Lancashire Wallopers dance “Sam Sherry’s Waltz“ at the Vale of Evesham National Morris Weekend

Lancashire Wallopers Sam Sherry’s Waltz. The men were doing the “original“ and the women were doing the “improvers“ steps. The first 3 and last 2 steps are the same and the middle 4 steps vary. We do it as a party piece because it’s hard to be dancing two different versions at the same time. The team was originally formed in 1981 by students of the legendary clog dancer and music hall entertainer Sam Sherry. The purpose of their formation was a one-off performance at the National Gathering at Cecil Sharp House of the bargees social dance taught to them by Bill Gibbons. Their outfits are inspired by the clothing traditionally worn by canal bargees and the group includes a dancing boat horse. Why Wallopers? Walloping is an old Lancashire term for clog dancing. Vale of Evesham National Morris Weekend A weekend of colour, music and movement – a festival celebrating the best of all of the many forms of England’s national dance In 2006 a group of friends who all danced with various Morris sides got together to develop the Morris presence at Evesham’s annual Asparagus festival. This developed very rapidly into a multi side National festival of Morris held in the Riverside Market Town of Evesham- the gateway to the Cotswolds. Here your side can take part in tours, including Pershore and the Vale villages, the Cotswolds, our own National Trust gem The Fleece Inn, and massed dancing at key venues in and around the Historic market town of Evesham.