Lancashire Wallopers dance "Sam Sherry's Waltz" at the Vale of Evesham National Morris Weekend

Lancashire Wallopers
Sam Sherry's Waltz. The men were doing the "original" and the women were doing the "improvers" steps. The first 3 and last 2 steps are the same and the middle 4 steps vary. We do it as a party piece because it's hard to be dancing two different versions at the same time.
The team was originally formed in 1981 by students of the legendary clog dancer and music hall entertainer Sam Sherry. The purpose of their formation was a one-off performance at the National Gathering at Cecil Sharp House of the bargees social dance taught to them by Bill Gibbons. Their outfits are inspired by the clothing traditionally worn by canal bargees and the group includes a dancing boat horse.
Why Wallopers? Walloping is an old Lancashire term for clog dancing.
Vale of Evesham National Morris Weekend
A weekend of colour, music and movement - a festival celebrating the best of all of the many forms of England’s national dance
In 2006 a group of friends who all danced with various Morris sides got together to develop the Morris presence at Evesham’s annual Asparagus festival. This developed very rapidly into a multi side National festival of Morris held in the Riverside Market Town of Evesham- the gateway to the Cotswolds. Here your side can take part in tours, including Pershore and the Vale villages, the Cotswolds, our own National Trust gem The Fleece Inn, and massed dancing at key venues in and around the Historic market town of Evesham.

[@susandrydenhenderson6234]

Excellent.

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Love english culture it needs keeping alive

[@jsa-z1722]

👏👏👏🏆🏆🏆

[@deborahberger5816]

Oh, how I wish I could dance!

[@MorrisDancersUK]

And me.

[@mikeembe1261]

You can see them walking to the Mill tapping as they go with perhaps linked arms singing the latest tune ...

[@MorrisDancersUK]

You have a very romantic view of the old days unless the Mill you are referring to is the pub.

[@cjsb22lr]

What is the tune please??

[@MorrisDancersUK]

Hi, I have asked a member of the dancers.

[@RobynneWood]

The tune is called Man In The Moon :-)

[@cjsb22lr]

@@RobynneWood thank u --have played it never knew name

[@ApplyWithCaution]

... this is the origins of irish step dancing ... it was the only dancing the cstholic priests would allow as any other dancing ended up in unchristian behaviour ...