Dance Up The Sun
On the first day of May Morris dancers all over the country and further afield get up at a very silly time to dance up the sun. Members of Grimsby Morris will be at the Meridian Line in Cleethorpes dancing to encourage the sun to climb above the horizon and peep between the clouds.
For the past few years we have had a musician and two or three dancers so we danced a couple of jigs and sang a couple of songs. This year we may just manage to get six dancers out (!!!) so we will hopefully be able to dance a full set dance as well as a jig.
Be there or be ... asleep.
Greenwich Meridian Line, Cleethorpes
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Cheque Presentation
On Tuesday 31st March four members of Grimsby Morris undertook the long trek to Sunny Scunny. Our destination was Lindsey Lodge Hospice.
In 2024 Lindsey Lodge looked after our great friend and fellow dancer Jackie Denman so we decided that our annual charity collection during the winter of 2025/26 would be in aid of the Hospice. Thanks to our audiences on Boxing Day and at our waes-hals at Green Futures, North Thoresby and Grimsby in Bloom, we raised £500.
The picture shows Martin Campbell, Ian Riley, Nick Booth and John Ide of Grimsby Morris with our banner presenting the cheque at Lindsey Lodge.
_______________________________________________Grimsby Morris Going Strong
Well. We've reached the end of January after a bit of a dicey year in 2024.
We struggled to get enough dancers for several dance-outs due to a rash of illnesses (or was it an illness of rashes?) and moved into the Boarder season fearing that the Boxing Day Tour of Cleethorpes and the Lincolnshire Waes-hal may not take place. Fortunately our fears were unfounded thanks to .... NEW RECRUITS!
Mike and Vikki joined us in mid 2024 and were doing okay and then we switched to Boarder. Fortunately they're both dead keen and picked up several of the dances really well. They also made superb efforts to get their Boarder kit ready. They actually danced-out on Boxing Day and at the Waes-hal.
Beth and Sam joined us a little later but were making good progress on the Boarder dances, so we changed to Cotswold. They are back on the steep part of the learning curve again but doing very well. They were joined in January by Kirsty who will do her second practice tomorrow.
Despite having a number of poorly dancers the end of 2024 and start of 2025 has been better than we could have hoped. The Boxing Day tour went ahead (thanks to Mike and Vikki) and we did two waes-hals. The Lincolnshire Waes-hal moved to a new home at Green Futures, our first visit there in over a decade and good time was had by all. We also waes-haled in North Thoresby where a new Community orchard has been planted and we came to toast the trees and all that jazz. We'll be back at both places in January next year.
With a total of five new recruits we are looking forward to a great summer.
_______________________________________________Saint George's Day
Despite the weather Grimsby Morris were out this evening celebrating our patron saint's day. It was just a short tour. We started with a few dances outside the No. 2 Refreshment Room where it was pretty chilly but at least the station buildings provided some shelter from the Northerly wind.
GM dancing "Bobbin' a Joe"
Shooting the musician at the end of "Beaux of London City"
Then it was on to the Notts where the aforementioned Northerly blasted its way down Sea View Street so it was b***** freezing and we cut our spot short to take refreshment in the Notts along with a great song session in the back room.
The highlight of the tour was Jackie Denman dancing out in her brand new GM hat! She really looked the part and danced very well. Top marks Jackie.
Here we are dancing a half gyp in some dance or other. Jackie front and centre.
_______________________________________________Stan has a re-boar
Over the last fortnight or so Stanley the Boar has been having intensive surgery at a secret facility in the mountains of Waltham. In a gruelling series of operations Stan has had a new cape attached, some cosmetic surgery on his head (a new coat of black paint) and gold leaf (fool's gold) applied to his now gleaming tusks. Internally there have been major structural changes (a new, lighter hard hat supporting the head) to make Stan a bit more comfortable for his driver, currently John Ide. Finally, he has had a complete upgrade on all of his weapons systems (water spray).
After a suitable time recovering the renewed Stan made his first public appearance at the JMO Day of Dance in Newark on 13th April. Here is a small selection of pictures:
Here he is menacing the audience.
And this time gathered together with some other dubious characters
Finally, after much searching, he found his way home.
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