Old Bones

Note: Witchmen, the authors of this dance, have asked that we not perform it.

Tune: Barrack Hill (modified)
Set: 6 dancers; 29“ (medium) sticks; Bedlam stepping starting on right foot
Source: Witchmen via Stick'n the Mist
Chorus: (B music) wave clash (Tops ⇒ middles ⇒ bottoms ⇒ middles ⇒ tops ⇒ middles clash 3x forehand-backhand-forehand. Each group's 3rd clash overlaps next group's 1st clash) then clash 4x. Repeat starting from bottoms.
Figures: (A music) once-to-yourself/dog bone, chorus (2), back-to-back (2⇒1), chorus (1), hey, chorus (1), back-to-back (1⇒2), chorus (2), reach out (X-men), chorus (2), back-to-back (2⇒1), chorus (1), gyp, chorus (1), back-to-back (1⇒2), chorus (2), circular hey & off

X:1
T:Barrack Hill
T:(Old Bones)
C:traditional
R:reel
H:Dance composed by Robert Harris (Ockington Morris)
M:4/4
L:1/8
M:C
K:E minor
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