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On Sunday afternoon,'
tt'affic.stopped for halfEtn
hour on Main Street,
Bayfield - andfor a very
good reason , the Forest
City Morris : Team.
stoppedby to offer their
unique fdtm of en-
tertainment. ' With bells
their legs, orange
shoulder sashes bearing
an embroidered tree
insignia and'leather hats
decorated with ribbons
and flowers, the dancers
drew al enthusiastic
tft*diencer
The dancers per-
formed to the ac-
companiment of con-
certina and drum, are
not, as sometimes sup-
posed `country dances'
and have their own
routines,, steps and music
which have been passed
on from father to son and
by word of mouth.
Undaunted by the
threatening rain, the
Forest City Team, who
have visited Bayfield
before, were in ex-
ceptionally good form,
excelling their , previous
performances, leaping
and executing their
complicated steps with a
verve and spontaneity'
that was warmly ap-
preciated. The per-
formance of the team was
further enhanced by the
'fool' complete with top
hat and beautifully
embroidered shepherd's
smock (thehandiwork of
his wife), who announced
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the streets
the items and himself
displayed some ,of the
most intricate steps,
A .new addition to the
team this year was
¯o* the Unicorn.
Resplendent in his brown
cloak With orange trim
and bells, he not only
danced, but opened and
closed his mouth in
process of collecting
Coins - for which he ap-
pealed to have a pretty
prodigious appetite. His
demonstrtion of
swallowing a small coin
and 'then permitting the
`fool' to remove a dollar
bill from his tail end
seemed .10 offer an* � an-
swer to the inflation
problem. But who could
resist feeding a creature
with such soulful brown
eyes capable of a
knowing conspiratorial
---wink-l-
Morris dancing was
said to have been in-
troduced from Spain by
John of Gaunt, although
other sources claim that
it was Flemish or French.
However, the original
`Morisco' was for one
person only, whereas the
Morris Dances of old
England involved a series
of characters. '
By the time Henry VIII
ascended the throne,
Morris Dancing had
become an essential part
of principal village ac-
tivities. At that time the
team consisted of five
men and a boy dressed as
a girl, usually called
Maid Marian. Two
musicians wereused and
a `foreman'the Morris
lead the team. The bells
were she giajly. tune -c_ to._.
produce a harmonious
sourid: Performances at
May Fairs saw the in-
troduction of other
characters such as Friar
Tuck, Robin Hood and
Little John.
The Puritans promptly
abolished such light-
hearted entertainment,
although the restoration
of the Monarchy saw a
resumption of activity by
which time Maid Marian
became the clown, or
fool, Malkin.
Morris Dancing was a
regular form of en-
tertainment at the annual
Hiring Fairs when farm
labourers and serving
maids attended in order
to hire themselves out to
local farmers. Refresh-
ments booths, boxing
contests, wrestling
matches, jugglers ' and
There were plenty of well dressed entries In the
children's section in the Bayfield Fall fair parade
last Saturday. (Bud Sturgeon photo)
Big success
SEAFORTH - Two words
sum up Seaforth's .first
attempt at a Farmer's
Market and as. recreation
director Bryan Peter
said, '`It was an in-
credible success."
Out of the total 14
booths selling items like
fresh vegetables, baking,
flowers, quilts, craft
items and paintings, Mr.
Peters said, all were
pleased with the day's
results.
Fresh produce and
crafts attracted an ap-
proximate 400 to 500 local
patrons throughout the
market day, held on
August 23. ',. '-
Looking towards next
year, Mr. Peter said the
local recreation com-
mittee hopes to organize
three of four similar
markets over the sum-
mer months.
"It's not often that
something goes over so
well," he noted.
Ship your livestock
with
FRANK VOOGEL
DASHWOOD
Shipper To United
Co-operatives Of
Ontario Livestock
Department,
Toronto
Monday is shipping
day from Varna
Stockyards
CALL DASHWOOD
238-2707
OR BAYFIELD
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Also Western
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AAmtilalble
ikar to,
'acrobats made these
special, oenastons and the
Morris Dancers had a
traditional role in these
festivities.
A recent revival of
interest in Morris Dan-
cing increases the
demands for the per-
formances of the Forest
City Team who cover
Folk Festivals, Fairs, the
opening at Stratford to
name just a few of their
engagements.
The eighteen dancers -
nine male and nine
female - are proud of
their traditions, and
anyone interested in
joining the team,, living
within commuting
distance of London,
should contact Ron
Duncan, 372 Cedar
Avenue, London, Ont.
(439-3622).
