3455 x 5192 px | 29,3 x 44 cm | 11,5 x 17,3 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
5 giugno 2011
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Morris Dancing in Thaxted and surrounding villages in North Essex, Britain, where the Centenary of the Thaxted Morris Festival was held over this weekend, 4th-6th june 2011. The Colchester Morris Men perform in Thaxted in the early evening. In the late afternoon, seen here, and early evening there is a massed dance of over 400 Morris dancers in Town Street Thaxted. This is followed late in the evening in the dark by the haunting Thaxted version of the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance. At about 10.30pm The Thaxted side process in the dark through the town lit only by street lamps, carrying Stag horns and Stag Heads to the Wheelright Robinson Tune played by a lone fiddle player. There is no other sound before the Thaxted Morris side vanishes into the dark of the night, one of the most chilling of experiences. This year is the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Thaxted Morris , the oldest revival Morris side ( in red and white horizontal stripes ). Conrad Noel became vicar of the Thaxted Church in 1910 and was instrumental with others in the reforms that led to the formation of the Thaxted Morris which originally raised its 'side' from the local sweet factory. The majority of the early dancers were women and children, nowadays the majority are men who enjoy a dance and a pint of beer. Over 30 sides visited from all over Britain and Holland. During the day the Morris dancing 'sides' tour the local chocolate box villages dancing in pub car parks and enjoying a pint of beer or two or three.
