Wrekin Havoc |
Six dancers in a longways set
Sticking {(Tips and butts) x 3, 3 quick tips} x 2
Dance on
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Wrekin hey
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3 hands round
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Back to back right shoulders
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Back to back left shoulders
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Three tops hey
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New figure
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New figure again
StickingWillie hey and dance off gfdgdfgd
The tunes listed below have been superceded by:
Steptoe and Son for the intro and
Grand Hornpipe for the dance
The latter tune is converted to a dotted hornpipe towards the end of the piece full details in this document:
These are the original tunes, dropped in 1999
A jaunty well-know hornpipe played in a slightly more decorated form than the midi file suggests. Notable are the "stops" after the second and fourth Bs. I like to feel that if I was editing tape (nobody does this any more) I could just get a razor blade in the silence at these points. We change tunes after six repeats to . . .
Key D
Format AB
This tune and its companion go back a long time in the Flagcrackers, and mark the point where I gave up learning all the tunes on the squeeze box. Regular squeezers may be familiar with this feeling. On the last two bars of the tune, during the dance off we break the hornpipe rhythm and mark the seven final beats heavily with the drum.
Key D
Format AB