Dance Notes Red Herring Morris Version of July 22, 2006

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1 Dance Notes Red Herring Morris Version of July 22, 2006

2 Border Dances Mr. Dolly Tune: George Green s College Hornpipe Source: Andy Anderson Chorus: clash G G PPP [low], R L PPP [high], repeat Sequence: Addams Family intro, chorus, cross & swing, chorus, chorus, J-loops, chorus, mini-brook, chorus, dragon s bane, chorus, rounds (with sounds) & off Morning Glory Tune: Morning Glory by Andy Anderson or 6 Source: Andy Anderson Chorus: four ( four times); 1-move-2 ( , move, , ) Sequence: once to yourself, four, hey, 1-move-2, cross & swing, 1-move-2, hey, 1-move-2, j-loops, 1-move-2, hey, four & out with a Hoy! Over the Top Tune: Over the Top by Jeff Bigler Source: Jeff Bigler Chorus: (1) high-low while (2) dib & toss; then clash while dancing through to corner s space. Repeat with (2) high-low while (1) dib & toss. Sequence: dance on & rounds, chorus, staggered back-to-back, chorus, J-loops, chorus, out-to-the-left ( choo-choo ), chorus, bombast, final chorus (keep going after clash-through) Woodhouse Bog Tune: The Keel Row Dancers: 8 Source: Kearn Morris Chorus: H L H L H L FBF (all but last FBF while stepping) Sequence: once-to-yourself, chorus for 0 2, forearm swings, chorus for 2 4, star, chorus for 4 6, casting (mirror) hey, chorus for 6 8, motorcycle hey, chorus for 8 6, casting hey, chorus for 6 4, star, chorus for 4 2, forearm swings, chorus for 2 0, speeding up and ending with one dancer chasing the other off Border Crossing Tune: I Fought the Law by Bobby Fuller Dancers: 5 Source: Jeff Bigler, Rickland Powell & Jeff Keller Chorus: motorcycle hey for 5, then center clashes with #1, #2 ( I fought the law ), #1 4 clash with center ( and the law won ), center clashes with #3, #4 ( I fought the law ), #1 4 clash with center ( and the law won ) Sequence: chorus, rounds with barricades, chorus, choo-choo, chorus, mini-brook, chorus, starburst, chorus, tosses

3 Four Lane End Tune: Four Lane End by John Kirkpatrick (?) Stepping: bedlam (step-hop-step-hop run-run-run-hop) Source: via Debbie Lewis Chorus: sticking sequence by dancer #1, then #2, #3, #4: left-middle-right-middle-left-middleright then forehand-back for next dancer to start sequence. End with repeated forehand-backhand, alternating between neighbor & partner. Sequence: dance on & rounds, chorus, high-low, chorus, multiples, chorus, turn & toss, chorus, tosses, final chorus (repeat next-to-last bar 3, getting faster) Weobley Hankie Tune: Flowers of Edinbugrh Hankies Source: via Debbie Lewis Chorus: dancers #1 #4 each wave & bow, then small rounds Sequence: large rounds, chorus, star, chorus, crossover ( dog bones ), chorus, bombast, chorus, large rounds & out with a Hoy! Circle Dance Tune: The Big Ship Source: (Connecticut) Not For Joes Chorus: stick neighbor-partner-high/low, partner-neighbor low/high; repeat. Sequence: once-to-yourself, chorus, rounds, chorus, staggered back-to-back, chorus, hey, chorus, starburst, chorus, bombast, chorus, rounds & off The Drunken Idiot Tune: The Idiot, by Stan Rogers (John Barleycorn lyrics by Jon Berger) Source: Karin Howe & Mike Miller (Bassett Street Hounds) Chorus: B(H)-F(L) in pairs, B(H), F(L) in square; 4x Sequence: once to yourself/rounds, chorus, linear hey/square hey, chorus, linear bombast/square bombast, chorus Dawley Tune: Return from the Waterside by Andy Anderson Dancers: 8 Source: Andy Anderson & John Kirkpatrick Chorus: clash with partner , , , while stepping in place Sequence: chorus, single hey, chorus, hey in pairs, chorus, circular hey, chorus, Lichfield hey, chorus & out with a Hoy! Bromsboro Heath Tune: Bromsboro Heath Dancers: long line, in pairs Source: Mystic Garland Chorus: stick F B for 16 bars (32 beats) Sequence: hey for 8 bars (32 beats), chorus ; repeat getting gradually faster ad defessum.

