Gower folk festival

We had a lovely morning performing at the Gower Festival at Weobley Castle in balmy sunshine and in total contrast to the maelstrom we encountered last Saturday at Rhossili!

We did three sets of dances in an hour and a half with highlights being Y Gaseg Eira, a Welsh Morris dance from Nantgarw, and The Curly Boar, our very own Sweyns Ey Morris creation. Vandals of Hammerwich and Ring of Bells from Lichfield, and Riggs of doom from Bampton provided an interesting dance programme, and it was great getting positive feed back from members of the audience, especially the guy who dances with Taunton Dean Morris Men who thought we danced extremely well! This year we just danced and did not involve the audience and I think several of us thought this to be the right approach. If you want to do a Morris Workshop, do it separate to a dance display!

Following the dancing, we sat by the castle, admiring the views over a sun kissed estuary, planning our next dance out on Thursday 18th when we shall be at the King Arthur and Arthur’s Stone!