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Tunes and Dances

POACHER MORRIS Where to Find Us 2008 Contact Us Tunes and Dances How  to find us photo page

  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.
  • CHASING THE JACK- A lively long stick dance , written by team member Jacqui Rogers.
  • CUCKOO'S NEST- A killer of a dance for four.
  • COLVILLE- Taught to us at a workshop during Lincoln Folk Festival by Wayzgoose
  • TINNER'S RABBIT- Taught to us by Grimspound on a summer's evening at Sidmouth and given the Poacher flourish! Thanks Martin.
  • BLACK SWAN- Ian's dance, a game of tag will never be the same again.
  • KIRTON UP- Another dance invented by Jacqui
  • BURTON ON STATHER- A long stick dance invented by Becky. Named after a north Lincolnshire village.
  • WORCESTER HEY- Our  take on a Freaks dance
  • CLUSTER OF NUTS-  Not a dance for butter fingers!

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
  • Colville   -     The Steam Boat  
  • Tinner's rabbit   -  Foul Weather Call, much better than the orginal tune.   
  • Black Swan   -  Amoco Stomp, thanks to Hobos for the music
  • Kirton Up  -  The Red Haired Boy
  • Burton on Stather  -  I'll Tell Me Ma
  • Cluster of nuts   -  Long Long Ago
  • Worcester Hey  -   La Mourisque 

 

 

 

 

      

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                                 

                                                                                   

Music and some dance notation can be found on Pete's link on our contact page