Re: Beltane

Gwyn Ryan wrote:
> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Alexandre Owen Muniz <munizao@xprt.net> wrote:
>> Sibyl Smirl wrote:
>>> So no one here had anything to say?
>>
>> I went to watch the morris dancers dance up the sun at the Portland Rose
>> Test Gardens. Well, but it was entirely overcast, so it was more like
>> dimmer-switching up the sun, which is a bit more anticlimactic.
>>
>
> Oh man, it didn't even occur to me that now that I'm in New England I
> might actually be able to see a morris dance team. Must see who's
> performing in the Boston area!

There is, (perhaps unsurprisingly) a big overlap between local morris
dancing people and Portland Christmas Revels people, and since I've
performed in the Revels twice, I know a lot of morris people here. I
also sometimes see them at ren fairs, since I sing in a madrigal group,
and morris dancers sometimes perform at the same fairs.

I've considered joining a morris troupe, but singing commitments have so
far taken precedence. Also, I worry about my coordination when I have to
move both my arms and my legs; I've done fine with Irish dance, but that
requires little arm movement.

Owen