4 Duns Tew Dances Seaside Shuffle Tune: Constant Billy Chorus: 4 sidesteps, distinctive figure cross & back to center, hockle back, FTJ. D.F. are: #1: 2 double steps; #2: 4 plain capers; #3: 4 double capers; #4: 2 upright capers (pass right shoulders on first; spin to face on second) Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus/sidesteps, face-to-face, chorus/plain capers, top-tobottom, chorus/double capers, bottom-to-top, chorus/uprights, rounds & all-in The Wheat Sheaf Tune: The Wheat Sheaf by Chris Ricciotti Source: Rob Berra Chorus: 4 sidesteps into center, around, and back out to new position. Repeat with 1 st triangle, 2 nd triangle, then everybody. At end of full chorus, dancers have traded places with their corners. The Ugly Duckling Tune: Lumps of Plum Pudding Type: set/bagged hankies Chorus: 4 sidesteps & half hey Old No. 5 Tune: The Rose Tree Type: set/handclapping (no hankies) Chorus: 2 sidesteps to face partner, clap self-self-right, self-self-left, 2 sidesteps back to place, clap front-under (R)-front-under (L)-front-back-front Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus/partner, face-to-face, chorus/middles-up, top-to-bottom, chorus/middles-down, bottom-to-top, chorus/partner, rounds & all-in Fireworks Tune: Fireworks by Jeff Bigler Source: modified from the Fieldtown dance by Jeff Bigler Chorus: 4 plain capers into a circle. Toss/clash sequence: Foot-together-jump. Explode and return (3 double steps), all-in clash, galley, FTJ.

5 Banks of the Swere Tune: Banks of the Dee Type: set/bagged hankies (arm clashing) Chorus: clash forearms & stamp R L R L. Half-hey. Repeat. Mrs. Casey Tune: Mrs. Casey Type: column/bagged hankies Chorus: Face up. distinctive figure by tops, middles, bottoms, then everybody. Half hey. Repeat facing down. D.F. are #1: 2 sidesteps; #2: 4 plain capers; #3: 2 double capers; #4: 1 upright caper (moving forward) Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus/sidesteps, face-to-face, chorus/plain capers, top-tobottom, chorus/double capers, bottom-to-top, chorus/uprights, rounds & all-in Trunkles Tune: Trunkles (Headington version) Source: Jeff Bigler Chorus: each corner challenge (2 double steps, hockle back, FTJ), then each corner cross and back to center on distinctive figure, then hockle back, FTJ. D.F. are #1: double steps; #2: sidesteps; #3: 8 double capers; #4: 4 upright capers Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, challenge, chorus/double steps, face-to-face, challenge, chorus/sidesteps, top-to-bottom, challenge, chorus/double capers, bottom-to-top, challenge chorus/uprights, rounds & all-in Lass of Richmond Hill Tune: Lass of Richmond Hill, by James Hood Type: column/bagged hankies Source: modified from the dance by Martin Johnson of the Hammersmith Morris Men Chorus: Face up; top couple 2 sidesteps and hocklebacks; second & third couple the same, then process. First processional is sidesteps, second is 8 plain capers (slow music), third is 4 double capers (slow music), fourth is leapfrogs (using upright capers). Spread the set out before the final chorus; (after Bottom-to-Top). Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus/sidesteps, face-to-face, chorus/plain capers, top-tobottom, chorus/double capers, bottom-to-top, chorus/leapfrogs, rounds & all-in Froggy s First Jump Tune: Froggy s First Jump by the Albion Band Source: modified from the Fieldtown dance by Paul Handford of Thames Valley International Chorus: sticking & cross over, hockle back, FTJ; repeat. Sticking is: R B R B P F P B P B L F R B R B P F P B L F P B. Rhythm is Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot, too old! Crossings are struts (#1 & #2) and plain capers (#3 & #4). Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus/struts, face-to-face, chorus/struts, top-to-bottom, chorus/plain capers, bottom-to-top, chorus/plain capers, rounds & all-in

6 Bungalow Bill Tune: Bobbing Around Chorus: Corner challenge, hockle back, FTJ. Challenges are: #1 & #3: double caper; #2 & #4: upright caper. Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus/double capers, face-to-face, chorus/uprights, top-tobottom, chorus/double capers, bottom-to-top, chorus/uprights, rounds & all-in Oak Apple Day Tune: The Twenty-Ninth of May Source: Rebecca Jordan Chorus: #1 & #3: birdcage & half hey. Repeat. #2 & #4: cannons & half hey. Repeat. Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus/birdcage, face-to-face, chorus/cannons, top-to-bottom, chorus/birdcage, bottom-to-top, chorus/cannons, rounds & all-in Car Park and Garden Tune: The Gallant Hussar Chorus: Sequence: once to yourself, rounds/double steps, chorus, rounds/double capers, chorus, rounds/uprights, chorus, rounds/double steps & all-in The Gallant Weaver Tune: The Gallant Weaver by Robert Burns Source: modified from the Bledington dance by Peter Redgate of Green Fiddle Morris Chorus: Each corner cross on distinctive figure: dib tips, butts, clash forehand, backhand. 2 hocklebacks, FTJ (clash), turn 180 on 2 double steps, hockle back, FTJ/clash. Shooting Tune: When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again Type: set/long stick Source: Jeff Bigler Chorus: Masters dib butts tips, shoot. Apprentices repeat. Half hey. Then hand-to-hand clashes right hand high, then left hand high, then baseball clashes forehand-backhand-forehand. Half hey. Ladies Pleasure Tune: Ladies Pleasure (same as the Bledington jig) Type: jig/bagged hankies Dancers: 1- or 2-person jig Source: Jeff Bigler; based on Bledington jig Chorus: 2 sidesteps, hockle-backs, FTJ, 2 double steps, hockle-back, FTJ Sequence: once to yourself, foot up, chorus, double capers, chorus, upright capers, chorus

