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+ | ====== HELSTON FURRY DANCE ====== | ||
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+ | Origin: Cornwall, England\\ | ||
+ | Music: Helston Furry Dance\\ | ||
+ | Record: dancecraft 123324\\ | ||
+ | Tune: HELSTON FURRY DANCE\\ | ||
+ | Steps: The 4-3 Morris Step. Run forward with 3 small steps and hop | ||
+ | on count 4. The hop should be more upward than forward.\\ | ||
+ | Formation: Couples, following one couple behind the next.\\ | ||
+ | Tune: HELSTON FURRY DANCE | ||
+ | <code> | ||
+ | Measures Counts Pattern | ||
+ | Part 1: | ||
+ | 1 1-4 Man leads his partner (that is, partners | ||
+ | side-by-side with W's R in M's R hand.) [vid | ||
+ | move forward one Morris 4-3 step. Begin R ft. | ||
+ | 2-7 5-32 Move forward with 7 more Morris 4-3 steps. | ||
+ | With each step the lead foot will change. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Part 2: | ||
+ | 1-4 1-16 Partners face each other with R hands still | ||
+ | joined and turn CW around each other. Use 4 | ||
+ | Morris 4-3 steps. | ||
+ | 5-8 17-32 Repeat measures 1-4, Part 2, with the L hand, | ||
+ | and turning CCW. | ||
+ | Dance begins again.</code> | ||
+ | History: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Helston_Furry_Dance\\ | ||
+ | Note: This is the way the dance is performed in the village of | ||
+ | Helston on the 2nd Sunday in May. The dancers will often be | ||
+ | seen in their very best gowns and the men in their frock | ||
+ | coats or top hats and morning suits.\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | In other villages in Cornwall, Part 1 is danced as notated | ||
+ | above, but during part 2, the dancers will wheel in groups | ||
+ | of 2 couples. |