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As usual, we started our tour at The Crown Inn just after noon.
We emerged from the pub into the sunshine to do our first dance,
as soon as the church bells had stopped ringing.
The old lady whose back you can see is actually Pete dressed in his
miller's smock.
The others appear to be just milling around but are actually dancing.
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Our Millennium Stick Box caught on the move between pubs.
In the top right of the photo, you can just see the top of Harbury's
windmill.
Its sails can be been on the stick box.
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The sun is still shining and we're dancing at the Old New Inn.
Chris (far left) can be seen dancing Vandals of Hammerwich
for the very first time
and appears to be studying Celia's feet very carefully.
It's actually a right foot start, Chris.
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Still at the Old New Inn, and you may just be able to make out
the wings on Margaret's back (the dancer nearest the camera on the
right).
Liz had also been sporting wings on the previous evening although someone
commented that they weren't as "pert" as Margaret's.
In fact, wings have been the fashion accessory
during this festive season and we may well adopt them as part of
the kit, if only to help some dancers get off the ground!
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Here you see a group of Hereburgh musicians (including the Miller and
his melodeon and, just out of sight, Janny and her impressive new
concertina) gathered around the attractive skips in the car park of
The Shakespeare Inn.
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The sky is still blue and we've reached our final dance
venue, The Dog Inn,
before retiring for mulled wine and soup chez Barber.
All in all, it was a delightful and memorable start to the year 2000.
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Meanwhile in Hawaii, Lynne was resorting to other methods
to help her caper a little higher.
The Christmas weather appears to be terrible.
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