Highside Longsword Logbook
HUNDRED and FIFTY SECOND PUBLIC PERFORMANCE 12th January 2025
PERFORMERS :- Musicians Ted Dodsworth, Janice Hopkinson
Captain Peter Meese
1 Rob Thew
2 Iain Thew
3 Colin Fine
4 Keith Worden
5 Jim Coulson
6 Andrew Bodey
Plough Blessing at St Andrew's, Kirkby Malzeard. Always the most anticipated dance out of the year. It's great to be part of the service. Colin had offered to feed us afterwards but the Church actually put on a spread for everyone
. The service went well, part of the sermon theme was the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Rev Ian Kitchen using us an example!
The dance went very well indeed, great singing from Peter and great dancing from everyone. There were less farmers than usual, only 5, not sure if this was because of the vast amounts of snow we had or just hard times!
We didn't behead anyone this year, it just didn't seem appropriate. Keith signed the visitors book as we always have.
No Cathedral this year, despite being asked, as we still feel grieved at last year's treatment. They still advertised us in the Yorkshire Post as dancing outside, which we never have!