Cotswold Notes: Bledington: Skirmishes

Verses

Miss off Ch 4. End with All Up & Show on Rounds.

Props

Hold the long sticks near the end instead of by the middle.

Phrasing

Ax2+(B+Ax2)x3. A is 4 bars, B is 8 bars.

Music

Royal Grenadiers.

Chorus

(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.

Traditional Version

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.

Source of Information

Learnt as part of Lagabag Morris’s dance repertoire.

Further Information

This page only contains features specific to this dance. Where not specified, the features of this dance are in common with other dances in this tradition.


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