Dances

On Glastonbury Tor at dawn, 1st May 2011

Dances for Cam Valley Morris Men:

• The Valentine (Fieldtown)
• Balance the Straw (Fieldtown)
• Country Gardens (Fieldtown)
• Lads a Bunchum (Adderbury)
• Highland Mary (Bampton)
• Young Collins (Fieldtown)
• Black Joke (Adderbury)
• Cuckoo’s Nest (Bledington)
• Shooting (Adderbury)
• William and Nancy (Bledington)
• Banks of the Dee (Fieldtown)
• Banbury Bill (Bampton)
• Three Musketeers (Bledington)
• The Rose (Fieldtown)
• Bonny Green Garters (Bampton - Headington)
• The Bell (to The Minstrel Boy) (Adderbury)
• Vandals of Hammerwich (Lichfield)
• Old Molly Oxford (jig)

“Emborough tradition” - after the place where Cam used to practise:

• The Greyhound. Music is Little Town of Bethlehem & Ding Dong Merrily on High. Same corner dance form as The Valentine, with slows.
• Black Rock. Music is Lily Balero. Played in the key of D, or in G by negotiation.
• Brighton Camp. Slow sticking on the B music.
• Rambling Sailor. Designed for International Festival of the Sea, Bristol 1996. Morris sticks are used in capstan formation.

Others we dance rarely:

• Lollipop Man (Ducklington)
• Shave the Donkey (Bampton)
• Deck the Hall - Maid of the Mill (Bampton)
• Trunkles (Bledington)
• Saturday Night (Fieldtown)