Giving it welly in Cumbria
	THE DANCES & THE TUNES Right-clicking on the name of a tune will give you the opportunity either to hear it or to download a midi file. If you'd rather just have all the tunes in one big ABC file, click here N.B., The dances below marked with a •  are part of our regular repertoire. The others? Well, there's a story behind each one....... DANCE 1st TUNE 2nd TUNE NOTES • The Abbey The Keel Row A garland dance learned from the Hexhamshire Lasses Abram Circle Dance Abram This used to be our rain dance. It kinda put us off it for a while. • Ashton Ashton The British Grenadiers • Badger's Sett The Jolly Badger Written for Brockhole, the Lake District Vistors' Centre • Belfagan William Taylor's Tabletop Hornpipe A handkerchief dance for 6 created especially for us. Black Rod Black Rod We haven't danced this one out for a while. I don't know why. Perhaps we'll do it next year? Churchtown The Three Sea Captains This is a processional dance. Most of us learned it on the hoof. Cockermouth Cockermouth A new dance we created for our 21st birthday. We still keep coming back and improving bits - maybe one day we'll be satisfied. Original music by Ally McGurk. • The Cumberland Crown The Waterloo Dance A garland dance which can be performed by 4, 6 or 8 dancers. One of our favourites. • Eaglesfield Birds in the Wilderness Eaglesfield is a village near Cockermouth. This garland dance is for groups of 4 dancers. • Flags Cock o' the North A very fast, energetic dance for 6, learned from Jenny Geddes Clog Morris. • Greenham Greenham This dance was created by the women protesters at Greenham Common. • Hindley Street Dance Rosin the Bow Keswick Oyster Girl The Miller of Dee The music's good, but the dance is a bit long and repetitive, so we don't do it these days. • Littleborough The Rattlin' Bog Donkey Riding • Mona's Delight Eunyssagh Vana From the Isle of Man, this elegant dance was collected by the Manx folklorist Mona Douglas. • Plymouth Soldier's Joy • Shawforth The Olive Branch If you've ever watched Belfagan in action, this is the one with the garlands and the high kicking! • Silly Molly Speed the Plough Molly dancing is a whole other tradition in the wold of morris dance. Look at our links page if you want to know more! • Singleton The Dorset 4-hand Reel Learned from Singleton Cloggers, who created it. • Whitby Whitby Shindig This garland dance represents various features of the town of Whitby, and was taught to us by Jenny Geddes Clog Morris. • Wigton Hundred Pipers Originally created for Wigton Carnival. Can be a processional dance when there's a need for one. • Yellow Sheepskin Yellow Sheepskin An unusual circle dance for any number, learned from the Hexhamshire Lasses.
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