Asworded Nuts
Our motto: "We dress ourselves"
Longsword predates rapper-sword by a few hundred years in England and on the
continent, and exists in a number of traditions throughout Europe. The
swords are typically 36-40 inches in length: long, flat, tongue-depressor
like blades with a wooden handle on one end. The traditions in England
come mostly from fishing and mining villages in the North-East, and each
have a distinctive style. They are also boring. But no more:
The Nuts have been in existance for a bunch of years (6? 8? who cares!),
and have a distinctive (some would say hypocriphal) style, which, if
nothing else, is not boring. We perform one dance tradition from the
village of Kirkby Malzard, and do it at a pretty good clip. While the
dance itself is actually a fairly accurate rendition of the one done in
Kirkby, the costumes are not. We take our motto from a comment made by
an elderly woman audience member who was overheard remarking to her
husband: "You see what happens when you let boys dress themselves!" We
can be seen at various venues in the winter season (hence the shorts),
and can be contacted via
Ted Hodapp by
Email, or by phone.
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