| Set: | 5 couple X. |
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| Music: | Pirates in Reception (own tune). |
| Trivia: | Started life as a dance written for one of our oldest members, to a tune she'd written as a teenager. She has a small farm, hence the slightly tangential figure names. Then we updated some of the figures, changed the tune, and made it a permanent addition to our repertoire. |
| Start in a line, 1 at the front standing on the first corner of the eventual set. Note that 2 will need to be able to move quite fast later in the dance.
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| Lead on: | Fencing | |||
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| 1-2 | 1 step forward (single stepping) to next corner on beat 1 and turn right one quarter on beat 2. 2,3,4&5 low stamp step forwards one place, 2 finishing where 1 started. | |||
| 3-4 | 1&2 step forward to next corner and turn right. 3,4&5 low stamp step forwards one place. | |||
| 5-6 | 1,2&3 step forward to next corner and turn right, 1 turning a little more to face the centre of the set. 4&5 low stamp step forwards one place. | |||
| 7-8 | 1 steps to the centre of the set and turns right slightly to face up, finishing standing. 2,3&4 step forward to next corner and turn right one quarter as before. 5 single step to first corner (yes this breaks the pattern a bit not to do a stamp step here, but gives more flexibility in positioning the set). | |||
| 9-16 | 2,3,4&5 continue stepping and turning once more around the set. Finish facing 1 in the centre.
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| Chorus 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1&4 step forwards to each other, shouting in each others' faces. | |||
| 2 | 1&4 bounce back slightly. | |||
| 3 | 1&4 step past each other right shoulders to swap places. | |||
| 4 | 1 back turns to face the centre. 4 turns right one quarter to face the next corner, 5. | |||
| 5-8 | 4&5 repeat. | |||
| 9-12 | 5&2 repeat. | |||
| 13-16 | 2&3 repeat, 3 finishing facing up.
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| Figure 1: | Sheep Dog Trials | |||
| 3, in middle, stands throughout. | ||||
| 1-8 | 1 and 5 figure-of-8 around middle person and their right hand dancer: Pass between these to start then cast right around outer dancer (1 around 4, 5 around 2), then left shoulders around the centre person (3) and home to place. | |||
| 9-16 | 2 and 4 do likewise. | |||
| Chorus 2 | ||||
As before (3&1 start). This would finish:
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| Except instead: | ||||
| 15-16 | 1&3, 4&5 step forward to meet right shoulder to right
shoulder in line
across set. 5 must do this while stepping out of the middle past 2, as normal. 2 steps past 5 into the middle as normal, then turns right one quarter to face where 3 would have been.
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| Figure 2: | Hedgelaying | |||
| 1,3,4&5: | ||||
| 1 | 1&3, 4&5 right arm turn half way. | |||
| 2 | Step on the spot, dropping arms on 2B. Different arm timings from Darga's Grandson because we need to leave a gap in the middle. | |||
| 3 | 1&5 left arm turn half way. 1 and 3 step on the spot (with arms). | |||
| 4 | Step on the spot and drop arms (if applicable) on 4B. | |||
| 5-14 | Continue pattern until almost back to place. | |||
| 15-16 | Ends (1&5) step backwards into place in the original set. Middles (3&4) do their final left arm turn about one quarter (strictly speaking 3/8), drop off facing each other and step backwards into their places in the original set. | |||
| While 2: | ||||
| 1-4 | Loop round 1&3 passing left shoulder, finishing back in middle. | |||
| 5-8 | Continue to loop round the other end of the set passing right shoulder. | |||
| 9-12 | Loop round first end again left shoulder. | |||
| 13-16 | Loop round second end right shoulder, this time only going around 5 (who is reversing) and passing inside 4.
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| Chorus 3 | ||||
| As before (2&3 start). 2 and 3 face up after stepping out to corner (instead of a back turn), and 1 and 4 face down. New middle (5) finishes facing up as normal.
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| Figure 3: | Mucking Out | |||
| 1-3 | All step forward, maintaining spacing | |||
| 4 | Back turn. | |||
| 5-7 | Step back. | |||
| 8 | Just 5 back turn to face down. Others step on the spot. | |||
| 9-15 | Repeat 1-7. | |||
| 16 | All hoy, 5 facing up and and the others facing out on the corners. | |||