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2017
East Acton Stick Dance at Wimborne Model Town
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East Acton Stick Dance at Wimborne Model Town
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Carrying off the dead in Dawley at Wimborne Model Town.
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Cuckoo's Nest, Wimborne Model Town
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Not Not For Joe, square in Wimborne
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Not Not For Joe, square in Wimborne
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Three Grenadiers, square in Wimborne
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Dancing Not Not for Joe at Gold Hill Fair
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Henry dancing Clockwork Badger at the Old Inn, Holt
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All Around My Hat
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Finale of All Around My Hat.
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2016
Posted by Keith Meloy on Sunday, 18 September 2016
2015
Not not for Joe, which is not the dance Not for Joe, so the name makes sense, really
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A chorus of Cuckoo's nest danced on Poole Quay, September 2015
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We tried dancing around members of the side, but they couldn't stay still enough, so we use hats
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I can recommend those fish and chips
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A performance of our newest dance Clockwork Badger
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Dancing a Hey at The Fox and Hounds, 6th August 2015
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Hats off for a Chorus of All Around My Hat
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A thrilling Duel of Honour takes place. I didn't dare ask why.
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Our entire annual special effects budget is spent capturing the moment Henry is vanquished
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The long and fatal ordeal completed, the clear up and disposal of corpses begins.
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Dancing at the Gold Hill Fair leads to a comparison of fox tails
Image courtesy of Anne-Louise Richards
Oswin, the youngest member of the side, prepares for life as a morris dancer
The audition to be a member of the band is passed with flying colours
But it turns out that cuteness is a huge benefit when it comes to collecting for the Wimborne Folk Festival
A chorus of All Around my Hat is in full flow at The Botany Bay Inne, 26th April
Image courtesy of Kathy Dunn
A right-hand star from the figure Crown from All Around my Hat
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2014
Teaching Shropshire Morris on Brownsea Island
Dancing as a part of Poole Town's Folk on the Quay
Image courtesy of Alex Procter
Shropshire Morris spirals to a finish at Highcliffe Rotary Fete
Image courtesy of Julie Lankshear
A maypole dance finishes with a flourish outside Wimborne Minster
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2013
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The Botany Bay Inne must be very windy, as we always struggle to keep our hats on
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But once they're on the floor, we know what to do with them as we dance All Around my Hat
2012
Judith and Graham take part in Not Not For Joe by the sea at Swanage Folk Festival
The gang take a break from Swanage Folk Festival to pose for a group shot
School pupils triumphantly reach the end of Shropshire Morris
Learning to clash sticks in time to a drum beat
Callum, Graham and Henry in an East Acton hey at Sandbanks
As East Acton ends, Henry leads off behind the band
Mistakes have been made. Others shall be blamed ...
Callum, Alex, Graham and Henry dance Cuckoo's Nest
As Duel of Honour claims another two lives, our recruitment drive gains new urgency
Fun with maypoles at a Handfasting
2011
Sue, Henry and Graham showing off their ghastly Halloween make-up
Sue, Henry and Graham performing a ghoulish Dorset Rabbits
Workshop teaching the Shropshire Morris chorus at Purbeck Folk Festival
Because we needed a drum shot
Rick substitutes his top hat for a tricorn on Harry Paye Day
The gang assemble for the procession at Harry Paye
Henry speaking to the Canford Heath Beavers before teaching a dance
Audience join in with Shropshire Morris, May Bank Holiday
We dance a do-si-do with a hat, but what to call it? I know! And thus Do-Si-Hat is born
The side take a break and have bit of a sit down
Two sets of Dorset Rabbits dance side by side
Unravelling the snare in Dorset Rabbits
Stepping Up as a set in a figure of Shropshire Morris
Image courtesy of Chris Moore
Our first dance out in our new kit colours at The Botany Bay Inne
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