all a great weekend, and huge thanks to Windsor for immaculate organisation throughout.