For -those who missed
this delightful and
unusual entertainment,
the Forest City Team
have promised a return
visit to Bayfield in May
1981. -
Bayfield lady
wins
quilt
at flail fair
At the conclusion of the
Agricultural Fair on
Saturday, Ted Dunn was
present when the
Historical Society made
the draw for the winner of
the beautiful gold and
_.brawn-.. _,handmade
The lucky winner was
Mrs. Agnes Parker of
Bayfield, and the winning
number - 735,.
-Many visitors to -the
Agricultural Show • on
Saturday paused at the
stand of the Bayfield
Garden Club to admire
the display, and accept
the challenge , to put a
name to a beautiful floral
arrangement. One clue
was given - the flowers
represented a well-known
song. The solution was
derived from the names
of the flowers, the first
letter of which gave the
correct ' answer - 0-ak, C-
osmos, A-sters, N-
icotiana, A-lyssum, D-
ahlias and A-
ntirrhinums. But, no one
guessed the correct title,
which was, of course, "0
CANADA"!
by Gwon Pemberton
and Bt,d $turgeor,
appy to be back
By
Gwen Pemberton
"The constriction of life
within a village radius" -
from the back row of the
balcony of thee Avon,.
that's what I heard; it
may not be `exactly' what
Maggie Smith said in
Edna O'Brien's portrayal
of Virginia Woolf, but it's
the gist of it. We are all so
nervous about mistakes
this summer in Bayfield!
During . August, my
speedometer clocked
2,000 miles on Ontario
roads as I left the `village
radius' and four times I
found myself back in
Bayfield for various
reasons and each time I
was happy to be back.
Pat Becheley Arthur
from Miami, formerly of
Seaforth, rented my
house for August. She
says `Bayfield is my
favourite place in the
whole world, of course.'
She was in the lake every
day. Her , architect
husband sketched many
harbour scenes and
Bayfield buildings in the
few days he spent here.
I spent a few days at
the `White Surf' at
Wymbolwood Beach. It's
about as far from Wasaga
Beach as Bayfield is from
Grand Bend and about as
different! While in that
neck -of -the -woods I
"-!stepped-into -a-different
Century",, to use the
brochure • blurb. At
Penetanguishine I rode
down a hill in a team -
drawn wagon to restored
historic Naval Establish-
ments. There the young
Lieutenant Henry Wolsey
Bayfield returned from
his surveys of Lake
Huron and Georgian Bay
to prepare his reports to
the British Admiralty, It
was the last naval
structure we were shown
by the enthusiastic guides
and costutned staff as we
climbed back up the hill.
There were recon-
structed residences,
offices, workshops, the
elegant officers' quarters
and the naval dockyard
and storehouse.. The
Ministry of Culture and
Recreation brochure does
not overstate when it says
the buildings are fur-
nished with antiques
comprising one of the
finest period collections
in Ontario.
tI was fortunate to have
a privately guided tour -
almost - as there were
only thre of us, it having
rained heavily all mor-
ning. Later the wagon
was full of tourists
whenever it came down
the hill. The guides were
very interested to hear
that I lived in Bayfield.
They had one other
visitor from this area this
season. He told them that
the Bayfield Historical
Society would meet at his
log cabin in June - it had
to be the society's
friendlyhost, John
Hindmarsh .of Goderich.
The young history
student and archaeologist
said when we arrived at
the Bayfield building.
"He is my favorite", as
she referred to his 'self -
education methodical
work habits, his en-
durance of the problems
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he had to deal with on his
trips. Years later he
wrote "I had not room
even for a mattress, but
slept, in all weathers, in
the Boat," or on the shore
upon a Buffalo robe,
under the boat's mainsail
thrown over a few
branches placed on the
ground. Many a night
have I slept out, in this
way, when the ther-
mometer was down tq
zero, and sometimes even
below it. Yet even this
was not so wearing as
trying to sleep, in vain, in
the- warm -nights -of
summer... in the smoke
of a fire to keep off the
clouds of Moschettoes
which literally darkened
the air." In November
1822 he wrote from his
winter quarters, "The
Rocky Shores . of Lake
Huron have so shook our
Time Keepers, that in
their present state they
are useless". He asked to
be supplied with a new or
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The queen
Every fair has a queen and an acclaimed winner at
the Bayfield Fall Fair parade was little Miss Sugar
Bush. Miss Sugar Bush, 13 month old Jennifer
Willbee of RR 1, Dashwood got a helping held from
campaign manager Evelyn Archer. Jennifer is the
daughter of Allan and Debbie Willebee. (Shelley
McPhee photo)
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