The Buttercross Belles
Albury
Albury
The Dance
Style:North West Morris.
No. of dancers:8.
Length:224 bars + dance off.
Source
:Dance: Hertfordshire Holly.
Music: Selected and arranged by Bob Wilkinson.
Choreography
Figures
- Cross
- Change in line
- Cross
- Change in line
- Big star
- Back to back corners
- Squares
- Small stars
- Hands around
- Second squares
- Dance off
Notes
Set | 8 dancers in 2 files of 4 facing up |
Chorus | Starts with a chorus then after except Small Stars |
Equipment | Bobbins |
Arms | Hands on Hips |
Stepping | Chorus - Mixed March and Polka step. Figures - Polka step. Right foot start |
Tunes
Tunes
Part |
Bars | Key | Tune |
---|---|---|---|
AB | 8 8 | G/D | Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse |
CD | 6 8 | G | Garrick's Delight |
EF | 8 16 | D | The Lodge Road |
GH | 8 8 | D | Fairy Dance (The Fisher Laddie) |
Sequence
Sequence
Figures | Part | Bars | Tune |
---|---|---|---|
Intro | 8 | A | Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse |
Chorus | 8 | B | Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse |
Cross | 8 | A | Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse |
Chorus | 8 | B | Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse |
Change in Line | 8 | A | Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse |
Chorus | 8 | B | Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse |
Cross | 8 | A | Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse |
Chorus | 8 | B | Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse |
Change in Line | 8 | A | Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse |
Chorus | 8 | B | Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse |
Big Star | 32 | CD | Garrick's Delight |
Chorus | 8 | E | The Lodge Road |
Back to Back | 16 | F | The Lodge Road |
Chorus | 8 | E | The Lodge Road |
Squares | 16 | F | The Lodge Road |
Chorus | 8 | E | The Lodge Road |
Small Stars | 16 | GH | Fairy Dance (The Fisher Laddie) |
Hands around | 16 | GH | Fairy Dance (The Fisher Laddie) |
Chorus | 8 | E | The Lodge Road |
Second sqaures | 16 | F | The Lodge Road |
Chorus | 8 | E | The Lodge Road |
Lead Off | 8 | GH | Fairy Dance (The Fisher Laddie) |
To fit the dance figure, Big Star, the tune Garrick's Delight is played as 6+8+2+8+6+2 bars, the extra 2 bars (C¹ and D¹) being the final 2 bars of the C and D parts.
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