Raving Maes
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- East Riding of Yorkshire, UK
- Last Login: 9/25/2009
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RAVING MAES
The Raving Maes - womens morris dance group based in East Yorkshire. Our members range from ages 13 to 60+. Children of the Raving Maes dance as well - they are the Mini Maes.Many of our dances are traditional and some are 'home made' but all are delivered with a bit of Maes gusto and twist!!.
We first met in February 2007 born from an idea had at a Yule Feast the previous December, about a womens dance group forming. We met two months later in a barn (in the deepest depths of the East Riding)...and have never looked back since - dancing and evolving ever on.
Our contact details are 07946 339122, email ravingmaes"at"hotmail.co.uk or check out our Raving Maes Facebook Group
.....Long Riston Summer Fair - July 2009
Scarborough Morris Fayre - with World Record Breaking Morris Dancing! - June 2009
(Our very own Stig Mae at Scarborough - who can it be?)
Beverley Beckside Shanty/Heritage Festival - May 2009
Dancing round the Maypole at Pickering Community Orchard, Hull - May 2009 - (just before MaeFlower got her dancing injury on the grass at the end of Jenny Plucks Pears!)
Dancing to celebrate St. Georges Day in Hull - April 2009
Doncaster Folk Festival - March 2009 - it was a bit nithery!!
Kirsty's Birthday outing to Pigeon English's Drill Hall Ceilidh in Lincoln - March 2009.
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Wassail in January 2009 at Pickering Orchard in Hull.
Hessle Christmas Market in December 2008.
Rain at the Lincoln day of Dance - September 2008
Beverley Folk Festival - June 2008
Beverley Beckside 1st Shanty Festival - May 2008
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RAVING MAES
DANCE DATES FOR 2009:
Sun Jan 11th - Wassailing at Pickering Road Community Orchard, Hull
Tues 10th Feb - Rose and Crown, Hornsea with Makara Morris from Bridlington
Friday 6th March – Ceilidh at Lincoln Drill Hall (to celebrate Kirsty’s birthday!)
Sat 14th March – Doncaster Folk Festival, Doncaster, Yorkshire
Sat 25th April - St George's Day Celebrations, Hull
Bank Holiday Mon 4th May - Pickering Road Community Orchard, Hull
Fri/Sat/Sun 8/9/10th May - Holmfirth Festival of Folk, West Yorkshire
Sat 23rd May - Beverley Beckside Shanty Festival, East Yorkshire
Fri/Sat/Sun 19/20/21 June - Scarborough Morris Fayre, North Yorkshire
Sat 11th July - Long Riston Village Fair, East Yorkshire
Sun 12th July - Hessle Feast, East Yorkshire
Sat 5th September - Lincoln Day of Dance, Lincoln
Sun/Mon/Tues 20/21/22nd Dec – Hessle Farmers Market, East Yorkshire
HOLMFIRTH FESTIVAL OF FOLK - MAY 8th-10th 2009:
More photos by Andy JonesHERE
MAY DAY AT THE ORCHARD 2009
WASSAIL JANUARY 2009:
A fantastic weekend of dancing, parading, musicking, camping
and making friends was had by all!
Here we are dancing at the begining and end of this video clip at the
Pickering Community Orchard on May 4th 2009.
WARNING = CONTAINS LOTS OF MAYPOLE DANCING!!
Mae Pole Video
The weather was kind for us this January when we danced at the Pickering Community Orchard's 2009 Wassail in Hull. It was the second Wassail they have had - BBC Look North even filmed it!!
Cheeky Broom Dance - Homegrown dance for 6 or 12 dancers with broomsticks.
Tune: Jacky Tar
Constant Billy - Traditional Morris dance with sticks.
Tune: Constant Billy
Jenny Plucks Pears - Playford Dance, no sticks.
Tune: Jenny Plucks Pears
Banging Tabatha - Border Morris dance devised by our very own Squiress Tabatha Mae, with orginal music by John New.
Tune: Wheel of the year
Never Big Enough - Broomstick dance - this dance just gets bigger and bigger!
Tune: Sportman's Hornpipe
Molly Broom - Broomstick dance for 8 dancers. We saw Rattlejag Morris dance this in Doncaster 2009 and they kindly gave us the dance steps.
Tune: Congress to Laceby
Mandi's Stomp - Homegrown by Mandi Mae this started life as a dance without sticks to the tune Gallopede, but it was just missing a little something...
- so sticks were added, now it is complete.
Tune: Mandi's Stomp by Sally Twiswick (aka Jill Fisher)
Mini Mae Fairy Dance - Our own Mini Maes made this dance up this year,
great for under 16 years olds.
Who says Morris is dying!.
Tune: Fairy Dance
INSTRUMENTS: We can have up to 12 musicians playing with a vast array of instruments... melodeons, accordion, whistles, fiddles, guitar, drum, udo and the all important washboard complete with bicycle bell - the business!
BEVERLEY FOLK FESTIVAL 2008:
We are a member of OPEN MORRIS
Comments
Dec 16 2009 12:16 AM
Nov 27 2009 1:09 PM
Poem 230 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse
(see my blog for details):
CHRISTMAS SUNG SIMPLY
As gospellers have said,
Beneath signalling skies,
On land dusty to tread,
A trough in a stable
Was the strawy first-bed
Of a divine baby -
The forgiving Godhead.
A season for new hope -
There then and here now;
The yuletide of goodwill -
There then and here now.
In respect of this chance,
Beneath bright or dark skies,
Faith's the star that we glance
Attending Christ's churches
And trying to enhance,
With singing and ritual,
Our God-loving stance.
A...
(C) David Franks 2003
Sep 18 2009 7:02 PM
Sep 17 2009 3:11 PM
Bradley
Sep 9 2009 10:25 AM
creative wishes and a dash of inspiration
kimi summer
May 13 2009 5:09 PM
Cheers
Gerry
May 12 2009 11:01 PM
May 11 2009 4:14 PM
'nuf said
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May 7 2009 4:11 PM
Mar 24 2009 9:59 AM
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Mar 19 2009 9:06 PM
Enjoyed watching your dancing on u-tube. Hope to see you live one day.
Best wishes
Mar 19 2009 8:48 PM
We are continuing to get better and better, and the compliments - and quirky remarks - just keep on coming! keep it going girls ;-) Maebea
Mar 7 2009 5:37 PM
Dec 12 2008 11:11 AM
:D hehe
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Nov 17 2008 11:01 AM
Nov 2 2008 9:45 PM
Nov 2 2008 9:32 PM
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Aug 8 2008 6:12 PM
Blessed Be
Jul 25 2008 10:18 AM
loveness xxx
Mini-Mae Rachael
May 1 2008 10:09 PM
Jan 2 2008 9:51 PM
Dec 20 2007 9:55 AM
Emma xxx
Dec 3 2007 6:18 PM
MMM
Oct 26 2007 3:44 PM
Oct 7 2007 9:31 AM
it looks like you are having a rave!
Maybe we'll meet up at a festival some day.
Cheers for now