Sisters triumph
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:12 pm
Okapi Sisters Triumph
A crowd of more than 4,000 people was reduced to tears as they witnessed the spectacular Boulmer Moon Dance at Seaton Point on Tuesday evening. The Moon Dance was performed by Craster's very own fabulous Okapi Sisters and was the first attempt of this highly dangerous feat in over 50 years. At the precise moment of moonrise and to the sound of the Horn of Howick, the Okapi Sisters launched themselves in to the dance, spinning, tumbling, cavorting and colliding for almost an hour, reaching the finale to gasps and screams from an audience in which 23 people fainted and a pregnant woman went into labour prematurely. The Okapi Sisters received a standing ovation that lasted for half an hour and there was not a dry eye on the beach. The sisters personal trainer, Cedric Bessom said, “The girls are elated, they have worked hard for the last 4 years to get to this point, there’s a few minor injures, Juliet has cracked a couple ribs but she’s fine, they were marvelous, simply marvelous. The Boulmer Moon Dance was last performed in 1950 by an amateur troop from outside the region. This performance was to end in disaster with two dancers dead, one seriously injured and hundreds of people treated for shock, some of whom were never to recover.
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A crowd of more than 4,000 people was reduced to tears as they witnessed the spectacular Boulmer Moon Dance at Seaton Point on Tuesday evening. The Moon Dance was performed by Craster's very own fabulous Okapi Sisters and was the first attempt of this highly dangerous feat in over 50 years. At the precise moment of moonrise and to the sound of the Horn of Howick, the Okapi Sisters launched themselves in to the dance, spinning, tumbling, cavorting and colliding for almost an hour, reaching the finale to gasps and screams from an audience in which 23 people fainted and a pregnant woman went into labour prematurely. The Okapi Sisters received a standing ovation that lasted for half an hour and there was not a dry eye on the beach. The sisters personal trainer, Cedric Bessom said, “The girls are elated, they have worked hard for the last 4 years to get to this point, there’s a few minor injures, Juliet has cracked a couple ribs but she’s fine, they were marvelous, simply marvelous. The Boulmer Moon Dance was last performed in 1950 by an amateur troop from outside the region. This performance was to end in disaster with two dancers dead, one seriously injured and hundreds of people treated for shock, some of whom were never to recover.
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