The Buttercross Belles Repertoire

Style:

North West Morris.

No. of dancers:

8.

Length:

224 bars + dance off.

Source:

Dance: Hertfordshire Holly.
Music: Selected and arranged by Bob Wilkinson.

Figures

1. Cross
2. Change in line
3. Cross
4. Change in line
5. Big star
6. Back to back corners
7. Squares
8. Small stars
9. Hands around
10. Second squares
11. Dance off

Notes

Set

8 dancers in 2 files of 4 facing up.

Chorus

Starts with a chorus then after each figure except Small Stars.

Equipment

Bobbins.

Arms

Hands on hips.

Stepping

Chorus - Mixed March and Polka step.
Figures - Polka step.
Right foot start.

Tunes

Part	Bars	Key	Tune
A B	8 8	G/D	Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse
C D	6 8	G	Garrick's Delight
E F	8 16	D	The Lodge Road
G H	8 8	D	The Fairy Dance (The Fisher Laddie)

Sequence

Figure	Bars	Part	Tune
Intro	*8	*A	Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse
Chorus	8	A	Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse
Cross	8	B	Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse
Chorus	8	A	Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse
Change in Line	8	B	Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse
Chorus	8	A	Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse
Cross	8	B	Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse
Chorus	8	A	Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse
Change in Line	8	B	Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse
Chorus	8	A	Mr & Mrs Mickey Mouse
Big Star	32†	CDC'DCD'	Garrick's Delight
Chorus	8	E	The Lodge Road
Back to Back C'nrs	16	F	The Lodge Road
Chorus	8	E	The Lodge Road
Squares	16	F	The Lodge Road
Chorus	8	E	The Lodge Road
Small Stars	16	GH	The Fairy Dance
Hands Around	16	GH	The Fairy Dance
Chorus	8	E	The Lodge Road
Second Squares	16	F	The Lodge Road
Chorus	8	E	The Lodge Road
Lead Off	*8	*(EF)	The Fairy Dance

^† To fit the dance figure the tune is played as 6+8+2+8+6+2 bars, the extra 2 bars (C¹ and D¹) being the final 2 bars of the C and D parts.