Processional

Tune: Processional (traditional)
Source: traditional
Sequence: 6 double steps, galley, foot-together-jump. Repeat as many times as needed to get into position.

Detailed Description

The processional is a sequence of steps repeated while traveling from one place to another. The entire sequence is repeated as many times as needed until the dancers are in place.

Version #1

The sequence as Banbury Cross dances it is:

Six double steps, galley, foot-together-jump.

Version #2

The sequence in Lionel Bacon's A Handbook of Morris Dances is:

Two double steps, galley, foot-together-jump. Repeat.

Tune

X: 1
T:Processional
C:traditional
O:Field Town
M:C
L:1/8
Q:c/4=88
A:Fieldtown
P:(AB)6
K:G
P:A
|:c|\
BABG AA A2|cB/c/ Ac BG G2|B/c/d ef gdec|BGAF G2 G:|
P:B
z|g2 gf fe e2|a2 ag fd d2|gfgf edeg|fde^c d2 d=c |
BABG AA A2|cB/c/ Ac BG G2|B/c/d ef gdec|BGAF  G2 G|]