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8th May 2010.
Congratulations from all the Team to Don, one of
our longest standing members, who married Jackie on 8th May. We danced
our special Wedding Dance, called 'A Knot For The Tying' at the Wedding
to wish the couple a very happy future.
1st May 2010... traditionally the first day of summer.
On Saturday May 1st there will be Morris dancing
displays at Haytor and Widecombe as local Morris dancers come together
to celebrate the traditional start of summer. Grimspound Border, Beltane
Border and Heather & Gorse Clog dancers will begin the festivities at
dawn (5.30am) to greet the sunrise ( 5:50am) at Haytor top car.
Later on dance displays will take place in Widecombe village centre from
12 - 1.30 pm and the Rugglestone Inn from 2pm.
ALL WELCOME TO JOIN US
October 2009... +++ Stop Press +++
We are running a Border
Morris Workshop for all you budding or closet dancers. It is on Tuesday 13th October at The
St John Ambulance Hall in East Street, NEWTON ABBOT, doors open at 7:30pm
to start at 8:00pm and the workshop finishes at 9:30pm. See the 'Join
Us' page to find out a bit more about Border Morris.
If you would like to chat to a member try one of the following numbers: Gozz
on 01626-214733; Philip on 01647-252909 or Nicky on 01647-277594.
We look forward to seeing you there.
July 2009... Handfast Ceremony
Grimspound Border planned and performed a Handfast
Ceremony in July 2009, our Blacksmith member was central in the ceremony
and the dancers danced a special dance called 'Knot for the Tying'. The ceremony took place
in the open air (during one of the rare sunny periods of 2009!). We received
the following 'Thank You' card from the couple:
“Dear all at Grimspound, We just wanted to say a massive, massive thank you for
all your work at our Handfasting. The ceremony was so special and we
thank
you all for making it so. We had so many amazing comments from the guests
about you, they all thought you were fabulous. We are so glad to have
you all as part of our Handfasting – it was such a special day that will
be remembered by many people for
years to come. We hope to see you for a pint soon. Love
Lucy & Chris."
For more information
on Handfasting click [here].
13 August 2009... Dartmoor Folk Festival.
From Stella and
Terry.:
'You were the highlight of the Festival!! We
have put one of your dances on Youtube
(click here)
.
Looking forward to seeing you again.'
12th July 2009... Quote of the weekend from a Priddy Festivalgoer : - “You guys have re-defined
Morris Dancing”.
Extract from Priddy Folk Festival website 2009:
'Among those appearing in the folk dance festival
were the Appalachian Beetlecrushers and the black-faced Grimspound Border
Morris team, whose
muscular performance with 2ft-long wooden staves was more akin to a
martial art than a folk dance – indeed, it might be preferable to have
one of the Grimspound dancers at one's side in a tricky spot than a
karate expert or a ninja.'