Congratulations to Tom and Stephanie Besford on the birth of their daughter #Congratulations

High Spen practices restart tonight. Everybody is welcome to come along to the Barley Mow Community Centre to learn from the only surviving traditional rapper team in the world! #sworddancing #comeandjoinus

High Spen and Sallyport should be appearing on The Antiques Roadtrip this afternoon at 16:30 (BBC1) #sworddanceontv #rapperdancing

That went ok. Well done Sallyport and High Spen! #sworddanceontv #rapperdancing

High Spen Great to meet Ricky today - really enjoyed learning about the origins of Rapper Sword Dancing.

Sitting in The Red Lion in Earsdon waiting for the North East Rapper Championships to start. Not dancing, just watching. #rappersword

... and the winners are Star and Shadow (open) and Sallyport (traditional) #rappersword

Addison rapper crawl in Winlaton tonight!

High Spen practices start again on Jan 7th, 7:30 Barley Mow Community Centre. Everyone is welcome!

Breaking news... Kingsmen are winners of the north east rapper competition (NERC) held today at the Old Coal Yard, Byker #sworddancing #nerc

Wow! Our entry in the Dert of Derts online rapper competition was judged first in the open section by both the official judges and the public vote. Thanks to all the judges, the public who voted for us and a special thanks to the organisers for An incredible event. well done all

High Spen met up in the pub tonight for the first time since lockdown. Great to meet up again. #smallsteps

High Spen practices re-commence this evening at the Barley Mow Community Centre. PM the team if you are thinking of coming along. #sworddancing

Well that went better than expected! #sworddancing

High Spen start practicing again tomorrow (13th) at Barley Mow Community Centre 7:30 till 9:00. If you would like to have go at learning the oldest remaining traditional rapper sword dance then just turn up on the night. You will be made most welcome.

After nearly three years of no public performances, High Spen are performing at the Northumbrian Piper's Society Annual Concert at the Newcastle University King's Hall tonight. #rapperdancing

There's a meeting at the Barley Mow pub tonight (Tuesday 28th) for anyone interested in preserving the High Spen Sword Dance tradition. Sword dance enthusiasts, dancers and musicians all welcome #savehighspen

Save the date! The High Spen Sword Dancers will be hosting workshop open to all. We will be teaching the High Spen First Dance (including the High Spen 'Bulldog') Sunday 25th of June at a venue to be confirmed later. Register your interest now. More details soon. #savehighspen

Details for the Rapper Workshop on 25 June are finally out. Tickets went on sale via Eventbrite at midnight on the 1st May. Follow the link for further information. eventbrite.co.uk/e/623884002847

Peter Brown as Betty for Monkseaton Morris, new years day in Monkseaton @7manrapper