Greenman festival bradford on Avon

​Bradford on Avon Greenman Festival Sat 10th May

The 100 odd mile drive to get to Bradford On Avon is always worthwhile as we spent a fabulous day dancing in this sun drenched town in Wiltshire at the Greenman Festival which included 45 dance groups and most of them being Morris sides.

We performed at four different locations around the town and it was lovely dancing near to the river Avon which is a central theme of this honeycomb coloured town.  Most of the material used to build Bradford was hewn from mined rock, much like nearby Bath. It was great to see Alison there with Roger. Hope we see you back with us in the autumn Alison!

We danced our new dance, Curly Boar at the four locations and that drew positive reactions from other Morris sides we danced with. 

The Greenman came and visited us at one spot near the famous Bradford Cheese Shop and a lot of the side joined him in a country dance which seemed to spontaneously break out!

Thanks to all the dancers who were able to make it to the event, and especially so to the musicians Sian and Roger who found the hot weather playing havoc with fiddle tuning pegs!

Here’s a selection of photos taken on the day by Claire, Erin, Di, Alison and Paul. Hope they invite us back next year!