Shooting
Tune: When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again, by Patrick Gilmore, 1863
Source: adapted from the Duns Tew dance by Jeff Bigler / Red Herring Morris (2001)
Chorus: Masters dib butts-tips, “shoot.” Apprentices repeat. Half hey. Then “hand-to-hand” clashes right hand high, then left hand high, then “baseball” clashes forehand-backhand-forehand. Half hey.
Sequence: once to yourself, foot up & down, half gyp, back to back, rounds
Detailed Description
Chorus
Master's side dibs butts, dibs tips, “shoot” (point stick at partner as if it were a rifle and stamp right foot on the beat), half hey.
2-handed clash (hold stick near ends and clash the area between the hands) with right hand high, 2-handed clash with left hand high, then hold stick like a baseball bat and clash forehand-backhand-forehand. Half hey.
Figures
Foot Up & Down
Face up. Two double steps in the “up” direction (one stationary, one in place). Galley (out from the center). Foot-together-jump to face down.
Face down. Two double steps in the “down” direction (one stationary, one in place). Galley (out from the center). Foot-together-jump ¾ of the way around to face across.
Half Gyp
Face across. Two double steps, one to cross to your partner's position (starting on the left foot1) and passing by the right shoulder) and one in place. Hop backs to return to place. Foot-together-jump.
Face across. Two double steps, one to cross to your partner's position (starting on the right foot2) and passing by the left shoulder) and one in place. Hop backs to return to place. Foot-together-jump.
Back-to-Back
Face across. Two double steps: on the first one cross to your partner's position (starting on the left foot and passing by the right shoulder), and on the second one slide to your right. Hop backs to return to place, this time passing your partner by the left shoulder. Foot-together-jump.
Face across. Two double steps: on the first one cross to your partner's position (starting on the right foot and passing by the left shoulder), and on the second one slide to your left. Hop backs to return to place, this time passing your partner by the right shoulder. Foot-together-jump.
Rounds
On the catch-step (“and”) before the downbeat, hop into a circle and face clockwise. Middles will need to move outwards (“bulge”). One double step around the circle (clockwise). On the second double step spiral into a clump, ending halfway around the circle but closer to the center. Hop backs to your corner's place (halfway around the circle). Foot-together-jump.
On the catch-step (“and”) before the downbeat, all dancers turn a little more than 180° over their left shoulders (“hard turn”) and go back the way they came (counter-clockwise). Again, on the second double step spiral into a clump, ending halfway around the circle but closer to the center. Hop backs to your original place. Foot-together-jump.
Tune
- dances:fieldtown:1_when_johnny_comes_march.abc
- dances:fieldtown:1_when_johnny_comes_march.mid
- dances:fieldtown:1_when_johnny_comes_march.pdf
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