Dances
The dances used for the 2002 season will be drawn from the following......
Goostrey
A single step dance for eight
Gisburn
A traditional north west dance, single stepping, often used for processsions.
Been in our repertoire for years. We use bobbins in this dance.
Runcorn
Another we have danced for years, although over the years we have changed the timing and the music.
A ranting or polka damce, another good traditional dance, we dance this with hankies.
Mobberley
A single step stick dance.
Fleetwood
Collected from Chelmsford Morris, ranting with a double time finish.
We use slings for this dance
Carr Lodge Polka
Is a processional dance for eight person sets, in two files, using short sticks wrapped in ribbons with bells at both ends and is usually danced to marches or polkas. Learnt from Handforth who learned it from Slubbing Billies, one of our favorites.
(The name of this dance is taken from an estate owned by architect John Carr at Horbury, near Wakefield. With the exception of the final figure, it is a compilation of figures originating from the Slaithwaite area near Huddersfield. The final figure from the original collection does not 'work', and this is an adaptation of a figure used in another dance which is similar to the collected figure.)
Clitheroe
Another with a Chelmsford influence, a good traditional stick dance with a rant step.
Basque Garland Dance
As expected danced with garlands, we dance in clogs but it can be a soft shoe dance.
Scarlet and Blue
Not a traditional dance but it has some interesting figures and shapes nevertheless, danced with garlands.
Churchtown
Our most recent dance, we have learnt this specifically for processions, a stick dance single stepped.
Abram Circle Dance.
Again not a north west dance. Danced with hankies we often use this as a finishing dance.
Peover
A stick dance using double stepping.
There are several dances that we still keep but havn't danced regularly like Marsden, The Rose and Lancaster. We are currently learning Glossop and Walton's Parade.
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