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October 4th dawned
. . . no, not warm and
dry, or sunny even, but dull and damp. "Oh dear (or words to that
effect)" said we. The day we'd been working towards (can't say looking forward
to in all honesty!) had arrived. It had seemed a good idea, way back
in January, to offer to host the AGM in Skipton and combine it with our 20th
Anniversary. Many months and lots of, eventually sorted out problems later the
'Big Day' dawned.... as above!
We managed, however, to dance all
morning and most of the afternoon, as planned, despite the worsening weather.
A BIG thank you to the 12 sides who joined us for this. So far so good, we
thought. Spirits fell when we arrived for the actual AGM, though, to see lots
of soggy dancers and Fed 'officials' huddled under an archway trying to keep
dry..."We can't get into the meeting rooms, there's another meeting still in
progress". And so there was. A 'mix-up' over timings.
The AGM finally started a bit
later than planned and with over 30 sides represented. We felt relieved and
not a little pleased with ourselves. Maybe last year's apathy stirred a few
consciences and made more sides aware of the support the Federation and its
officers (all volunteers) give to all forms of the Morris. I'll not go into
details of the actual meeting as I'm sure this will be recorded elsewhere,
except to say that the consensus seemed to be that a one day event is the way
forward. It worked for us, and in retrospect was not too daunting, although we
did quite a bit of networking and advertising at various festivals and
weekends at which we danced during the year.
Again, MANY thanks to all the
sides who danced or sent a representative to the meeting.
Chris Needham, on behalf of all
Flagcrackers
PS. Sunday WAS warm and sunny .
Four more sides danced with us to celebrate our 20th. Thanks to them too.
We (the Flagcrackers) were a bit more relaxed now that the 'official' day
was over!!
Story- Chris Needham
Pics - Euan Hilton
Pics - Euan Hilton
