The Swan Braybrooke - Thursday 23rd April 2015.
The first dance out of the 2015 season was interesting for several reasons Spurred on by the activities of another Person wth Parkinson's ,I set myself the challenge of dancing 2 Morris Dances with the side on St Georges day to raise funds for The Cure Parkinson's Trust. I faced my challenge outside the Swan pub in Braybrooke .
With a reasonable sized audience on a pleasant spring evening I danced the Adderbury version of "Skirmish" and appropriately, some said, "Constant Billy" with little more than 3 or 4 minutes in between. Not the prettiest of dancers - not helped by the fact that the laces at the bottom of my bells came undone allowing 4 or 5 bells to fall off and the lace dragged on the ground. ready to trip me up and I had forgotten that the Swan Car Park is on a slope
A total of £1207 including Gift Aid has made it's way to The Cure Parkinson's Trust - £54 being raised at the Swan on Thursday. It is interesting that I had donations from several people who I do not actually know but who had picked up on it through Facebook , and all had direct contact with Parkinson's. It has taken me until Sunday to get feeling 'right' and my legs stop aching but having dance out for the first time I intend to continue dancing to help the side out as we are short of dancers. I will be looking to add a couple more dances to the repertoire. I may not be up to dancing every week with, PD no one know's what each day will bring but I will dance as often as I can as it has done me some good in relation to my overall co-ordination. MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO SUPPORTED ME BY DONATING to THE CURE PARKINSON’S TRUST.
The evenings dancing was shared with our old friends Hips and Haws - resplendent in their new Blue and Yellow costume. The evening ended in failing light with Shepherds Hey – with quite a few of the audience joining in.
With a reasonable sized audience on a pleasant spring evening I danced the Adderbury version of "Skirmish" and appropriately, some said, "Constant Billy" with little more than 3 or 4 minutes in between. Not the prettiest of dancers - not helped by the fact that the laces at the bottom of my bells came undone allowing 4 or 5 bells to fall off and the lace dragged on the ground. ready to trip me up and I had forgotten that the Swan Car Park is on a slope
A total of £1207 including Gift Aid has made it's way to The Cure Parkinson's Trust - £54 being raised at the Swan on Thursday. It is interesting that I had donations from several people who I do not actually know but who had picked up on it through Facebook , and all had direct contact with Parkinson's. It has taken me until Sunday to get feeling 'right' and my legs stop aching but having dance out for the first time I intend to continue dancing to help the side out as we are short of dancers. I will be looking to add a couple more dances to the repertoire. I may not be up to dancing every week with, PD no one know's what each day will bring but I will dance as often as I can as it has done me some good in relation to my overall co-ordination. MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO SUPPORTED ME BY DONATING to THE CURE PARKINSON’S TRUST.
The evenings dancing was shared with our old friends Hips and Haws - resplendent in their new Blue and Yellow costume. The evening ended in failing light with Shepherds Hey – with quite a few of the audience joining in.
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