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Gee that young man seems to be quite a good dancer and really enjoying himself ,im so glad ,really nice performance ,because its quite hard the tradition that they dance as a side.

Our version of "The Tray Dance". A Wheatley Morris dance if I remember correctly

Hi, as one of the dancers in this footage I'd like to clarify a few of the points here. To be honest I can't remember who was drumming but knowing KBO it was probably one of the members' children (there are a fair few and they like to be involved!). Agreed, the drum is out of time (but thankfully not the dancers, phew), and this is probably not the best example of KBO on CZcams but this was posted by an audience member rather than the side. The person who posted it called it Lorenzo's Butterfly, KBO tends to call it Lozerene's Butterfly after one of the dancers in the side! Too Many Crumbs...your loyalty to KBO is admirable but there's no need to be rude - you're in danger of giving the wrong impression that KBO is grumpy and aggressive when it is a really lovely, friendly side!

Strangely fascinating.

Well, the OP is a member of the team that created the dance, so she should know how it goes. Also, the name of the dance is "Lorenz's Butterfly", not "Lorenzo's". Your comment might have had more credibility if (a) you'd answered the point instead of just insulting people and (b) you'd shown some consideration for your readers by spending a couple of seconds on making your post readable.

hey that,s my ff,ing fathers friend what do you know about Morris dancing it is actually in time that the way Kbo rolls i should know im a part of it

I'd love to know what they're singing. It sounds like "Will she? Won't she? Will she? Won't she? " but sadly the end is lost. Shades of Lewis Carol, no doubt, but I'd like to surprise them at Bristol's Nova Scotia pub folk club, even if it's only a short verse. It's such a nice tune!

This is "Morris on the edge" dancing in the middle of the road....rock on, guys! lol!

You're right about Alvechurch. I couldn't find a video, but they attribute the Broomsberrow song to Evesham on their web site - I've dropped them a note. Morris really is a game of Chinese Whispers. If you'd like to see the original dance, look on Silurian morris web site - there's a video there and it's spot on the original notation. You Tube won't allow me to post a link, so you'll have to Google their site.

As I said, our side started out by copying some Alvechurch dances, I don't know how many exactly as we also have ex-Rogue dancers and some of our dances are borrowed from them (Brimfield in particular) Alvechurch do this dance (see their website) and call it Evesham Stick. I think the only difference between the way they do it and the way we do it is where the song is.

I hasten to add that I've no problem with changes to dances. My side make changes to most dances that come our way, but there comes a point when the resemblance is so remote that a new name is really called for - especially when the dance is one of the few historical Border dances.

The song "there ain't no hairs on our cat's tail" was originally recorded with Broomsberrow Heath. Mind you, I don't think any two sides do the same sticking on Evesham - though you're the first side I've seen using tips and butts. But if you change the chorus, change the tune and don't use the original figures, abandon the hanky in the left hand (though many sides do that), take out the arm swings and choose not to sing Fanny Frail, is there any point in still calling it 'Evesham'?

Nope, not Bromsberrow Heath, we do that one as well sometimes. There is a video on here somewhere. Our tunes aren't always those that other people use though, which causes us a lot of problems if our musicians aren't available! But I think this dance was copied from Alvechurch when the side was started years before I joined.

Doesn't look like the Evesham dance to me. Wrong tune and wrong sticking... Is it the Bromsberrow Heath dance?

This is the Whitethorn Morris "signature dance" called Scarlet and Blue. It appears to be danced a little faster than is usual but the dancers look their usual exciting and energetic selves

@akkanellie Thanks! I really liked the tune as well as the dance.

@labradornl It's the Duke of Perth's Reel

@labradornl I'll ask one of our musicians at practice and post it up later, the name of the tune has gone completely out of my head right now :-)

Does anyone know the name of the tune being played here?

Cool !!