====== Sherborne Dances ======

Tim Radford's [[http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/Red_Herring/dances/Sherborne.html|Sherborne dance notes]]

This page contains dance descriptions only. For tunes, follow the links for individual dances.

Dances whose titles are <del>crossed out</del> were never performed by Red Herring Morris.

**[[cuckoos-nest|The Cuckoo's Nest]]**
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**[[young-collins|Young Collins]]**
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**[[orange-and-blue|Orange and Blue]]**
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**[[how-do-you-do|How Do You Do?]]**
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**[[trunkles|Trunkles]]**
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**[[over-the-hills|Over the Hills and Far Away]]**
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**<del>[[leapfrog|Leapfrog]]</del>**
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**[[constant-billy|Constant Billy]]**
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**[[moncks-march|General Monck's March]]**
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**[[go-enlist|I'll Go and Enlist for a Sailor]]**
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/* **The Cuckoo's Nest** ++ hankies, set, 6/4 | \\
//Tune:// {{dances:sherborne:cuckoos-nest.pdf|The Cuckoo's Nest}} \\
//Type:// set/hankies \\
//Dancers:// 6 (can be modified for 4) \\
//Stepping:// Sherborne stepping \\
//Source:// Tim Radford \\
//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\\ ++
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**Young Collins** ++ hankies (stomp & clap), set, 6/4 | \\
//Tune:// {{dances:sherborne:young-collins.pdf|Young Collins}} \\
//Type:// set/hankies \\
//Dancers:// 6 (can be modified for 4) \\
//Stepping:// Sherborne stepping \\
//Source:// Tim Radford \\
//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\\ ++
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**Orange and Blue** ++ hankies, corner, 6/4 | \\
(or The Orange in Bloom) \\
//Tune:// {{dances:sherborne:orange-and-blue.pdf|Orange and Blue}} \\
//Type:// corner/hankies \\
//Dancers:// 6 (can be modified for 4) \\
//Stepping:// Sherborne stepping \\
//Source:// Tim Radford \\
//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\\ ++
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**How Do You Do?** ++ hankies, corner, 6/4 | \\
//Tune:// {{dances:sherborne:how-do-you-do.pdf|Swaggering Boney}} \\
//Type:// corner/hankies \\
//Dancers:// 6 (can be modified for 4) \\
//Stepping:// Sherborne stepping \\
//Source:// Tim Radford \\
//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\\ ++
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**Trunkles** ++ hankies, corner, 6/4 | \\
//Tune:// {{dances:sherborne:trunkles-sherborne.pdf|Trunkles}} \\
//Type:// corner/hankies \\
//Dancers:// 6 (can be modified for 4) \\
//Stepping:// Sherborne stepping \\
//Source:// Tim Radford \\
//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\\ ++
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**Over the Hills and Far Away** ++ hankies, additive, 6 | \\
//Tune:// {{dances:sherborne:over-the-hills-and-far-away.pdf|Over the Hills and Far Away}} \\
//Type:// special/hankies \\
//Dancers:// 6 \\
//Stepping:// Sherborne stepping \\
//Source:// Tim Radford \\
//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\\ ++
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**Leapfrog** ++ hankies, pseudo-corner, 6 | \\
//Tune:// {{dances:sherborne:leapfrog.pdf|The Blue-Eyed Stranger}} \\
//Type:// special/hankies \\
//Dancers:// 6 \\
//Stepping:// Sherborne stepping \\
//Source:// Tim Radford \\
//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\\ ++
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**Constant Billy** ++ stick, set, 6/4 | \\
//Tune:// {{dances:sherborne:constant-billy.pdf|Constant Billy}} \\
//Type:// set/2 short sticks \\
//Dancers:// 6 (can be modified for 4) \\
//Sticks:// 2 short sticks \\
//Stepping:// Sherborne stepping \\
//Source:// Tim Radford \\
//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\\ ++
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**General Monck's March** ++ hankie, set/heel & toe, 6 | \\
//Tune:// {{dances:sherborne:monks-march.pdf|General Monck's March}} \\
//Type:// set/hankies \\
//Dancers:// 6 \\
Hankies \\
//Stepping:// Sherborne heel-and-toe \\
//Source:// traditional \\
//Chorus:// 1st, then 2nd, then 3rd 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\\ ++
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**I'll Go and Enlist for a Sailor** ++ hankies, jig, 2 | \\
//Tune:// {{dances:sherborne:go-and-enlist.pdf|I'll Go and Enlist for a Sailor}} \\
//Type:// double jig/hankies \\
//Dancers:// 2 \\
//Stepping:// Sherborne stepping \\
//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 \\
1st 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 \\
2nd 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\\ ++
*/