| Set: | 4 couple longways (usually). |
|---|---|
| Music: | Birds a Building. |
| Trivia: | This is about as traditional
as we get. It's similar to the Birds a Building figure from
the Ultimate Molly Dance, but with the
figure itself done more slowly (and following the original direction
to pass right shoulder each change). We first did it because the great Ouse Washes Molly Dancers were organising a massed Birds a Building as part of their annual Mark Jones Day of Dance. They dance it to "Rolling Home", because that was Mark's Favourite song. |
| Figure | ||
|---|---|---|
| Done in groups of 4 people | ||
| 1 | Step towards partner, shouting in their face. | |
| 2 | Step slightly to the left. Don't move forwards – we don't form a line of 4 here, in order to avoid it merging into the next step. | |
| 3 | Step to partner's old place (on a corner). | |
| 4 | Turn one quarter to face neighbour on the sides. | |
| 5-8 | Repeat 1-4 with neighbour, finishing facing partner. | |
| 9-16 | Repeat 5-8, finishing back home. | |
| Lead down | ||
| Top couple from each active group of 4 people: | ||
| 1 | Step in to meet. | |
| 2 | Quarter turn to face down. | |
| 3-7 | Lead down. | |
| 8 | Quarter turn to face one another. | |
| 9 | Quarter turn again to face up. | |
| 10-14 | Lead up to positions in longways set. | |
| 15 | Quarter turn to face partner. | |
| 16 | Fall back into place. | |
| Polka change | ||
| 1-16 | Couples polka change in same groups of 4. | |
| Repeats | ||
| Repeat whole dance according to normal longways progression, i.e. alternating between groups of 4 at each end and just the 4 in the middle with the ends standing still. Normally we do 3 or 5 times in total. At the end of the final chorus, instead of the final quarter turn of the polka change: | ||
| 16 | Step straight into place, facing out of the set. Finish with a hoy. | |