Introducing myself

[Powelly]

Afternoon all,

thought I'd just make a quick post to introduce myself and say 'Hi'.

I'm a Drummer by trade, based in Sheffield, where I offer Online Drum sessions from my studio.
But enough abot me , any other northerners or online session players on the forum?

Cheers,

[The Elf]

Sheffield born and bred here, and pro engineer/producer. Nice to meet another local!

[nathanscribe]

Hmm, I was at the Fat Cat in Sheffield the other week - and a couple of others I forget the names of. Good beer. It was full of Morris dancers. The pub, not the beer. That would be weird. The trams were greatly appreciated after a light ale or two.

[Powelly]

If I had my way I'd drown all Morris dancers, but not in beer, that'd be a waste! Not that I want to come across as a psycopath in my first thread!

I'm a big fan of the fat cat, can be pricey tho. Anyone see any of the tramlines shows lsat weekend?

[GaryM]

... any other northerners...

[Paul Hogan] 53° 23′ 1″ N isn't northern, now 56° 27′ 51″ N - that's northern![/Paul Hogan]

[Jack Ruston]

Hey Dan.

Hi

Jack (Southern)

[Blue Lizard]

Cleethorpes - that's a bit further north than Sheffield. And my recent ancestry traces from Scotland & the Faroe Islands.

I can cope with cold weather

[zenguitar]

If I had my way I'd drown all Morris dancers...

Allow me to introduce myself, a moderator here and a former Morris Dancer (and not the only one here on the forums).

And only slightly teasing too. Morris Dancing could easily be classed as a martial art, those staves have crushed many a knuckle. As a drummer you really need to keep the use of your hands

Andy

PS, welcome to the SOS forums

[DoItAgain]

a former Morris Dancer (and not the only one here on the forums).

[Kev Adams]

a former Morris Dancer (and not the only one here on the forums).

Oh come on! It's high time the English became cool about one of their national forms of dance. Done well, it is great to watch, even better to participate in, and Cotswold morris tunes in particular are the hidden gems of our musical culture.

PS hi Powelly!

[The Elf]

Oh come on! It's high time the English became cool about one of their national forms of dance. Done well, it is great to watch, even better to participate in, and Cotswold morris tunes in particular are the hidden gems of our musical culture.

+1

We should stop apologising for our culture. Is it really any sillier than a Maori Haka?

[Jack Ruston]

Yes.

Welcome to the forums, Dan.

[Folderol]

Oh come on! It's high time the English became cool about one of their national forms of dance. Done well, it is great to watch, even better to participate in, and Cotswold morris tunes in particular are the hidden gems of our musical culture.

+1

We should stop apologising for our culture. Is it really any sillier than a Maori Haka?

Most of the Morris dancers I know are fun to be around (and usually serious drinkers too). Also, when you see lumps of wood flying off the staves you know they mean business.

There's a guy I've seen quite a lot in the South East who is at least 6ft - and about the same circumference - a sort of grizzly bear. However, he has his hair tied in pigtails and wears a volumous pink nightie His stave is a length of scaffold pole

He often introduces groups, and they obviously all know him, although I don't think he is a member of any, but he knows all the moves and often slides in!

Long live the Morris Men (and women) Broadstairs folk festival would be poorer without them!

[DoItAgain]

a former Morris Dancer (and not the only one here on the forums).

Oh come on! It's high time the English became cool about one of their national forms of dance. Done well, it is great to watch, even better to participate in, and Cotswold morris tunes in particular are the hidden gems of our musical culture.

I was only kidding! We had Morris Dancers at our wedding as it happens as we wanted a very folksy wedding with a lot of traditional customs. They were excellent too

[Kev Adams]

a former Morris Dancer (and not the only one here on the forums).

Oh come on! It's high time the English became cool about one of their national forms of dance. Done well, it is great to watch, even better to participate in, and Cotswold morris tunes in particular are the hidden gems of our musical culture.

I was only kidding! We had Morris Dancers at our wedding as it happens as we wanted a very folksy wedding with a lot of traditional customs. They were excellent too

Excellent. Sorry I went off on one, but I do get tired of people knocking morris. I know there's a lot of very poor (low energy, inaccurately danced) morris around, but the real deal is to be cherished.
Nice to have the affirmation from you others too.
I don't dance, but have been playing fiddle for my wife's side for many years.

[Martin Walker]

Hi Powelly, and welcome to the SOS Forums!

You do seem to have stirred up a hornets nest with your comments about morris dancers though

How to win friends and influence people eh?

Martin

[Mixedup]

Hi Dan, and welcome to the forums. I was born and raised in the Gainborough/Lincoln area, not far from you: kind of 'level' with Sheffield, but usually considered to be East rather than North.

[LRS]

+1

We should stop apologising for our culture. Is it really any sillier than a Maori Haka?

We'll see about that when we crush you lot at the rugby World Cup.

Cheers
Graham

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does North Wales count???

Cymru Am Byth

Hello, good evening and welcome to the forums, may your visits be useful and fun, for all concerned.

[Bob Bickerton]

+1

We should stop apologising for our culture. Is it really any sillier than a Maori Haka?

We'll see about that when we crush you lot at the rugby World Cup.

Cheers
Graham

Yes I can just imagine the English team dancing off with their hankies and bells in response to a Haka...................... might work when you think about, the All Blacks would be splitting their sides with laughter! probably take them half an hour to compose themselves...................

Bob