Busking anyone?

[jambo101]

A different kind of busking/street hussle is 3D street art,hard to believe its all 2 dimensional.=
https://www.google.ca/search?q=stree...Julien++beever

[CraigCreek]

Thanks in part to the proximity of Berea, we have had morris dancers and musicians busking at street fairs, festivals, farmers' markets,and holiday events throughout the streets of many of central Kentucky's towns and cities for the last thirty-something years (there's a largely new generation of dancers now, as new babies and bad knees impacted the dancers of the past).

Morris and related English sword and rapper dancing is street theatre combined with traditional seasonal ritual celebration - and if anyone wants to add to their well-being, good weather, good crops, and general fertility (of land, livestock, or self, pick and choose) by making a small gift of metal or better yet, folding money to the dancers and musicians in return for being entertained, that's as it should be.

Traditional busking of this kind is a far cry from begging and panhandling. There is an exchange of gifts involved, and morris dancers and musicians practice their art and take it seriously, indeed. Morris, sword, and rapper dancing is taught at various folk dance camps and workshops around the country, and there are several hundred "sides" (groups) in the US and Canada, in addition to sides in England and much of the English-speaking world. All of these groups dance out in season on a regular basis. They are buskers - not beggars.

[bornincali]

Craig: Awesome to see someone else who shares this view. I despise panhandling but am all about supporting street performers.