Beltane Border

Beginning as all-female side ‘The Iron Maidens’ in 2000, we are still ‘women with attitude’(our motto!) and dance in the border morris style using sticks (never hankies!). We have adapted some traditional border morris dances with the obligatory Beltane fire, but most of our repertoire is self-penned. We write new dances together over the winter with our musicians seeking out the best tune to suit the mood and style of the dance. Our musicians play mainly traditional tunes adding their own arrangements to give them the Beltane edge.