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The Morris Book, Part 1: A History of Morris Dancing, With a Description of Eleven Dances as Performed by the Morris-Men of EnglandSharp, Cecil J. (Cecil James)

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The Morris Book, Part 1: A History of Morris Dancing, With a Description of Eleven Dances as Performed by the Morris-Men of England

Name: The Morris Book, Part 1: A History of Morris Dancing, With a Description of Eleven Dances as Performed by the Morris-Men of England
Author: Sharp, Cecil J. (Cecil James)

Sharp, Cecil J. (Cecil James)

Morris dance

MUSIC.               |           MOVEMENTS.                 | FORMATION.
                     |                                      |
                     |    RIGS O' MARLOW (STICK DANCE).     |
                     |                                      |
Once to yourself     |Tap  sticks  on  last two beats of    | Column.
                     | bar 4.                               |
    A.               |                                      |
(1st time).          |Step 4/2 throughout "A" music in      |    "
                     |  all repetitions.                    |
                     |Down-and-back twice.                  |
                     |Partners tap sticks across on last    |    "
                     |  two beats of bars 4 and 8; but      |
                     |  on making last tap but one, j.      | Col. to
                     |  (forming Fr.), so that final tap    | Front.
                     |  is given in Front formation.        |
                     |                                      |
    B.               |                                      |
(1st time).          |Double-tapping. (For instructions,    | Front.
                     |  _see_ diagram, p. 55).              |
                     |                                      |
    A.               |                                      |
(2nd time).          |Chain. Tap sticks as in A, 1st        |   "
                     |  time.                               |
                     |                                      |
    B.               |                                      |
(2nd time).          |Double-tapping, as in B, 1st time.    |   "
                     |                                      |
    A.               |                                      |
(3rd time).          |Cross-over. Tap sticks as in A, 1st   |   "
                     |  time.                               |
                     |                                      |
    B.               |                                      |
(3rd time).          |Double-tapping, as in B, 1st time.    |   "
                     |                                      |
    A.               |                                      |
(4th time).          |Back-to back. Tap sticks as in        |   "
                     |  A, 1st and 2nd time.                |
                     |                                      |
    B.               |                                      |
(4th time).          |Double-tapping as in B, 1st and       |   "
                     |  2nd time. In bar 7, leader calls    |
                     |  "All in," whereupon all j., giving  |
                     |  Col. formation, in which final      | Column.
                     |  tap is made.                        |
                     |                                      |
                     |              ALL IN.                 |

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The Morris Book, Part 1: A History of Morris Dancing, With a Description of Eleven Dances as Performed by the Morris-Men of England

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