BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Arts & Culture | Morris dancing 'extinction' fear: "Morris dancing could be 'extinct' within 20 years because young people are too embarrassed to take part, a UK Morris association has warned.
The number of people taking part in the English folk dance is falling while the average age of the dancers is going up."
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Oh, my no Morris Dancing? Perhaps it can be a competition in Dancing to the Stars, then it would be revived. What would the contestants where?
There's a wonderful mystery centering around morris dancing. Ngaio Marsh? Can't remember. There's a group in Berkeley that gathers to do Morris Dancing very early on May Day. At least it's alive in Berkeley
I've read the book. I think it is Marsh. Maybe America will save Morris Dancing.
Stegosauri yesterday, Morris dancing today, newspapers and network television tomorrow.
And then -- books?
God willing, "Riverdance" will be next in line.
Yes, it was a Marsh book. If I remember the title was Death of a Fool, and the UK title was something like Off With His Head. And Janet's right, the book was wonderful.
Word verification: Grile (Wasn't that Ambrose Bierce's pen name?)
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