Samantha Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 "A team of morris dancing civil servants from the new [united Kingdom] Ministry of Justice have been given permission to call themselves the Lord Chancellor's Folk. " See the rest of the story. Raising the profile of morris ... Samantha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brook Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 "A team of morris dancing civil servants from the new [united Kingdom] Ministry of Justice have been given permission to call themselves the Lord Chancellor's Folk. " See the rest of the story.Raising the profile of morris ... Samantha yes shame the beeb can't do research - Barmpton? where and what is that - "Bampton" is what they mean. I also found the whole article a bit snide, "wasting the lord chancellor's time etc." pity. It is the shame the english can not be more comfortable with their traditional dance form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Be grateful. Can you imagine the results if the government took a serious interest in morris and really set the dogs on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdormire Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Be grateful. Can you imagine the results if the government took a serious interest in morris and really set the dogs on? and then my hometown buddy would have to make a bad movie with a silly name about why don't have socialized Morris like the Europeans do. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dunk Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Most of the people in the morris side have at one time or another worked with my other half. Some of them still do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 and.......? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Harrison Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Can you imagine the results if the government took a serious interest in morris and really set the dogs on? Nah..................the last government banned hunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnC Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Eeeh..... I remember when I worked for the RAF and there was a Morris side that claimed the altitude record for dancing the Morris..( can't remember the name unfortunately) They'd all got together in the cargo hold of a Hercules and danced while they flew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikefule Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Eeeh..... I remember when I worked for the RAF and there was a Morris side that claimed the altitude record for dancing the Morris..( can't remember the name unfortunately) They'd all got together in the cargo hold of a Hercules and danced while they flew A few years ago, Calverton Morris (Calverton Real Ale and Plough Play Preservation Society: CRAPPPS) danced a mile underground (Calverton was a mining village at the time) and a mile above ground (in a plane, of course!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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