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Hounds' dances for May Day 2006 - 5/1/06

Hounds' dances for May Day 2006 - 5/1/06
Dancers: Aaron,Argyle,Dan,Heather,Julie,Karin,Kate,Laura,Mike,Pete,Sam, Susan,Tom
Musicians: Aaron, Fred, Laurel, Maria, Peter

Dawn:

Just in Time - 1 long stick - triangle of 5
Charles O'Connor: (AABB)3AA: A | d2A d2A | BAG FGA |
Zigzag-Hey, Allemande-Hey, Wallaby-Hey
1-Aaron, 2-Dan, 3-Sam, 4-*Julie*, 5-Kate

Cuckoo's Nest - 1 short stick - circle/6 or 8 or 10
Cuckoo's Nest: A(AB)4A: c>dc>B A2 a2 | e2 e2 d2> c |
Gypsies, Starburst-Swing, Bombast, Five-Around
Aaron, Argyle, Heather, Karin, Kate, Mike, *Pete*, Sam, Susan, Tom

Schedule:

6:00 Winster
6:05 Speech
6:10 Thornden (John Barleycorn)
6:15 Heartwood
6:20 Ribbonsteel (New Dance)
6:25 Hounds (Just in Time)
6:30 Speech, Song, Cake & May Flowers
6:35 Mumming Play, including a dance by Ribbonsteel Rapper (Fool Dance)
6:55 Grindstone Creek Morris
7:00 Hounds (Cuckoo's Nest)
7:05 Heartwood
7:10 Thornden (Saturday Night)
7:15 Mass Dance (Highland Mary)
7:20 Community May Pole

Later

Alexandra PRSDn22.5 - 1 long stick - rectangle/6 or 8
Durham Rangers: A(ABB)4AB: FG | ABAF A2 de | fgef d3 A |
Rounds, Interlocks, Solar-System, Spaghetti-Junction, Rounds

The Belligerent Bluejay - 1 long stick - square/4 or rectangle/8
Carpathian Tune: (AABB)2AA: GFE2 F2G2 | E8 | EFGA B2B2 |
Linear Bombast/Linear Hey, Square Hey/Solar System

Dawley - 1 long stick - rectangle/8
Return From The Waterside: A(AB)3ABBA: D2 | B2 B2 ABcA | G2 G2 FGAD |
Parallel-Heys, Linked-Hey, O-Shaped-Hey, Litchfield-Hey

The Drunken Idiot - 1 short stick - mixed/4 or 8
The Idiot: (ABCD)3: G/2A/2 | Bd dc/2B/2 ((3AGA) BD |
Rounds, Linear-Hey/Square-Hey, Linear-Bombast/Square-Bombast

I Can Hew - 1 long stick - mixed/6 or 8
I Can Hew:
Cotswold-Hey, Hey-in-Line, Cross-and-Swing, Bombast

Mr Dolly - 2 short sticks - square/4
George Green's College Hornpipe: A(AB)4A: ((3DEF) | G>BA>G F2 ((3DEF) |
Cross&Swing, J-Loops, Mini-Brook, Dragonsbane

Northern Star- 1 long stick - pentagon/6
Donkey Ride AB(ABB)3: E G B B/B/ | c A B B/B/ |
Stars, Triangle-Swing, Parallel-Heys