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====== Border Dance Summary (current and recent repertoire only) ======

**[[border-crossing|Border Crossing]]** (5 dancers; long sticks)
**Tune:** //I Fought the Law//, by Sonny Curtis
**Chorus:** motorcycle hey for 5, then center clashes with #1, #2 ("I fought the law"), #1-4 clash with center ("and the law won"), center clashes with #3, #4 ("I fought the law"), #1-4 clash with center ("and the law won").
**Figures:** barrier rounds; out to the left ("choo-choo"); bombast; starburst; tosses.

**[[captain-bike|Captain Bike]]** (8 dancers; medium sticks)
**Tune:** //Captain Bike//, by Jeff Bigler
**Chorus:** (Bar 1) clash with partner.  (Bar 2) clash with partner while crossing to partner's place.  (Bar 3) Turn right and clash with partner.  (Bars 4-6) Move along the line to the next person & clash.  When you reach the end, loop around & head back toward the top of the set.  (Bars 7-8) turn out from middle to face partner.  Repeat once. 
**Figures:** dance on/bicycle wheels; cross & swing; J-loops; motorcycle hey & off.

**[[circle-dance|The Circle Dance]]** (4 dancers; medium sticks)
**Tune:** //The Big Ship// (MOTley Morris often used a medley)
**Chorus:** stick neighbor-partner-high/low, partner-neighbor low/high; repeat once.
**Figures:** once-to-yourself; rounds; staggered back-to-back; hey; starburst; bombast; rounds & off (alternate ending: doubletime chorus).

**[[fool-and-bag|The Fool and the Bag]]** (8 or 4 dancers; medium sticks)
**Tune:** //The Fool and the Bag//, by Jeff Bigler
**Chorus:** clash, toss & cross, clash, clash 3x, clash, toss & cross, clash forehand-backhand-forehard.
**Figures:** dance on/rounds; cross & swing; starburst; motorcycle hey (or bombast if done for 4) & off.

**[[four-lane-end|Four Lane End]]** (4 dancers; medium sticks; Bedlam stepping)
**Tune:** //Four Lane End//, by John Kirkpatrick?
**Chorus:** sticking sequence by dancer #1, then #2, #3, #4: left-middle-right-middle-left-middle-right then forehand-back for next dancer to start sequence. End with repeated forehand-backhand, alternating between neighbor & partner.
**Figures:** dance on/rounds; high-low; multiples; turn & toss; tosses.  On final chorus, repeat next-to-last bar 3×, getting faster.

**[[mr-dolly|Mister Dolly]]** (4 dancers; medium sticks)
**Tune:** //George Green's College Hornpipe//, by George Green
**Chorus:** clash G-G-PPP (G = ground; P = partner) [low]; R-L-PPP [high]; repeat once.
**Figures:** "Addams Family" intro; cross & swing; J-loops; mini-brook; dragon's bane; rounds w/ sounds & off.

**[[moonstruck-marrow|Moonstruck Marrow]]** (8 dancers; medium sticks)
**Tune:** //Moonstruck Marrow//, by George Martin Fell Brown
**Chorus:** 1. Outside four go 1/4 of the way around CCW while middle four go 3/4 around CW; clash w/ partner.  (Set is now rotated 90°.)  2. Top & bottom sets of four each go half-way around CCW; clash w/ partner.  Repeat 3x to get home.
**Figures:** dance on/hey; zipper hey; linear bombast for 8.

**[[over-the-top|Over the Top]]** (4 dancers; long sticks)
**Tune:** //Over the Top//, by Jeff Bigler
**Chorus:** 1st corners high-low while 2nd corners dib & toss; then clash while dancing through to corner's space. Repeat once, swapping roles.
**Figures:** dance on/rounds; staggered back-to-back; J-loops; out-to-the-left ("choo-choo"); bombast.  On final chorus, keep going after 2nd clash-through.

**[[takking|Takking]]** (6 dancers; long sticks)
**Tune:** //Scottiche a Bethanie//
**Chorus:** Clash across 3x.  #1 & #6 cross over, #3 & #5 slide up, #2 & #4 slide down, clash 2x.  Rotate new set 90 degrees so #1 & #6 clash (in middle) on beat 2.  Reverse pattern.  Repeat once.
**Figures:** clashing rounds; zig-zag; hey (A music 2x); posts; through & off.

**[[tinners-rabbits|Tinner's Rabbits]]** (groups of 3 dancers; medium sticks)
**Tune:** //"Scotch Polka"//
**Chorus:** clash around triangle: (1-2, 2-3, 3-1) 4 times, then everyone strike the ground 3 times.
**Figures:** once to yourself; #1 reels (around #2 and #3); 3-person star; #2 reels; "rabbit traps"; #3 reels; rounds & off.  (If dancing with multiple sets, small rounds transitions into one large rounds.)

**[[woodhouse-bog|Woodhouse Bog / Boghouse Door]]** (8 dancers; medium sticks)
**Tune:** //The Keel Row//
**Chorus:** H-L-H-L-H-L-FBF (all but last FBF while stepping)
**Sequence:** once-to-yourself; chorus for 0-2; forearm swings; chorus for 2-4; star; chorus for 4-6; casting (mirror) hey; chorus for 6-8; motorcycle hey; chorus for 8-6; casting hey; chorus for 6-4; star; chorus for 4-2; forearm swings; chorus for 2-0, speeding up and ending with one dancer chasing the other.