Lass of Richmond Hill
This dance was written by Martin Johnson of the Hammersmith Morris Men.
Originally written in the style of Longborough. We have adapted it to
Fieldtown.
Chorus:
- First, the tops, then middles, then bottoms each perform the following
sequence in turn, to the "B" music:
- open sidestep left, open sidestep right, galley left, galley right
- Next, everyone progresses on two measures of the appropriate step. The
tops move outside and down to the bottom of the set. The middles and
bottoms move up one place. Everyone galleys out into their new
place.
The progressions are:
- sidesteps ("C" music)
- forrie capers ("beetle crushers") ("D" music)
- whole capers ("upright capers") ("D" music)
- leapfrogs ("D" music)--instead of a progression, the
bottoms leap over the middles and then the tops, to finish at the
top of the set, and everyone ends with 4 plain capers.
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Last modified: 1996/02/23 19:06:05 by jcb@mit.edu