This was based on a sheet Marie typed up years ago. I expanded on it to include all our known repertoire. Ideally it was to be printed on a small enough sheet of paper that could be stuffed in your pocket to remind you how that dance goes but I have never been able to get it to a good size and still be readable.
Code: S=big stick, s=short stick, h=hankie, ss=side step, r=right, l=left
| Tradition, figures and other info (emphasis mine) |
Dances and their choruses Dances are arranged by format: clapping, hankie, big stick, small stick as applicable. |
| Adderbury Walk round Foot up (2x) 1/2 gyp Process down Process up Hands round (dreaded) Adderbury hey Right foot |
Shepherd’s Hey clap sing ankles, hips, heart, lips, air The Buffoon clap Black Joke h Lad’s A Bunchum S Beaux of London City
S Constant Billy S Blue Bells of Scotland S Sweet Jenny Jones S Roast Beef of Olde EnglandS |
| Bampton Foot up and down 1/2 gyp Whole gyp Rounds all Hankie Left foot Bacon: slow tempo, step briskly The oldest village in the world. |
Jenny Lind clap clap down comes the rain Highland Mary Maid of the Mill Step and Fetch Her Flowers of Edinburgh Banbury Bill Rose Tree Webley Twizzle Bonnie Green sing #3 last off Princess Royal jig Nutting Girl jig |
| Bledington Foot up and down 1/2 gyp Whole gyp Rounds start on outside foot Hankies: helicopters back |
Morning Star h right, middle then left ? William and Nancy h Trunkles h Black Joke S Young Collins S Three Musketeers S The Bridge S The Gallant Hussar S |
| Bucknell Foot up and down Hands across = (shoulder to shoulder?) Back to back in line Whole hey Rounds all are Hankie Bacon: brisk and jerky |
Blue Eyed Stranger middles split tops on hey Queen’s Delight Nine Men’s |
| Ducklington Foot up half rounds half hey whole hey side step left, then right, then hey |
Nutting Girl in place, side steps, beetles Old Taylor (Tylor) The Lollipop Man (?) |
| Fieldtown (Leafield) Foot up and down half gyp Back to back Rounds w/ clump All in strong phrasing |
Balance the Straw S no toss sing Hark the Herald @ end Step Back h Waltzing Matilda S
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| Headington Foot up (2x) Cross over Back to back Whole hey ? William Kimber- “Plenty of brisk but no excitement “ |
29th of May h 4 corner helicopters forward Fools Jig s fast then slow
Constant Billy 2s No singing Rigs of Marlow 2s Bean-setting 2s? Rodney s (?) |
| Kirtlington foot up (2x) half gyp - 1st couple does 1st half cross over -all together back to back -1st couple does whole figure then all Bacon: Straightlegs and lightly |
Old Woman (Tossed Up in a Blanket)
h (Bacon: side step and half heys) |
| Lichfield Swagger round Back to back Cross over Lichfield hey (ones cross...) Head up (1&3 L, 2& 4 R) Bacon: Big body movements |
Ring O Bells 2S PULL ROPE right left partner partner Vandals of Hammerwich S *(watch your backswing) |
| Sherborne Foot up and down 1/2 gyp Face to face Back to back Half rounds Hey Head up all Hankie (Bacon: No hankies for Monck's!) |
Monck’s March salute, galley, fore caper, splitters Cuckoo’s Nest Orange in Bloom - corner |
| Upton-on-Severn Morris Middles left Middles right Cross and turn Hey Morris Bacon: stepping “indefinite” |
Upton-on-Severn stick dance S tips and butts, pushing, windmills (repeat) |