History
A small group of us decided we wanted to dance Cotswold Morris and formed a team of friends mid 2001. The original members all knew each other through connections with the Sheffield University Ceilidh Society (though the team is entirely independent of the University). Though most of us had had some experience of the world of morris (mainly border) we were lucky enough to get Richard on board who’s been dancing Cotswold since he was knee-high to a grasshopper, to show us what to do. Several years later we’re growing slowly in number having recruited some fab new members each year. Which is handy because doing a festival with only 6 dancers is exceedingly hard work!
Team aims
As a team, Pecsaetan aim in conjunction with the Morris Federation:
- To promote quality of dancing, music and performance
- To push ourselves as a team and as individuals
- To be interesting to watch for morris and "normal people" alike (!)
- To promote a good team spirit (getting drunk, carousing etc)
- To dance at festivals in England and abroad (more carousing)
Invitations to new members
Our main policy is that you have to be female (or at least prepared to dress as one, as in the case of our lovely Dorothy) but before anybody is invited to join we need to be fairly confident that they can dance and will fit into the group. This doesn’t mean you need to be a Cotswold expert and we also accept morris virgins, as long as we think you have the potential to get it. We usually start off new members in September / October to make it easier for them and us to cope! If you’re interested, please contact one of us and we can go from there.
