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dances:headington:hunt-the-squirrel-description

Style: Headington (Cotswold)
Tune: Hunt the Squirrel
Dancers: 6
Sticks: one 19“ (short) stick
Stepping: Headington double-steps, cross-backs, foot-together-jump
Source: Lionel Bacon, A Handbook of Morris Dances
Chorus: 2\ bars sticking: OT/EB1) ET/OB OT/EB ET/OB
bar #3: two steps back (bowing), bar #4: caper and clash (tips). Repeat.
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up & up, chorus, cross over, chorus, back-to-back, chorus, whole hey, chorus & all up

1)
O = odd (master) side; E = even (apprentice) side; T = tips; B = butts
dances/headington/hunt-the-squirrel-description.txt · Last modified: 2008/02/21 10:02 by Jeff Bigler