job done

[acroyear]

up at 410, danced by 610.  sun came up.  job done.  Not necessarily well done, as it rained a little later on, but we blame the guys on the team who left early and didn't stay with us all day into our 3rd stand in Silver Spring.

beer was drunk.

me not so much, but still tired.

"national day of prayer" indeed - I almost think its the the evangelical-political christians trying to hijack May Day back from the Morris and Celtic traditions that originated it (hundreds of years ago, mind you) and the socialist traditions that embraced it in the 1920s.

its not going to work.  Heck, in today's news, no one even mentioned it.  but Morris May Day and Socialist May Day ('cause of the protests on the west coast ports that probably did much more harm than good) both got plenty of mentions around the country and world.

You don't establish a tradition by simply passing a law.  really.  it doesn't work that way.

Joe Shelby, "Part Time Heathen".

Comments

[pictsy.livejournal.com]

vconaway was hanging out in downtown Silver Spring this morning and noted the dancers. :)

[thatliardiego.livejournal.com]

If anything can chase away Winter, it would be a bunch of white guys waving hankies and wearing bells.

[vconaway.livejournal.com]

I knew I had to know someone in the group! I was headed to brunch at Panera when you guys walked past :)

[faireraven.livejournal.com]

*laugh*

Yeah, you knew more than one of us, too! :)

[rttgirl.livejournal.com]

i wish i'd known you guys were going to be in Silver Spring! A couple of folks in my office were standing by the windows near my desk, wondering what you all were doing - i looked out & saw the dancing, but didn't realize it was your group. Poo! I would have come down & said hi...

and now a handful of people in my office know what Morris dancing is... =P

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

well, lets put it this way - there aren't any other men's morris groups in the area right now. 2 women's teams (Rock Creek and the slightly newer Arlington NorthWest who were the other team with us at Silver Spring), and some teams further out like Ablemarle from Charlottesville, but the brown trousers are all just us foggs.

[kowari.livejournal.com]

Im collating all the morris reports I have for mayday in one journal entry - should be interesting!! I have to try to get one from the UK yet...