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This is our repertoire of dances, some are more popular with the side than others!!

Calbourne
Tune: Rakes of Mallow
This stick dance was written by one of our members a few years ago.  It is named  after a local watermill, because the dance is based around various interlocking circles, just like a mill.

Coppins Bridge
Tune: Uncle Bernard’s
A circular hankie dance named after a local traffic roundabout, notorious for being confusing.  So, if it looks as if we don’t know what we’re doing, its meant to be like this!

Five Penny Garland
Tune: Thomas Morris
A five person garland dance originally performed by Naked Man Morris

Garstang
Tunes: Jimmy Allen, Grandfathers
A traditional stick dance from the north-west of England

Green Willow
Tunes: Drunken sailor, Bobby Shaftoe.
A four person garland dance adapted from a country dance from Cambridge 

Whitby Shindig 
Tunes: The cock of the north, Old Rosin the Beau, The muckin o’ Geordie’s byre.
Traditional north-west stick dance

Knutsford
Tunes:  British Grenadiers, Portsmouth
A traditional stick dance from the north-west of England, with a slightly military feel.  (If “military” is defined as wearing bright green dresses and white bloomers that is)

Marston
Tunes: Athol Highlanders
The dance resembles bobbins spinning & twirling in the mills, a traditional north-west dance

Carr Lodge Polka
Tunes:  Argiers, Old Tom of Oxford
A stick dance with lots of ranting and some unusual moves - our version of the dance we got from Customs and Exiles.  We've just about 'cracked' this one!!

Osborne
Tune: Spanish Lady 
This garland dance has been adapted from “Duke of Lancaster” for six dancers instead of eight.  We have named it after Osborne House in East Cowes, where Queen Victoria lived for many years. It is so named because we start off bowing most respectfully to the Queen, or failing that, to the audience.

Peover Garland
Tune: Bonnie Dundee
A garland dance from the north-west of England

Peover Stick
Tune: Brighton Camp
A stick dance with very similar moves to the above [resting at present!]

Preston
Tune: Rattle the cash
A traditional stick dance from the north-west of England and one of our favourites

Oldbury
Tunes:  Oyster Girl, Lilli Burlero
A stick dance with a ‘wicked’ star - sometimes really wicked!!! Sometimes it doesn't work at all !!

Runcorn
Tunes:  Rattlin’ bog, Muffin man, Not for Joe
Traditional north-west hankie dance

Saddleworth
Tune: Salmon Tails
Our version of a traditional dance from the north-west

Blackadder
Tunes: Sussex Bonny Breast Knot, In and out the windows, Jenny Lind
A garland dance in sets of four, with a marching serpent!!

Upton-upon-Severn hankie dance
Tune: Bonnets o’ Blue
This dance was “borrowed” from the Men of Wight and is slightly different to their version - a Cotswold dance

Abram Circle Dance
Tune: Same as name
A traditional hankie dance from the north-west of England.  

Dorset Four Hand Reel
Tune: Same as name
Self explanatory, except we usually dance it with eight people!  Starts off slow, works up to a crescendo!!


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