The Buttercross Belles Repertoire

Style:

North West Morris.

No. of dancers:

8.

Length:

120 bars + dance off (40+ bars).

Source:

Dance: North West Morris Dancung A Selection from Trefor Owen's Collection Morris Federation 1988.
Music: Selected and arranged by Bob Wilkinson.

Figures

1. Ladies' chain
2. Stars and cast
3. Stars and lines
4. Up and down chain

Notes

Set

8 dancers in 2 files of 4 facing up.

Chorus

Before each figure except final.

Equipment

Ticklers.

Arms

Holding ticklers in front of body and flicking from side to side over rhe knee that is up.

Stepping

Single step.
Left foot start - left foot down, right knee up, ticklers to right.

Tunes

Part	Bars	Key	Tune
A B	8 8	G	Brighton Camp (The Lass I Left Behind Me)
C D E	8 8 8	D	The Lass of Richmond Hill

Sequence

Figure	Bars	Part	Tune
Intro	*4	*½A	Brighton Camp
Chorus	8	A	Brighton Camp
Ladies' Chain	16	2B	Brighton Camp
Chorus	8	A	Brighton Camp
Stars and Cast	8	B	Brighton Camp
Chorus	8	A	Brighton Camp
Stars and Lines	16	2B	Brighton Camp
Chorus	8	A	Brighton Camp
Up and Down Chain	48	2(CDE)	The Lass of Richmond Hill

Dance Off

Figure	Bars	Part	Tune
Intro	*8	*A	Brighton Camp
Dance Off	*8	*B	Brighton Camp