The Lincoln Big Morris Festival held in Lincoln City, England, on Saturday
September 4th 2010 was a fantastic spectacle of dance, excitement, exuberance
and sheer showing off. From traditional bells, hankies and sticks such as the
excellent Kesteven dancers to the extravagance of the 'Raving Maes' and the
'Rhubarb Tarts, crowds were entertained on this warm sunny afternoon in Lincoln
city centre. Dancers of all ages, accompanied by some excellent musicians,
danced, swirled, skipped, posed and banged sticks, with an astonishing variety
of clothing ranging from almost fully covered to the raunchy burlesque of the
corseted Raving Maes
Poacher Morris dancing their traditional dance at Lincoln Big
Morris Festival 2010. They are a mixed team based in Lincoln, dancing the Welsh
Border style of dance. Dressed in rag coats and decorated top hats, and having
faces painted black and yellow.
The Raving Maes, Alternative Morris Dancing team - a
group of dancers and musicians aged between 13 and ?? (undisclosed!). Described
in the local paper as a cross between Rocky Horror and traditional Morris
Dancing (or S&M crossed with M&S!). Burlesque Meets Morris!
Rhubarb Tarts
are a mixed Molly side, based in Wakefield. They wear individual
costumes, mainly in the rhubarb colours of red, pink, green and yellow, with
green faces. They danced at Lincoln in the Big Morris Festival 2010
Bourne Borderers Morris with their traditional blacked
faces and yellow and green rag coats at Lincoln Big Morris Festival 2010.
Pheasant's feathers are suck in their hats.
