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The Big Caper (Special show 18.00 Saturday North Kinecroft Stage)
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Two of the most accomplished English morris dance teams combine in a single company for large events and international festivals. Berkshire Bedlam Morris has won a popular following at UK folk festivals for its musical artistry and vigorous team dances in the Cotswold style. The side's repertoire includes stick throwing, a coconut dance, and a recreation of the ancient Matachins sword dance. Its magical Dance of the Little Fairies is often received with an enraptured hush. The Outside Capering Crew adds to the variety of the show, with exhilarating squeezebox music, athletic Cotswold Morris jigs, broom dances, comic hand-clapping and novelty dances, and complex bacca pipes jigs performed over crossed pipes - like the Scottish sword dance, but fast and furious. Both teams present the morris as a living tradition, with very high standards and a strong sense of fun. |