Was my statement to the squire of Cup Hill Morris Men at Easter, that had, now with about a week to go till the 17th of May evening dancing spot at The Anchor in
Godalming, come back to haunt me, that would clash with my Adult Education
class "So you think you can’t draw". That’s no problem skip it!
..wrong.
I am the tutor!
So quickly I asked
all my students if they could do an extra session during half term and if they
would like to get a bit of drawing done in a pub garden and watch some morris
dancing, availability of the church hall for the swap week and their
willingness was agreed.
All was set for the "Stephen Goddard’s Art Class Trip!"
On the night it
rained, about a dozen students turned up. Eating, drinking and some sketching
was done, subjects tackled ranged from beer mugs to locals sat at the bar.
With the arrival of
the morris I donned baldricks, bi-corn hat, bells and prepared to dance, after
two soggy dance stands to the amusement of my class I showed them I can dance,
well most of the dances; the Upton Stick dance needs a bit more practice on my
part! Even though Arsenal lost, the footie supporters were cheered up by the
great music session by the morris and other folkies which concluded the night.
Helena being from the
Czech Republic saw the morris for the first time and was so interested in all
the traditions that she visited the Squirrel on the 23rd to watch my
wife"s clog team, Mayflower, dance (a possible new recruit?). Samantha also got
into the swing of it all trying on morris men’ hats (there is a superstition
that the wearing of a morris man’s hat is a sure way to become pregnant within
the year...Oops!)
Some of the class hard at work
Soggy Morris Men
Oops!
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