Tunes and Dances

  THE DANCES

• WITCH END -  A dance given to us by Terry Dix of Witchmen
• HOOK NORTH  -Often copied but never bettered. Our own dance based on a Hook Eagle figure.
• GREEN MAN- Another of our dances about life , regeneration and the turning of the wheel of the year.Now danced by Orange Peel Morris in Canada.
• CHASING THE JACK- A lively long stick dance.
• CUCKOO'S NEST- A killer of a dance for four.
• TINNER'S RABBIT- Taught to us by Grimspound on a summer's evening at Sidmouth and given the Poacher flourish! Thanks Gozzer.
• BLACK SWAN- Ian's dance, a game of tag will never be the same again.
• BURTON ON STATHER- A long stick dance invented by Becky. Named after a north Lincolnshire village
• BLACK PIG
• MAIDEN'S PRAYER - A reworking of one of our old dances.
• SPEED THE PLOUGH
• KILLING THE GOOSE

THE TUNES

• Witchend  -      William Taylor's Hornpipe.
• Hook North - Schroder's Schottische 
• Green man   -   Theme Vanittaise
• Chasing the jack -  Raggle Taggle Gypsies
• Cuckoo's nest   - to the tune of the same name
• Tinner's rabbit   -  Foul Weather Call, much better than the orginal tune.   
• Black Swan   -  Amoco Stomp, thanks to Hobos for the music
• Burton on Stather  -  I'll Tell Me Ma
• Maiden's Prayer - Rickett's Hornpipe
• Speed the plough - to the tune of the same name
• Black Pig - Captain Pugwash tune
• Killing the Goose - Marmalade Polka

THE WITCHMEN DANCES- learnt at various dance workshops given by Terry Dix and Witchmen, one of the best and most exciting border sides in the country

• Hunting the Hare  -   to the tune of the same name          
• Rochester Thistle   -  The Dark Girl  
• Maiden's Prayer,the Poacher children love the rude song. Unfortunately their school did not share the same opinion!
• Not for Joe- Broomsberrow heath    
• Just as the tide was flowing - to the tune of the same name.