Bristol Morris Men’s Dance Charts, 1999-2000

 

Position

Last Year

Name of Dance

Tradition

Times

1

1

March Past

Eynsham

44

2

5=

Vandals of Hammerwich

Lichfield

19

2=

2

The Quinton

Oddington

19

4=

8

Sheriff's Ride

Lichfield

18

4=

9=

Pepper in the Brandy

Ascott

18

4=

14=

Eynsham Poachers

Eynsham

18

4=

5=

Trunkles

Wheatley

18

8=

17=

Weyhill Fair

Bledington

17

8=

17=

Jenny Lind

Lichfield

17

10=

11=

Princess Royal

Ducklington

15

10=

3=

Maid of the Mill

Wheatley

15

12=

4

Pig in the Midden

Bledington

14

12=

17=

Bean Setting

Bledington

14

14

14=

Room for the Cuckoo

Wheatley

13

15

-

Hotwells

Oddington

12

16=

5=

Jockey to the Fair

Ducklington

11

16=

-

Barren Rocks of Aden

Eynsham

11

16=

-

Bobbing a Joe

Wheatley

11

19=

25=

Captain Webb

Oddington

10

19=

13

Green Eyed Strangler

Oddington

10

21=

9=

Ring O'Bells

Lichfield

9

21=

25=

Bonny Green

Ducklington

9

21=

30

Mrs. Casey

Ascott

9

24

-

Young Collins

Bledington

8

25=

21=

Audlem Bank

Ascott

7

25=

21=

Highland Mary

Oddington

7

25=

17=

Constant Billy

Oddington

7

25=

16

Nutting Girl

Ducklington

7

29=

-

Monk's March

Bledington

6

29=

24

Valentine

Ascott

6

29=

-

Black Joker

Bledington

6

 

This year (the 99/00 season (September-September), we performed 439 dances in public (cf 509 last year), 20 of which we danced more than 10 times each. There was a total of a total of 48 different set dances in our repertoire.

This chart does not list 17 other Cotswold Morris set dances which we performed fewer than four times in public in the same dance season; nor does it take account of performances of rapper sword dances, or jigs performed by individual side members.

Bobbing a Joe was the only new-to-us dance performed out this year, but charting again were revived "old favourites" (discuss!): Hotwells, Barren Rocks, Young Collins (Bledington), Monk's March and Black Joker. Out of favour, out of charts were Old Trunko, Young Collins Oddington, Dear is my Dickie, Happy Man and Brighton Camp (as well as all other Ascott stick dances).

The "Tradition" column is merely a convenient handle, to identify the style in which we perform the dance; many of the above dances are "all our own work". For "Ascott", read "Bristol Morris Men’s Ascott style", and so on.

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