Morris dancing facing extinction
What is the world coming to ? Animals dying out, malnutrition and now we face the possibel extinction of Morris Dancing....
ENOUGH! I say! Where is MP? Where is UkEngQatar ??
Morris dancing could be "extinct" within 20 years because young people are too embarrassed to take part, a UK Morris association said today.
The numbers of people participating in the traditional British folk dance are dwindling whilst the age of the dancers is increasing, according to the Morris Ring, an association representing over 200 Morris troupes across Britain.
It is warning that "unless younger blood is recruited during the coming winter months, Morris dancing will soon become extinct".
Charlie Corcoran, Bagman of the Morris Ring, said: "There's a distinct possibility that in 20 years' time there will be nobody left.
"It worries me a great deal. Young people are just too embarrassed to take part.
"This is a serious situation. The average age of Morris dancing sides is getting older and older. Once we've lost this part of our culture it will be almost impossible to revive it."
The Morris Ring is hoping a winter recruitment drive could attract some new younger members in time for the spring when most troupes perform the dances they have been practising.
Thank God! Its bloody dreadful!
I know all that skipping around the maypole is a big pagan phallic tradition....
but sorry I cant swoon over a Morris dancer...
ok so i am saying that i prefer a man in a dress with a sword rather than a man in trousers with flowers and bells.
with the bloke under it dressed in a sheet.
Country life doesn't come much more weird than THAT when you totter unsteadily out of yer local and find one of THOSE snapping at yer pint of cider!
The Bells! The Bells!
Hrrrrmph..... Hrmmmph.. In fact another Hrmmmph..
You are talking cultural folklore here. Not to mention the hats, socks and ribbony pom poms..
It's a heritage we must save..
Join us.. Now..
Thank goodness...its the most embarassing traditional dancing in the whole wide world...
The Qatari thing with the swords is so much better than the flowers, skipping and jingly bells...
Oh no.Its a sure sign of the demise of civilisation as we know it .
Woolies.
Wedgewood.
Morris Dancing .
Whats next I ask myself .
There is an urgent need for a society to protect traditions in the U.K.
Yes, heard about that.. Wonder if Brwon can bail them out?
Anyway, there may be cheap crockery on the horizon..
Evidently Wedgwood plates are facing imminent extinction too.
Perhaps if people liked them and bought them, the situation would be different:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/05/retail-recession