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dances:border:fool-and-bag [2017/06/15 07:21] – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation Jeff Biglerdances:border:fool-and-bag [2019/07/12 10:17] (current) Jeff Bigler
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 +====== The Fool and the Bag ======
  
 +{{page>:dances:border:fool-and-bag-description}}
 +
 +===== Detailed Description =====
 +
 +This dance was written in 2009 as a wedding present for team members Lynn Noel (the fool) and Phill Nimeskern (the bagman).
 +
 +=== Chorus ===
 +
 +Beat 1: clash (with partner)
 +Beat 2: toss the stick in the air and cross the set, catching your partner's stick.
 +Beat 3: clash with partner.
 +Beat 4: clash 3x with partner.
 +
 +Repeat, crossing back to original positions.
 +
 +=== Figures ===
 +
 +Note: The final figure is either bombast (if performed for four dancers) or motorcycle hey (if performed by eight dancers).
 +
 +{{page>dances:border:figures:dance-on-rounds}}
 +
 +{{page>dances:border:figures:cross-and-swing}}
 +
 +{{page>dances:border:figures:starburst}}
 +
 +{{page>dances:border:figures:square-bombast}}
 +
 +{{page>dances:border:figures:motorcycle-hey}}
 +
 +Once the dancers are "home", #1 leads them off.
 +
 +===== Video =====
 +
 +{{youtube>a9hhzZcrbUI?large}}
 +
 +===== Tune =====
 +
 +{{page>:dances:border:fool-and-bag-tune}}