Chain M'Ale The 2018 California Morris Ale Presented by Rising Phoenix Morris

Mass Dances

Often the attending and participating teams at a morris ale dance different "traditions" or styles.  A common tradition at revival ales is to declare a few dances as mass dances for all teams to learn and dance together.  Since teams often have their own localized variations (such as in the videos), "official" versions of the dances will be taught on Friday night, but this should give you a rough idea.

SPECIAL UPDATE 4/13/2018: to reduce the time teaching massed dances on Friday so people can return to pickup dance, Banks of the Dee has been dropped from the Mass Dance list.  The other 3 will be given a quick run through, but it is hoped that most people have the basics from the provided videos.  Additional notes:

• Bampton Step and Fetch Her will be single step with regular, not processional, hey.
• Adderbury Sweet Jenny Jones will be right foot lead.  We will sing.
• White Ladies Aston may be truncated from the version in the video.
   

Dance	Tradition	Instructions	ABC & Music notation	Hear the tune	See the video
Step and Fetch Her	Bampton
White Ladies Aston	Border
Sweet Jenny Jones	Adderbury
Banks of the Dee	Field Town

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