OBJ Morris - 2012 Scrapbook
Winchester Mayfest
26th May 2012
We were promised good weather, and we got a real heat-wave, with blazing
sun all day and soaring temperatures - sometimes a bit too soaring!
It's always a pleasure to visit Winchester, and we danced in some nice
spots with good company
OBJ comprised: Alison, Ann, Anna, Chris, Chris D, Clare, Colin, Eddie,
Ian, Joe, Lawre, Lynda, Marian, MikeG, Philip and Vera
Marian provided the pictures
We started outside the cathedral with our usual warm-up dance
(not that we weren't warm already!)
The dancers in shot are Chris and Eddie.
The band are Colin, Anna, Chris D, Vera, Joe, and Lawre
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A bit more of the same Dilwyn. The acoustic effect of bouncing
the music off the front of the cathedral was superb.
Ian, Lynda and Chris are facing us.
MikeG, Ali and Eddie are facing away.
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We later moved up onto the flagstones just above the war
memorial.
The surface wasn't great but we had a good audience of
sunbathers.
This must be a Hay-on-Wye - the visible dancers are MikeG, Ann
and Lynda
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Hay-on-Wye
The same dance coming to an end.
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Later in the day we were on duty at the Buttercross - an
excellent spot in the High Street.
Preparing for a dance - which may have been Dilwyn or Just as
the Tide was a'Flowin
Chris, Philip, Ian and Lynda facing Clare, MikeG, Ann and
Eddie.
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The band, joined by Ali.
Lynda is having a rest
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Not really sure which dance this is.
Members of Island Cloggies look on.
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The mayor joined us for one of our dances towards the end of the
day.
It may have been Much Gridlock.
The mayor seemed to have mastered the technique for playing the
lagerphone.
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Much Gridlock in progress
This is the starburst figure
Philip and Ian are facing the camera
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Shadows lengthen towards the end of a lovely day
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The Buttercross makes a nice spot for the audience to sit and
enjoy the morris.
It would have been one of several crosses - this one marking the
location where butter was sold.
Chris attempts to recruit the mayor and his lady wife
Mayflower Morris prepare for their next dance
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