7 Sherborne Dances The Cuckoo s Nest Tune: The Cuckoo s Nest Type: set/hankies Chorus: Face down. 4 plain capers by bottoms, then middles, then tops 2 double steps. All galley out. Face up & repeat. Sequence: once to yourself, foot up (moving), chorus, set, chorus, back-to-back, chorus, face-to-face, chorus, small rounds, whole hey, large rounds Young Collins Tune: Young Collins Type: set/hankies Chorus: stomp L L L, clap 3, stomp R R R, clap 3, half-hey. Repeat. Sequence: once to yourself, foot up (moving), chorus, set, chorus, back-to-back, chorus, face-to-face, chorus, small rounds, whole hey, large rounds Orange and Blue (or The Orange in Bloom) Tune: Orange and Blue Type: corner/hankies Chorus: distinctive figure, then cross on 2 double-steps & galley-ftj. Distinctive figures are: #1: 2 sidesteps & 2 salutes; #2: 2 sidesteps & 2 galleys; #3: 4 kick capers; #4: 4 splitters. Sequence: once to yourself, foot up (in place), chorus/salutes, rounds, chorus/galleys, rounds, chorus/kick capers, rounds, chorus/splitters, rounds, whole hey How Do You Do? Tune: Swaggering Boney Type: corner/hankies Chorus: long sidestep sequence (s.s shuffle s.s FTJ), distinctive figure, cross on 4 plain capers. Distinctive figures are #1: 2 salutes; #2: 2 galleys; #3: 2 kick capers; #4: 2 splitters Sequence: once to yourself, foot up (in place), chorus/salutes, rounds, chorus/galleys, rounds, chorus/kick capers, rounds, chorus/splitters, rounds, whole hey Trunkles Tune: Trunkles Type: corner/hankies Chorus: Each corner challenge (double step, FTJ, galley back to place, FTJ). Each corner cross on distinctive figure, then 2 galleys (in, then out). Distinctive figures are #1: 3 double steps; #2: 3 forrie caper; #3: 3 kick capers; #4: 3 splitters Sequence: once to yourself, foot up (in place), challenge, chorus/double steps, rounds, challenge, chorus/forries, rounds, challenge, chorus/kick capers, rounds, challenge, chorus/splitters, rounds, challenge, whole hey

8 Over the Hills and Far Away Tune: Over the Hills and Far Away Type: special/hankies Chorus: 4 double steps, 4 plain capers, long sidestep sequence (s.s. left shuffle s.s. right FTJ), 2 double steps, 4 plain capers Sequence: chorus for 1, chorus for 2, chorus for 4, chorus for 6 (end with hook left), small rounds, whole hey Leapfrog Tune: The Blue-Eyed Stranger Type: special/hankies Chorus: distinctive figure around the circle, galley left, FTJ. Distinctive figures are: #1: touch hat brim/salute; #2: forrie caper; #3: galley right; #4: leapfrogs 3 1, 1 3, 6 5, 5 6, 2 4, 4 2 Sequence: once to yourself, foot up (moving), chorus/salutes, set, chorus/forries, back-to-back, chorus/galleys, face-to-face, chorus/leapfrogs, small rounds, whole hey, large rounds Constant Billy Tune: Constant Billy Type: set/2 short sticks Sticks: 2 short sticks Chorus: sticking together right together left together right together both, half hey. Repeat. Sequence: once to yourself, foot up (moving), chorus, set, chorus, back-to-back, chorus, face-to-face, chorus, small rounds, whole hey, large rounds General Monck s March Tune: General Monck s March Type: set/hankies Hankies Stepping: Sherborne heel-and-toe Source: traditional Chorus: 1 st, then 2 nd, then 3 rd corners distinctive figure, half hey. Repeat. Distinctive figures are: #1: salute; #2: galley; #3: kick caper; #4: splitter Sequence: once to yourself, foot up (moving), chorus, set, chorus, back-to-back, chorus, face-to-face, chorus, whole hey I ll Go and Enlist for a Sailor Tune: I ll Go and Enlist for a Sailor Type: double jig/hankies Dancers: 2 Source: traditional Chorus: long sidestep sequence (s.s. left shuffle s.s. right FTJ), 2 double steps (moving forward), 4 plain capers Figures: 4 distinctive figures, 2 double steps (moving forward), 4 plain capers 1 st dancer: once to yourself, foot up (d.f. = double steps), walk round, chorus, wkr., kick capers, wkr., chorus, wkr., splitters, wkr. starting with 8 forries, chorus 2 nd dancer: once-to-yourself, once to yourself, foot up (d.f. = double steps), walk round, chorus, wkr., kick capers, wkr., chorus, wkr., wkr. starting with 8 forries, splitters, chorus