Cotswold Notes: Wheatley: Trunkles

Form

Longways set, 3 couples.

Verses

Foot Up | Ch | Whole Hey | Ch | Rounds | Foot Up | Ch | Rounds on the Sides [ending with] All Up & Show.

Props

Two hankies.

Phrasing

(A+B)x4+A.

Basic

Step-hop. Arms are up [theta = 45 deg, phi = ±45 deg]. Hankies rotate Lh cw & Rh acw [in a plane approx. horizontal but down a bit infront] moving forwards [an a bit down] on the step.

Takes half a bar so each verse has 16 basics.

Foot Up

Done in place facing up.

Rounds on the Sides

Top couple cast out down the outside of the set to bottom place and continue up to their own place. Every one else on a side of a set follows them round likewise. (‘Rounds on the Sides’ is only my guess at a name for this figure.)

Chorus

(LFA + Lhop + RFA + Rhop in place with hands as in Basic [1 bar]) x 8.

Variation

The hands can go vertically up & down instead in the Basic (but not the chorus).

Source of Information

From an Ale.

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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