OUR NAME DERIVES FROM OUR BASE IN ALLENS GREEN WHERE A WONDERFULLY PICTURESQUE STREAM GAVE US THE IDEA, (IT'S REALLY A DRAINAGE DITCH)! THE SIDE WAS FORMED IN 1987 AND FIRST DANCED OUT THE FOLLOWING SPRING, AFTER A FEW YEARS WE BASED OURSELVES IN SAWBRIDGEWORTH BUT WE HAVE NOW MOVED BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL HOME AT ALLENS GREEN VILLAGE HALL. SO YOU WILL FIND US THERE, PRACTISING EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. AFTER PRACTICE WE HAVE OUR POST DANCE REFRESHMENT IN A GREAT PUB:
FROM LATE APRIL TO SEPTEMBER WE DANCE OUT AT LOCAL HOSTELRIES AND FESTIVALS AND WE ALSO TRY TO DO A WEEKEND AWAY AT ONE OF THE MAIN FOLK FESTIVALS.
OUR DISTINCTIVE TURQUOISE AND YELLOW KIT HAS SLOWLY EVOLVED INTO THE LATEST VERSION SEEN ABOVE. OUR MEMBERS COVER ALL AGE GROUPS AND WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO WELCOME PROSPECTIVE DANCERS (NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED) AND ALSO MUSICIANS OF ANY TYPE
OF INSTRUMENT. WE MIGHT NOT BE THE LARGEST SIDE BUT WE LIKE TO THINK WE ARE ONE OF THE FRIENDLIEST!
OUR DANCES ARE MAINLY CLOG MORRIS FROM THE NORTH WEST COUNTIES SUCH AS LANCASHIRE, CHESHIRE AND CUMBRIA. WE ALSO DANCE A FEW WELSH/ENGLISH BORDER DANCES TO GIVE US THE CHANCE TO SHOUT A LOT AND WEAR TATTERS JACKETS. WE HAVE EVEN BEEN SEEN DOING COTSWOLD (BUT ONLY ONE)!
SEE SOME OF THE SIDE DANCING ON "YOUTUBE"
