Mediæval Fun and Frolics

Another Little Egypt Masterclass

They must have liked us last year as they invited us again to their Mediæval Fayre.

The organisers at St Nicholas Church Witham, handily placed right next door to a pub selling decent beer (alongside Gr***e K**g), put on a marvellous traditional fete with costumes including a fully kitted out Knight, stalls selling everything from cakes for Squire to plants for Alasdair, and a variety of entertainment.

There was a jazz band, a brass band, a childrens' dance group and of course us.

It's clearly a very popular event in Witham with queues of people stretching literally hundreds of yards just before the gates were opened.

The street had been closed for the occasion with members of the local Constabulary on hand to make sure motorists didn't get through, but we hadn't planned on an unscheduled interruption of our first dance by an ambulance.
Some of the men who are not quite as fast on their feet as they once were might well have needed it but for the skilful driving of the paramedic in charge.

A carefully constructed straw bale grandstand meant that members of the public had a fine view of the mens' footwork but that didn't put them off in the slightest and rousing cheers and applause greeted the end of each dance.

There are fêtes and fêtes and this one is among the best.
Let's hope they ask us back again in 2012.

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