morris 14 May 2011
The streets of this town continue to throw up delights for the public to savour. Sheffield is overrun with Morris dancers today. And so it is a very jingly jangly place. There are all sorts here from the traditional looking (to my eye anyhow) with silver bells and hats with ribbons, to those with multi-patched coats, and even some younger women with blue face paint and fabulous blue bells. I presume that the dancing steps are quite complex but made look simple enough when well done – ah yes that old, terribly difficult, trick of making something look effortless (I am hoping for that myself in the show HAPPY DAYS at the Crucible, but it is a DEVIL to pull off!). AND, who knows if today’s gatherings are to make up some sort of ‘convention’ of morris dancers…or an invasion…just saying…
