Summary: Series 29 Issue 2

Published: May 2022

Editor: Jeff Lawson

Citation: Rattle Up My Boys, 29 (2), May 2022

In this issue

• May Day and more
• DERT 2022, Derby
• HELEN MORRIS (1959 — 2021)
• All aboard the Yorkshire Belle
• Editorial
• North British – A Trip To Mons
• St. Georgi Ride
• Renaat van Craenbroeck’s Speurtocht 11

Editorial

DERT 2022 was held in Derby, although compared to the numbers of teams at pre-pandemic DERTSs it was quite restrained; it was wonderful to see it back. Meeting up with friends and seeing some excellent dancing made the trip to Derby really worthwhile. 

Southport Swords will be hosting the SDU AGM and Tournament they had planned to do in 2020. DERT was an excellent event, and I’m sure the SDU Tournament will match it. The Swords will be contacting teams over the summer, so
make sure you have put the date in your diary.

Renaat van Craenbroeck’s Speurtocht 11 has moved from dances in Bruges to Oudenburg, about 25 kilometres away. It is a problem with early dance records to be sure what sort of sword dance they meant; the dance detailed is a circle dance and so probably the earliest that we can be reasonably sure is a linked sword dance, or at least Renaat thought so.

Jim and Lynette Eldon have received the EFDSS Gold Badge. Jim is the musician for Flamborough and also Goathland Plough Stots, and it is great to be able to publish the details of the presentation of the award. Congratulations to Jim and Lynette. 

North British make a point of going overseas every year, 2022 victim was Mons. Martin Hanley’s account tells how they all ended up bushed by the trip.

Quite a few teams organised or took part in St George’s Day celebrations, but its not just the English who celebrate it; as the account of the St George’s Ride shows.