Bristol Morris Men’s Dance Charts, 2001-2002

 

Position

Last Year

Name of Dance

Tradition

Times

1

1

March Past

Eynsham

36

2

9=

Happy Man

Adderbury

29

3=

5

Trunkles

Wheatley

24

3=

2

The Quinton

Oddington

24

3=

8

Pepper in the Brandy

Ascott

24

6

3

Eynsham Poachers

Eynsham

20

7=

4

Old Doxy

Ducklington

18

7=

6=

Pig in the Midden

Bledington

18

9=

6=

Maid of the Mill

Wheatley

16

9=

13

Green-eyed strangler

Oddington

16

11

11=

Vandals of Hammerwich

Lichfield

15

12

17

Bean Setting

Bledington

14

13

15=

Jockey to the Fair

Ducklington

13

14=

14

Weyhill Fair

Bledington

12

14=

11=

Room for the Cuckoo

Wheatley

12

14=

21=

Bobbing a Joe

Wheatley

12

17=

28=

Ring o'Bells

Lichfield

11

17=

15=

Jenny Lind

Lichfield

11

19

21=

Sheriff's Ride

Lichfield

10

20=

9=

Princess Royal

Ducklington

9

20=

30

Bonny Green

Ducklington

9

22=

21=

Audlem Bank

Ascott

8

22=

-

Lollipop Man

Ducklington

8

22=

16=

Highland Mary

Oddington

8

25=

-

Ilott's Praise

Bledington

7

25=

26=

Nutting Girl

Ducklington

7

27=

18

Over the Hills

Ascott

6

27=

29=

Young Collins

Oddington

6

27=

19=

Valentine

Ascott

6

27=

-

Nightingale

Ascott

6

27=

19=

Barren Rocks of Aden

Eynsham

6

32=

-

Constant Billy

Oddington

5

32=

26=

Mrs. Casey

Ascott

5

32=

-

Trunkles

Bledington

5

32=

-

Captain Webb

Oddington

5

 

This year (the 2000/2001 season (September-September), we performed 487 dances in public (cf 597 last year) from 8 different morris traditions, 19 of which we danced 10 or more times each. There was a total of a total of 59 different set dances in our repertoire, including dances done at ales and the like which we hadn't actually practised!. The increase is partly due to our having danced out on Thursdays through the Summer instead of practice nights every other week.

This chart does not list 25 other Cotswold Morris set dances which we performed fewer than 5 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. (Ilott's Praise, being a jig for 3 or 5 dancers has been included in the main Chart this year.)

No "new" dance appears in this year's Chart, only the reappearance of some "old favourites". Shame!

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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