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Putting on a Show

As a Squire of the Morris Ring you get to watch a lot of dancing. Most is of it is of a reasonable standard, but there are very few who ‘get it right’ as a matter of course and most clubs can improve their performances. When putting on a show involving several teams a whole new level of performance comes into play, you really are ‘putting on a show’

With this in mind, I asked Mike Garland to put together some thoughts and observations on the subject. Whether dancing on your own outside a country pub on a Tuesday night to one man and his dog or in front of several hundred people in the middle of a tourist city with 10 other teams, on a day of dance, I hope you find them of use.

Pete Simpson.

Past Squire of the Morris Ring.

Attached file(s): 
PDF icon Putting on a Show by Mike Garland

Events diary

2025
24 Oct The Illustrious Order of Fools and Beasts Annual Unconvention - 2025
2026
17 Jan Jigs Instructional 2026

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