16 - 17 February 2008
The Half Moon New York Sword Ale brings the phenomenon of sword dancing to a number of venues around a curious New York City, including the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Jefferson Market Library.
Sword dancing originated in northern England. The dance itself, in which the dancers are linked in a ring by the "swords" they hold in their hands while they work as a team to weave intricate figures and patterns without breaking the circle, bears a close resemblance to English Morris and folk dancing traditions.
Location
New York City, USA
Team List
Charm City Rapper, Baltimore, MD
Griggstown Lock Rapper Sword, Princeton, NJ
Half Moon Sword, New York, NY
Handsome Molly, Princeton, NJ
New Haven Morris and Sword, New Haven, CT
New Moon Sword, New York, NY
KAOS, Oberlin, OH
Orion Longsword, Boston, MA
Scrambled Six, Boston, MA
Still River Sword, Still River, MA
That Long Tall Sword, Northampton, MA
Schedule
Saturday, February 16th, 2008 : (mostly) Manhattan
9:15 AM All Teams : Staten Island Ferry Terminal, Whitehall Terminal at 1 Whitehall Street at South St.
11:30 Donnell Library Center, 20 W 53rd Street, (5th/6th Ave) : Charm City Rapper, Orion Sword
1:00 Penn South Bldg 7A Community Room, 328 W. 28th St (8th/9th Avenue) : Half Moon Sword, Handsome Molly, KAOS
1:30 Dana Discovery Center, 110th St (5th Ave/Lenox Ave) in Central Park : Griggstown Lock, Scrambled Six, That Long Tall Sword
1:30 Museum of the City of New York, 1220 5th Avenue @ 103rd St : New Haven Morris and Sword, New Moon Sword, Still River Sword
3:00 Brooklyn Heights Library, 280 Cadman Plaza West at Tillary St., Brooklyn : Half Moon Sword, Handsome Molly, KAOS
3:00 Museum of the City of New York, 1220 5th Avenue @ 103rd St : Griggstown Lock, Scrambled Six, That Long Tall Sword
3:00 Jefferson Market Public Library, 425 6th Avenue @ 10th St : Charm City Rapper, Orion Sword
3:00 Dana Discovery Center, 110th St (5th Ave/Lenox Ave) in Central Park : New Haven Morris and Sword, New Moon Sword, Still River Sword
Sunday, February 17th, 2008 : Brooklyn
12:30 First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn, Pierrepont & Monroe Streets, Brooklyn : Handsome Molly, New Haven, Orion
12:30 Old First Reformed Church, 126 7th Avenue, between Carroll and President Streets, Brooklyn : Charm City, KAOS, Still River, That Long Tall Sword
12:30 Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St. at Clinton St., Brooklyn : Half Moon, New Moon, Scrambled Six
2:30 All Teams : Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn
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16 - 17 February 2008 
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