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dances:headington:rigs-o-marlow-description

Style: Headington (Cotswold)
Tune: Rigs O'Marlow
Dancers: 6
Sticks: one 19“ (short) stick
Stepping: Headington single-steps, foot-together-jump
Source: Lionel Bacon, A Handbook of Morris Dances
Chorus: sticking while hopping:
bar #1: 4 hops L–L–L–L; on last two hops, masters strike OT→EB OT→EB
bar #2: 4 hops R–R–R–R; on last two hops, apprentices strike ET→OB ET→OB
bar #3: 4 hops L–L–L–L; on last two hops, masters strike OT→EB OT→EB
bar #4: 4 hops L–R–L–R; strike ET→OB OT→EB ET→OB clash (across)
Repeat.
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up & up, chorus, cross over, chorus, back-to-back, chorus, whole hey, chorus & all up

dances/headington/rigs-o-marlow-description.txt · Last modified: 2008/02/21 12:35 by Jeff Bigler