If you ever wondered what #rappersworddance was about here's a short clip featuring #WhipTheCapRapper

Here's morris dancing as you probably haven't seen it before!

Here's morris dancing as you probably haven't seen it before!

Have been making morris dance videos recently. Here's a playlist of some of the sides dancing at #BridportFolkFestival youtube.com/playlist?list=…

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Haymarket Rapper made a debut in 2014 & celebrated 10 years during 2024 (although we started dancing in the 1970s & 80s) We've made short videos for each year of dancing (Zoom chats during COVID) Here's how we started #HaymarketRapper #RapperSwordDance youtu.be/eqOBog4U2Sg

This short clip features Haymarket Rapper's first trip when we danced in 8 Birmingham pubs in 2014 - with a superhero clearly fascinated by the dance! Notice a hardly-moving person in foreground while we dance very fast! #HaymarketRapper #rappersworddance youtu.be/FZ1dvFwvT8M?si…

After a minimalist launch (5 dancers, 1 musician) in 2014 by 2015 Haymarket Rapper numbers had grown and we had 3 trips in the year: Derby, York and Bristol Can we summarise 3 trips & 37 dances in a minute? Yes! #HaymarketRapper #RapperSwordDance youtu.be/Ttu7bqeHt4E?si…

Haymarket Rapper's third year of dancing, 2016, featured trips to Sheffield [trip 5, 8-10 May 2016] and Leeds [trip 6, 14-16 Oct 2016] For statisticians: 7 dances at 6 pubs in Sheffield &11 dances at 10 pubs in Leeds. #HaymarketRapper #RapperSwordDance youtu.be/N44QPdY7ip4

Haymarket Rapper's fourth year, 2017, featured trips to o Nottingham (trip 7 on 27 Feb-1 Mar 2017) o Leeds-Skipton (trip 8 on 19-21 May 2017) o Bath (trip 9 on 13-15 Nov 2017) On this trip we managed to take videos! #HaymarketRapper #RapperSwordDance youtu.be/7w1UV9CoISQ

Haymarket Rapper's fifth year [2018] featured trips to Manchester [trip 10, 16-18 Feb 2018] & Liverpool [trip 11, 14-16 Sep 2018] Dancing: 12 pubs in Manchester / 12 pubs & 1 coffee shop in Liverpool #HaymarketRapper #RapperSwordDancing #RapperSwordDance youtu.be/DpUkz_c58fY

Haymarket Rapper's sixth year saw us visit Derby (our second visit to Derby was trip no. 12, 18-20 Jan 2019) followed by Newcastle (trip no. 13, 28-30 Jun 2019) & Hull (trip no. 14, 8-10 Nov 2019) #haymarketrapper #RapperSwordDancing #RapperSwordDance youtu.be/n83iCeOG3NI

Haymarket Rapper's seventh year (2020) featured just one trip: Shrewsbury (trip 15 on 21-23 Feb 2020) - due to the arrival of COVID shortly afterwards there was no more dancing throughout the year #haymarketrapper #RapperSwordDancing #RapperSwordDance youtu.be/RRZ7GVbyW-k

During Haymarket Rapper's eighth year, 2021, there were no trips away and no dancing due to COVID - instead we had regular Zoom meetings. Do you remember Zoom meetings? Did you have Zoom quizzes? #HaymarketRapper #RapperSwordDancing #RapperSwordDance youtu.be/9PDiiFA4ogg

During Haymarket Rapper's ninth year, 2022, there were no trips away & no dancing due to COVID Instead we had regular Zoom chats about old times. Plans for a trip to Leicester failed to materialise. #HaymarketRapper #RapperSwordDancing #rappersworddance youtu.be/MQ66le8v38k

Haymarket Rapper's tenth year, 2023, saw a welcome return of trips away and dancing! We had trips to York (trip 16 on 27-29 Jan 2023 - 8 pubs) and Sheffield (trip 17 on 24-26 Nov 2023 - 10 pubs). #HaymarketRapper #RapperSwordDancing #RapperSwordDance youtu.be/B8O1oUcgQWw

Haymarket Rapper's 11th year of dancing, 2024, featured trips to Chesterfield (trip 18, 16-18 Feb) & Chelmsford (trip 19, 24-26 Nov 2024). We danced at 8 pubs in Chesterfield and 9 in Chelmsford. #HaymarketRapper #RapperSwordDancing #RapperSwordDance youtu.be/k_iUDIdyztc?fe…

Merry Christmas! (anyone fancy joining a morris side in the New Year?)

The first COVID lockdown in the UK was announced on 23 Mar 2020: huge implications for society! What did morris dancers do during lockdown? This short (3 min) video shows how the Morris Federation set up regular Zoom events with 3,000+ participants youtu.be/XQ8Lh47qL1Q?si…

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