Oh, the things we do for fun
Snowbelt’s Figures and Steps:
We dance Fieldtown and Bampton, and some Border
- Bs: back step
- Ss: single step
- Ds: double step
- Ftj: Foot together jump (Fieldtown caper)
- Hc: half caper
- C: caper
- Gy: galley
- Sis: side step
- Bbs: buggy bumpers
- RTB's: right toe back capers
Fieldtown dances consist of:
Foot up: 1ds up, 1ds in place, 2 bs, ftj to turn or gy out, repeat in the opposite direction.
Half Gyp: 1ds passing right shoulders with partner, 1 ds in place, 2 bs, ftj, repeat passing left shoulders.
Back to Back, aka Cheeks: 1 ds passing right shoulders with partner, sisL, 2 bs, ftj, repeat in the opposite direction. Cheeks implies that you are crossing behind your partner closer than you would normally cross (with little to no clearance as opposed to a foot or more).
Rounds: 1ds clockwise around circle, 1 ds into the center. 2 bs out of center, ftj to turn over left shoulder (the hard way). 1 ds counter clockwise around circle, 1 ds into center, 2 bs out of center, ftj in place.
Bampton dances consist of:
Foot up: 1 ss up, 1 ss in place, 2 bs, hc to turn out. Repeat in opposite direction.
Half Gyp: 1ss passing right shoulders with partner, 1ss in place, 2 bs, hc, repeat passing left shoulders.
Whole Gyp: 2 ss revolving clockwise around partner to opposite place, 2 bs back home, hc, repeat in opposite direction.
Rounds: 2 ss around circle clockwise, 2 bs still in circle, hc to turn over left shoulder (the hard way). Repeat in opposite direction, ending in place.
Snowbelt Bampton variation for 3:
Set consists of 1 and 2 facing the musician and 3 dropped behind to form a triangle with the flat side to the musician.
Half Gyp: 2 and 3 turn to face 1 on the diagonal, 1 ss to pass each other (1 and 2 by the R, 1 and 3 by the L), 1 ss in place, 2 bs and hc in original place. Repeat with 1 and 3 facing 2 on the other diagonal.
Whole Gyp of DOOM!: all face into the center. 1 ss into the center, 1 ss twirling around the middle whirling hankies over heads to end (having inverted the triangle) opposite original place. 2 bs to new place, hc. Repeat, ending up back where you started.
Jigs
Princess Royal
Cuckoo's Nest
Nutting Girl
Bacca Pipes
Dances for Three
Most of these have been modified from 4 or 6 person dances, and so have another version.
Simon’s Fancy Bampton
Lass of Richmond Hill Fieldtown
Candlemas Eve Bampton
Lumps of Plum Pudding Fieldtown
Dances for 4, 5, or 6
Hankie Dances
Candlemas Eve Bampton Corner Crossing Dance
Valentine Fieldtown Corner Crossing Dance
Simon’s Fancy Bampton Corner Crossing Dance
The Rose Fieldtown Round Dance
Over the Water to Charlie Fieldtown Corner Crossing Dance
Stick Dances
DrunkenIdiot Border, written by the Hounds.
Froggy’s First Jump Fieldtown
John Barleycorn Bampton
The Bull Bampton
Donkey Riding Bampton
Three Musketeers Bampton
Balance the Straw Bampton
Upton on Severn Border, for six only, double stepping
Mandelbrot on Severn, or Upton for Five a massively silly, but fun, foray into multi-dimensional morris
Mairi and Fiona's Wedding in honor of California
we are also adding several dances currently in progress, including
Border Crossing, which, in deference to Red Herring Morris, who wrote it, we will not be posting directions to here
The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, as soon as enough deer are decapitated to allow us to do it properly
Rapper
Crystallization:the first and (to our knowledge) only additive rapper dance! who says rapper is only for five?!
