We normally keep around 18 to 20 dances in the current repertoire although this is not a conscious decision, and like most sides there tends to be a core of dances that everyone can dance so they get danced more often than not. I don't intend to describe individual the dances we do but give a list of the current repertoire and mention some of the music.
Dance | Music | Comment |
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Brimfield | Jenny Lind | Lively Dance great for finishing as set." |
Dilwyn | Not for Joe | Can there be any Border side that doesnt have a version of this dance. Used regularly for getting the audience to have a go. |
Cocking the Chafer | Cocking the Chafer (Copyright John Kirkpatrick) | Brilliant Tune and dance for ten. |
Surreal | Theme Vanatais | Dance for five. |
Mucky Duck | Speed the plough | Good Stompy dance. |
New Orleans | Battle of New Orleans | Fast reel dance not to be undertaken by those who have had too much sleeping juice. |
East Acton Stick Dance | Girl I left behind me | |
Fiddlers Lock | Twin Sisters | Slightly different dance for 6. |
Coleville | Steamboat | |
Fanny Frail | Fanny Frail | |
Hat Dance | Sheepskins | |
Much Wenlock | Much Wenlock & a tune derived from the B of Rickets Hornpipe | |
Tumbledown Dick | Enrico | |
Upton Hanky Dance | A Jig | Good to watch |
Butley | Butley | |
Donkey | Donkey, Ode to Joy | |
Pig Town Fling | Pig Town Fling | |
Shropshire Reels | Same as Much Wenlock at the moment | |
Cricketers Lunch | Click Go the Shears | |
Potato Stomp | Amoco Stomp | Taught to us by Hobo's Morris, Wonderful tune written by one of the Hobos Musicians |
Datchett | Fairy Dance | Taught to us by Wharfdale Wayzgoose and then changed. |