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Sherborne Dances

Tim Radford's Sherborne dance notes

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

Dances whose titles are crossed out were never performed by Red Herring Morris.

The Cuckoo's Nest

Style: Sherborne (Cotswold)
Tune: The Cuckoo's Nest
Type: set/hankies
Dancers: 6 (can be modified for 4)
Stepping: Sherborne double-step, foot-together-jump, shuffle-back, foot-together-jump
Source: Tim Radford
Chorus: Face down. 4 plain capers by bottoms, then middles. 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

Style: Sherborne (Cotswold)
Tune: Young Collins
Type: set/hankies (handclap)
Dancers: 6 (can be modified for 4)
Stepping: Sherborne double-step, foot-together-jump, shuffle-back, foot-together-jump
Source: Tim Radford
Chorus: stamp L-L-L, clap 3×, stamp 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

Style: Sherborne (Cotswold)
Tune: Orange and Blue
Type: corner/hankies
Dancers: 6 (can be modified for 4)
Stepping: Sherborne stepping: 2 double-steps, galley, foot-together-jump
Source: Tim Radford
Chorus: distinctive figure, then cross on 2 double-steps & galley-FTJ.
D.F.: #1: 2 sidesteps & 2 salutes; #2: 2 sidesteps & 2 galleys; #3: 4 kick capers; #4: 4 split capers.
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up (in place), chorus/salutes, rounds, chorus/galleys, rounds, chorus/kick capers, rounds, chorus/splitters, rounds, whole hey

Style: Sherborne (Cotswold)
Tune: Swaggering Boney
Type: corner/hankies
Dancers: 6 (can be modified for 4)
Stepping: Sherborne stepping: 2 double-steps, galley, foot-together-jump
Source: Tim Radford
Chorus: long sidestep sequence (s.s-shuffle-s.s-FTJ), distinctive figure, cross on 4 plain capers.
D.F.: #1: 2 salutes; #2: 2 galleys; #3: 2 kick capers; #4: 2 split capers
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up (in place), chorus/salutes, rounds, chorus/galleys, rounds, chorus/kick capers, rounds, chorus/splitters, rounds, whole hey

Style: Sherborne (Cotswold)
Tune: Trunkles
Type: corner/hankies
Dancers: 6 (can be modified for 4)
Stepping: Sherborne stepping: 2\ double-steps, galley, foot-together-jump
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 capers; #3: 3 kick capers; #4: 3 split capers
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

Style: Sherborne (Cotswold)
Tune: Over the Hills and Far Away
Type: additive/hankies
Dancers: 6
Stepping: Sherborne stepping (see below)
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

Style: Sherborne (Cotswold)
Tune: The Blue-Eyed Stranger
Type: set/hankies (leapfrogs)
Dancers: 6
Stepping: Sherborne stepping: double-step foot-together-jump, shuffle-backs, foot-together-jump
Source: Tim Radford
Chorus: distinctive figure around the circle, galley left, FTJ.
D.F.: #1: touch hat brim/salute; #2: forrie caper; #3: galley right; #4: leapfrog [3/], [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

Style: Sherborne (Cotswold)
Tune: Constant Billy
Type: set/2 19“ (short) sticks
Dancers: 6 (can be modified for 4)
Stepping: Sherborne stepping: double-step, foot-together-jump, shuffle-backs, foot-together-jump
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

Style: Sherborne (Cotswold)
Tune: General Monck's March
Type: set/hankies (heel-and-toe)
Dancers: 6
Stepping: Sherborne heel-and-toe
Source: Lionel Bacon, A Handbook of Morris Dances
Chorus: 1st, then 2nd, then 3rd corners distinctive figure, half hey. Repeat.
D.F.: #1: salute; #2: galley; #3: kick caper; #4: split caper
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up (moving), chorus, set, chorus, back-to-back, chorus, face-to-face, chorus, whole hey

Style: Sherborne (Cotswold)
Tune: I'll Go and Enlist for a Sailor
Type: double jig/hankies
Dancers: 2
Stepping: Sherborne stepping
Source: Lionel Bacon, A Handbook of Morris Dances
Chorus: long sidestep sequence (s.s. left-shuffle-s.s. right-FTJ), 2 double steps (moving forward), 4 plain capers
Figures: 4 bars of distinctive figure, 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

dances/sherborne/sherborne.txt · Last modified: 2020/03/04 20:41 by Jeff Bigler