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    Dancing around the MAYPOLE

    Apr 27, 2022 4 minutes
    WORDS: GILLIAN HARVEY.

    ‘Dancing at sunrise is magical’

    Alex Merry, 43, is a pet portrait artist and illustrator, and lives with her partner Aron, 44, in Stroud.

    As I step into the dance, the first rays of light begin to glimmer on Painswick Beacon, the site of an Iron Age fort, and shimmer on the colourful folds of my costume. For morris dancers, May Day is one of the most important dates in the calendar.

    My parents were ‘folkies’ and I remember my dad dancing at home with hankies! But it was when I moved to London from Stroud in 2009 that I finally learnt to morris dance.

    I was working for an

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