Tune: Idbury Hill (traditional) Source: Jeff Bigler / Banbury Cross Morris (2012) Equipment: Linked Hankies Chorus: process down & half hey; process up & half-hey Figures: once to yourself, foot up & down, half gyp, back-to-back, rounds & all in.
This is a linked hankie dance.
Bar 1: #1 & #2 come together and process to the bottom under arches made by the other dancers. (Dancers process by jogging; there is not enough time for proper stepping.) Bar 2: #3 & #4 come together and process to the bottom under arches made by the other dancers. Bar 3: #5 & #6 come together and process to the bottom under arches made by the other dancers. Bar 4: all dancers foot-together-jump. Bars 5-8: half hey. Dancers hold linked hankies high whenever passing on the outside and low on the inside.
Repeat.
For the final chorus (after back-to-back), the first half hey is standard (mirror image). The second half hey is “Adderbury style” with the two lines moving in parallel. Tops pass middles by the right shoulder and bottoms by the left shoulder. Then middles pass bottoms by the right shoulder. At the end of this second half hey, the hankies are woven into a pinwheel for rounds.
Hankie dances: stand in position, trying not to look stupid. Five beats before the end of the tune, bring the hankies up to chest-level and rise onto your toes. Then two hop backs and a foot-together-jump. Stick dances: stand in position, trying not to look stupid. Two beats before the end of the tune, do a foot-together-jump.
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.
Dancers duck under the hankies when turning around.
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.
Dancers stop as soon as the hankies are taut.
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.
Dancers duck under the hankies as they slide sideways on the second double step.
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.
This figure is danced with the hankies woven in a pinwheel.
The dance ends all in at the end of rounds.
X:1 T:Idbury Hill T:(Definitely Knot) C:traditional O:D dorian M:6/8 L:1/8 K:Ddor V:1 clef=treble P:A |: A2 AB c2 A2 | GFED C2 DE | F2 A2 AGFE | D4 D4 :| P:B |: A2 AB c2 A2 | dcBA G2 G2 | A2 AB c2 A2 | d3c A4 | A2 AB c2 A2 | GFED C2 DE | F2 A2 AGFE | D4 D4 :|
X:2 T:Idbury Hill T:(Definitely Knot) C:traditional O:E dorian M:6/8 L:1/8 K:Edor V:1 clef=treble P:A |: B2 Bc d2 B2 | AGFE D2 EF | G2 B2 BAGF | E4 E4 :| P:B |: B2 Bc d2 B2 | edcB A2 A2 | B2 Bc d2 B2 | e3 d B4 | B2 Bc d2 B2 | AGFE D2 EF | G2 B2 BAGF | E4 E4 :|
