Midwest Morris Ale |
Date: 05/28/05 |
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Josh, Temple, Stan, and Ed get it together. |
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Standing, Clapping Coo-Coos. |
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Moving, Flapping Coo-Coos. |
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MTM's own Fiddle God, Gary Schulte. |
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Maven of the melodeon, Shannon Russell. |
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Josh (hair), Temple, Art and Paul. |






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Rick Nagler snaps a few. |
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MTM performs Ilmington Coo-Coos' Nest. |
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Uptown On Calhoun claims the U.P. |
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Suzy and some photogenic customer other than Josh & Liz. |
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A Squall and Ship on Lake Huron. (I took this while driving.) |
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Crossing the Mackinac Bridge. (Did I mention I got a ticket in the U.P.?) |
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Massed in Port Huron. Traffic on the bridge was fleeing to Canada. |
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Up Your Matilda. |






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More Matilda. |
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Guerrilla Morris at Suzy's Pasties in St Ignace. |
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Send us your poor, your tired, your Morris. |
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He WAS seeking asylum. Then he saw the inmates had taken over. |
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Prairie Waves. |



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Helping a Wave |
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Across Abram's Circle . |
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It's a big circle! |
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Don't tell me, I'll think of their team name. OK! OK Tell me already! |



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Off to California. That's Rick behind the post...and in the ceiling. |
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Some guys are dancing3˜4 |
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With the newly fertilized Maggie & Dorian. |
Summer Solstice Dance Out |
Date: 06/21/05 |


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...and some guys are watching. |
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At least one is fiddling around. |
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Starting off with the Moresque. Bill is actually in step at this point. |
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Leif defends himself from Arthur in Constant Billy. |


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You can't knock this performance of Postman's Knock. |
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Singing the Knock! |
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Rigs of Marlow looking good! |

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Running the capstan around in South Australia. |
Camp Snoopy Premiere |
Date: 06/26/05 |
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Maggie & Dorian's |

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The Circle revolves... |
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Our work here is done. |
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The view from the stage. |
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The Crosby Lake Clatters and Gary. |


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Arthur by any other name is still Derek. |
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Matilda in motion. Watch the bouncing stick. |
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Clatterers in step... |

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...and in line. Wish we could do that! |
Camp Snoopy3€4Gig #3 |
Date: 07/29/05 |
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Clatter'n style. |

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I could watch them all night . Especially the cute one in the black pants. |
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Their night only got stranger from here. |
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Air Braggart 2. |


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At the Santa Fe Bar & Grill. |
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Air Braggart 1. |
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Horse meet Hobby! |

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We're ready! |
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Quick ! Quick! Get On! |
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The Saucy Hiawatha. |


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A trip along the line will really please her fancy. |
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Which leg were we supposed to cross again? |
Edina Independence Day Parade |
Date: 07/04/05 |
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Say Hankie! |
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Look at the Full Size Image to see the ghosts of Flying Braggarts Past. |
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MTM sticking at the Cardinal bar. Is this a trend? |


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Braggarts sticking at the Fort Snelling Club. |
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Gibson is in SO much trouble when Ed sees this! |
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It's a trend. The photographer was only taking sticking shots. |
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So, get a look at Molly. Do you understand, now? |


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Glorishears for Molly. |
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Still dancing for Molly. |
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Shannon plays on while the rest of us are confused. |
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Keeping up with Gary - barely! |

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Flying Winster Processional. |
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Kirk horses around for the crowd. |
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Gibson shows his colors! |
LRT Dance Out with Ramsey's Braggarts |
Date: 06/21/05 |
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Bill with Beth and Laura. Wonder why she's called Lola? Hmmm? |
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Gibson teaches Paula the Tango. |
Morgan Creek Wine Tasting and Tours |
Date: 07/16/05 |


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Sticking to Waltzing Matilda. |
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Glad that's over with. Give the cord wood back to Stan now, Josh. |
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Our hosts, Paula & George Marti. |
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Taking a break in the Green Room. Of course everything is green... |


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Isn't this beautiful? The scenery ain't bad either. |
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Can't remember the dance but Arthur is calling so it's a good. |
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Larry rests after a long day of dancing and discourse3˜4 and discourse3˜4 and, well, you get the idea. |

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Molly breathes fire3€4almost. Sorry Molly. I tried! |
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Adam Marti with his son, and our youngest fan, Griffin. |

Minnesota Renaissance Festival |
Date: 07/16/05 |
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Six with stix! |
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Getting off with Bonnie Green!. Well, somebody has to! |


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Hay Quaker! |
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Will they remember to miss? |

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Can we ever see too many pictures of Gary? I don't think so! |


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Gotta be something Long Borough. I'm thinking Trunkles. |
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I don't do Long Borough Sècause this wind-up is a bitch. Can I say that? |
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Lads. |
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MONK'S. Makes sense. The monks are always after the lads. |


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Lads. |
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Lads. |
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Eenie... |
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Many. OR Belles, Clatterers, Uptown all on a Labor Day weekend. |


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Meenie... |
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Mynie... |
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We sing as well as dance. Yep! We're that bad at singing, too! |
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Enough of these damn Morris people. Let's look a something beautiful for once. |

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OH! OK!! Back to the Morris. |
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No, Bill's not sulking AGAIN! He's throwing his weight around constructively! As in packing mud on the Bear after a soaking rain. |
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The Green Man doing what he loves best, drinking and getting his picture taken. Not necessarily in that order. |


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Aunt Silly ...errrr I mean Aunt SALLY! |
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Before and after. Before 20 and after 50 that is. Now you know why Justin had the groupies - to protect his wee self! |
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This is supposed to show people having fun around the campfire. Looks more like they're staring at the ash hole. No, not me! I said ASH hole! |
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