Miss off Ch 4. End with All Up & Show on Rounds.
Hold the long sticks near the end instead of by the middle.
Ax2+(B+Ax2)x3. A is 4 bars, B is 8 bars.
Royal Grenadiers.
(Everyone simultaneously clashes up forehand and down backhand [on beats 1 & 3 of the bar] dramatically [with Lh behind back as if sword fighting] D1 with D6, D2 with D4 and D3 with D5 clash [lunging forward if needed to reach and quickly retire to place afterwards]. Then everybody clashes likewise with their partners. Then clash D2 with D5, D1 with D3 and D4 with D6 then partners again. Then Half Hey on the Sides.) x 2 to place.
In Chorus clashing, miss out the 1st set of clashing with partner [i.e. the 2nd bit of sticking]. Use the spare bar left at the end of the sticking to Hook Into the Hey.
Learnt as part of Lagabag Morris’s dance repertoire.
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