Raving Maes

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  • Raving Maes

  • 39 / Female
  • East Riding of Yorkshire, UK
  • Last Login: 7/8/2009

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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


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    Beverley Beckside Shanty/Heritage Festival - May 2009
    Maes Group photo!

    Beverley Beckside

    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 round the Maypole

    Dancing to celebrate St. Georges Day in Hull - April 2009
    St Georges Day 09

    Waiting to dance...

    Doncaster Folk Festival - March 2009 - it was a bit nithery!!
    Doncaster Folk festival 09

    Doncaster Folk festival 09

    Kirsty's Birthday outing to Pigeon English's Drill Hall Ceilidh in Lincoln - March 2009.
    Kirsty's Birthday Bash - March 2009

    Kirsty's Birthday at Liam's Lincoln Ceildh

    Wassail in January 2009 at Pickering Orchard in Hull.
    Raving Maes

    Hessle Christmas Market in December 2008.


    Rain at the Lincoln day of Dance - September 2008


    Beverley Folk Festival - June 2008
    Raving Maes preparing to Wassail!

    Beverley Beckside 1st Shanty Festival - May 2008

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About me:

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:
A fantastic weekend of dancing, parading, musicking, camping
and making friends was had by all!

More photos by Andy JonesHERE


MAY DAY AT THE ORCHARD 2009
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


WASSAIL JANUARY 2009:
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!!

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.. BEVERLEY FOLK FESTIVAL 2008:




We are a member of OPEN MORRIS

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Comments

Displaying 25 of 28 comments
  • May 13 2009 5:09 PM

    I've recommended you for Otley Folk Festival

    Cheers

    Gerry
  • May 12 2009 11:01 PM

    pippa what a raving star i have just watched the new holmfirth photo montage i nearly cried you wonderful amazing mae the week end will live ferever.
  • May 11 2009 4:14 PM

    Holmfirth......oh wow!!!!!!!!
    'nuf said
    xxxxxxxx
  • May 7 2009 4:11 PM

    mee,boo n beastie tooo !
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  • Mar 19 2009 9:06 PM

    Hia,

    Enjoyed watching your dancing on u-tube. Hope to see you live one day.

    Best wishes
  • Mar 19 2009 8:48 PM

    Another cold dance-out last weekend. When are we going to do one in the warm sunshine? It was great fun dancing with the Rattlejag 'boys' again.

    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

    don't forget to get the pics off Heart of a mae, and set up the 'guess the cleavage' game
  • Dec 12 2008 11:11 AM

    WOOO THE MAES ROCK



    :D hehe
    x
  • Nov 17 2008 11:01 AM

    Hi.
    Thanks for adding us, see you around sometime!
  • Nov 2 2008 9:45 PM

    Hello again :-) x
  • Nov 2 2008 9:32 PM

    Hey - nice to meet you :)




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  • Aug 8 2008 6:12 PM

    Greetings From The Other Side Of The Mirror

    Blessed Be
  • Jul 25 2008 10:18 AM

    Wots about some piccys from camping??

    loveness xxx
    Mini-Mae Rachael
  • May 1 2008 10:09 PM

    Happy May Day!
  • Jan 2 2008 9:51 PM

    Happy New Year!
  • Dec 20 2007 9:55 AM

    Have a cool yule and new year. Love to you all.


    Emma xxx
  • Dec 3 2007 6:18 PM

    Hello new lady friends, hope to hop over the Pennines some day and meet up!

    MMM
  • Oct 26 2007 3:44 PM

    Hello Janet :-)
  • Oct 7 2007 9:31 AM

    Hi and thanks for adding Southern Lights as a friend.

    it looks like you are having a rave!
    Maybe we'll meet up at a festival some day.

    Cheers for now
  • Oct 5 2007 4:02 PM

    Dance on you crazy Maes. Have a good weekend all of you...

    Ian




  • Sep 25 2007 7:56 PM

    hello from the jig crew!!
  • Sep 25 2007 1:26 PM

    Hey, thanks for the Friend request! Maybe we'll see you on our next trip over (hope to be going to the Sword Spectacular next year).
    And who knows, perhaps you'll find your way over here!
  • Sep 24 2007 10:09 PM

    Thanks for being our friend. Great to see another Morris side here. It's a fantastic place for us all to see what's going on.


    Hope to dance with you sometime.


    OBJ Jane
  • Sep 11 2007 12:42 PM

    hi all the maes.come on girls get it together. i have only been on line for three days and i have managed to conect to our site. if i can do it so can every one else. pippa has made us this wonderful website now we have to make full use of it. see you all at class Tabatha.
    (kirsty to all thos that dont use my nick name)