Second Sunday in August and time for the Lymm Morris team to turn out
Here is
a photojournalistic report of the day
Meet up at the
Pickering Arms for a team photo of those there when it was taken
L-R: Henry,
Steve, Peter B, Pilotman (back), Dave, Peter H, Tony, Alex, Rob, Andrew, Del,
Geoff
At the Village
Hall, out of the rain, a quick run through of the dance
Two lovely straight
lines, though possibly not as opposite partner as could be
Hanging about till
its time to move off in the procession - NOT RAINING
Peter Powell,
Lymm town crier fllowed by Deputy Mayor and Mayoress then Councillors
followed by Lymm May Queen and Rosebuds (hidden) then the rest through the
village...
Up Henry Street,
pausing only for a quick figure and the procession disappears into the distance
At Lymm Dam
Up the hill to the
church which has its bells peeling away making it difficult to hear the music
Andrew is clearly at a different part of the dance that everyone else
The processioners go into the Church - we go into the Church Green (pub)
and
perform the dance on the Car Park
The musicians for
the day - Peter B, Peter H, Del and Alex
Not sure that Alex is wearing his
cap in traditional manner
This is called
The Haycart or The Maycart or possibly even The Maywain
Back at the hall for speaches and a performance
Amazing that we still have great pace - even last thing in the day
'Tis the Hay/May Cart/Wain again
*Almost the whole team (or bits of them) are
on this picture only one musician missing
*Almost the whole team (or bits of them) are on this picture only one dancer
missing
Then the final "OUT" of the day and the dancing's over
*Then in true festival fashion it's "Meet the Team" - Here
Laura (from Argentina) meet us
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