05 Jan 09 First Practice!!

The newly formed Pittsburgh morris team started off the new year right by holding their first practice on Saturday, January 3rd, at the Wilkins School Community Center in Regent Square.

We had NINE dancers at our first practice!!!

Our musician Allison was unable to come, so Tom stepped in as backup musician. That left us with a set of eight dancers at practice. We were given a pleasant surprise by the arrival of two morris “newbies,” recruited from the Scottish dancers. Welcome, Joyce and Arthur!

We were able to learn two dances pretty much all the way through - Dawley (for eight) and Ockington (2 sets of 4), which I thought was GREAT for our first practice! There are obviously some rough edges to smooth off, but we got through them and nobody died. W00t!

We plan to practice again next week, and hope to have as good a turn-out again. I plan to go over those two dances again, and hopefully start working on a third Border dance.

If this sounds like fun to you, we’ll be at the Wilkins School Community Center off of Braddock Ave. in Regent Square on Saturday from 2-4 PM. Beginners are welcome, as are experienced dancers. There is no official “charge” for practice, but we do pass the hat to help defray the costs of our practice space.