28: Bobbin Jone |
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the more the merrier, a
long dance (longways) |
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mms pages 57 to 59 |
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Playford
version: from 1st edition to 18th edition. |
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Music: |
Popular Tunes in 17th
Century England, by the Broadside Band (with not enough repeats) |
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Lads & Lasses by the
City Waites (not enough repeats, though good tempo) |
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New New Nothing by Shulamit
Kleinerman (not enough repeats) |
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Part 1 |
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Verse 1, Part A
(verse music twice) |
1: |
Lead forward [a double] |
2: |
[Fall back a double] |
3-4: |
That again |
Verse 1, Part B
(chorus music twice) |
1-2: |
Set [and turn single, left] |
3-4: |
Set [and turn single,
right] |
Chorus/Figure
1, Part A (verse music twice) |
1-2: |
Man 1 and woman 2 set
[towards each other, and turn as they], fall back from each other |
3-4: |
Woman 1 and man 2 set
[towards each other, and turn as they], fall back from each other |
Chorus/Figure
1, Part B (chorus music twice) |
1-2: |
Man 1 and woman 2 switch
places |
3-4: |
Woman 1 and man 2 switch
places |
And so on: |
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The figure continues until
everyone is back in place. Like Helth to Betty, this figure changes as you
leave the top of the dance, so that you are just setting and turning in the
first part when you are already on the other side of the set. Use the 'sitting out at the bottom' to
return to your proper sides. |
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Part 2 |
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Verse 2, Part A |
1-2: |
Side [left to line up right
shoulders] |
3-4: |
Side [right to line up left
shoulders] |
Verse 2, Part B |
1-2: |
Set [and turn single, left] |
3-4: |
Set [and turn single,
right] |
Chorus/Figure
2, Part A |
1: |
Man 1 and woman 2 fall back
[a double] from each other |
2: |
Man 1 and woman 2 meet [a
double] and take right hands |
3: |
Woman 1 and man 2 fall back
[a double] from each other |
4: |
Woman 1 and man 2 meet [a
double] and take right hands across the other couple |
Chorus/Figure
2, Part B |
1-2: |
The four go around
clockwise util couple 2 is in couple 1's position [and then quickly switch
places with your partner to return to the correct side of the set] |
3-4: |
Set [and turn single, left]
to your partner |
And so on: |
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The figure continues like
this in virus-progressive format, until everyone is back in place |
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Part 3 |
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Verse 3, Part A |
1-2: |
Arm [left (right arms, walk
left)] |
3-4: |
Arm [right (left arms, walk
right)] |
Verse 3, Part B |
1-2: |
Set [and turn single, left] |
3-4: |
Set [and turn single,
right] |
Chorus/Figure
3, Part A |
1: |
Couples 1 and 2 face, and
fall back [a double] |
2: |
Couples 1 and 2 meet [a
double] |
3-4: |
That again |
Chorus/Figure
3, Part B |
1-2: |
All four take hands in a
circle and go around until couple 2 is in couple 1's place |
3-4: |
Turn your partner around
[one and a half times to return to the proper side of the set] |
And so on: |
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The figure continues like
this in virus-progressive format, until everyone is back in place |
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Comparison to
the Playford version (1st to 18th editions) |
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These two dances are very
similar in basic form, but the actual progressive figures don't match in any
particular. However, the structure
seems to fit the music as Playford set it down, which doesn't make these the same
dance, but it is rather close. |
Also of note: |
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I will say that I've taken
a liberty or two with my reconstruction of the dance, especially in the
second figure where the couples circle - when two couples circle like that,
if they stop in inverted position, they end up on the opposite side of the
set from each other, prompting me to add the "switch places" bit. |
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The third figure has
something of the same issue, though since you finish it with turning, turning
an extra bit to return to the correct side isn't a hardship. |
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This manuscript also
compares the first figure to the one in Mayden Fayre as happening exactly the
same. |
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