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Post by 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 :tongue:, any other northerners or online session players on the forum?

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

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

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

Hi

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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 ;)
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Powelly wrote: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 :beamup:

PS, welcome to the SOS forums :lol:
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zenguitar wrote: a former Morris Dancer (and not the only one here on the forums).

:shock:
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DoItAgain wrote:
zenguitar wrote: a former Morris Dancer (and not the only one here on the forums).

:shock:

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!
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Kev Adams wrote: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?
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Yes.

Welcome to the forums, Dan.
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The Elf wrote:
Kev Adams wrote: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 :shock:

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!
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Kev Adams wrote:
DoItAgain wrote:
zenguitar wrote: a former Morris Dancer (and not the only one here on the forums).

:shock:

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 :)
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DoItAgain wrote:
Kev Adams wrote:
DoItAgain wrote:
zenguitar wrote: a former Morris Dancer (and not the only one here on the forums).

:shock:

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.
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Post by Martin Walker »

Hi Powelly, and welcome to the SOS Forums! 8-)

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

How to win friends and influence people eh? :bouncy:

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Post by 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.
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Post by LRS »

The Elf wrote: +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. :smirk:

Cheers
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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.

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LRS wrote:
The Elf wrote: +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. :smirk:

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...................

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Post by Pete Kaine »

zenguitar wrote:
Powelly wrote: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).

Don't worry Powelly Zen's harmless now... he well calmed down once we had his bells snipped off.
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Pete Kaine wrote:
zenguitar wrote:
Powelly wrote: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).

Don't worry Powelly Zen's harmless now... he well calmed down once we had his bells snipped off.

That was a foolish mistake...

The bells are an early warning system to stop Morris Dancers armed with big sticks sneaking up on you ;)

Andy :beamup:
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zenguitar wrote:
The bells are an early warning system to stop Morris Dancers armed with big sticks sneaking up on you ;)

I've just had an idea for dealing with ASBO nutters... maybe we can build bells into Reebok Classics and Rockports?
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Powelly wrote:thought I'd just make a quick post to introduce myself and say 'Hi'.

Hai Powelly. *wave*

Powelly wrote: any other northerners ... on the forum?


The Elf wrote:Sheffield born and bred here ... Nice to meet another local! :D

Aye. Me too.

Moved to Reading for university in 2005, and moved to Cambridge for university in 2008, however...

Don't intend to move back, but it is always very nice to return to the Yorkshire hills (e.g. when visiting family :)) They live a couple of kilometers from the Peak District, so it's quite a nice place to be.

p.s. I don't think there is anything wrong with Morris Dancing. It is entertaining and traditional. :) OK, I understand the jingly bells aren't for everyone.
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