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Dancing has been scuppered of late after several of the side caught COVID. It was disappointing that we had to cancel our Summer Solstice gig at Arthur’s Stone, as well as a planned dance out with Carreg Las and Heb Enw Morris at Laugharne. However, with the side testing negative, we went ahead with a planned tour of these two lovely pubs situated to the north of Swansea. The locals came out in force to watch us at the New Inn where we did several dances including Skirmish Fieldtown, Y Caseg Eira Nantgarw, Speed the Plough Bampton as well as Adderbury dances before the heavens opened upon us with much heavy rain just before we started our second set! This signalled a move to the Millers just a mere couple of miles away, and miraculously, it was dry there so we did several dances including Badby and enjoyed the ale there. A good evening all round and signs of us getting back on our feet after a bit of a setback.
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Sweyn's Ey Morris have had a long affiliation with the old Gower Halfpenny Folk Club, dating back to the early 70s when it was held in the Britannia Inn, and more laterly, the Greyhound. Sadly, the folk club ceased when the Greyhound closed but each June a festival is held at Weobley Castle Farm, and we’ve been honoured to be invited to dance there. This June saw us perform at the festival for the first time in two years and it was wonderful to dance there again, and see lots of people and friends who have been involved in the Gower and south Wales folk scene. Great news that the festival completely sold out all its tickets! Here’s a selection of pics showing us performing, first in the barn due to a pesky rain shower and then outside in the sunshine at this marvelous place.
Last night saw us visit the Prince of Wales at Kenfig/ Cynffig on a chilly, blustery sort of evening. Rain had fallen for much of the day, but had stopped before we arrived on the scene. The pub served quality ales from an impressive array of barrels which included Bass, and Gower Gold. It was also very crowded with diners as the food here is good. Performance of our repertoire included Skirmish, Speed the Plough from Fieldtown and Bampton, plus Vandals of Hammerwich and Y Caseg Eira from Lichfield and Nantgarw. Someone experienced a problem of disastrous dimensions- see last pic! A good evening tour to loosen us up for our forthcoming performance at the Gower Folk Festival on Saturday!
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