Pendle's Fancy
Introduction
Choreography
Notes
Music
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Author:
Denise Atherton
Source:
Trevor Monson
Formation:
Longways 3-couple set indecent
Music:
Specific tune - Sweet Polly Oliver (traditional, see note)
A1
1-4
Top 2 couples star right ¾ into active sides two-hand ½ (cw)
5-8
Bottom 2 couples star left ¾ into active sides two-hand ½ (ccw, end Top: M1/L3 L1/M2 M3/L1)
9-16
Repeat A1 1-8 (end Top: M1/L3 L1/M2 M3/L2)
A2
1-4
Circle left (until opposite partner, ½ + 1 more place, Top: 2 3 1)
5-8
Partner back-to-back
9-16
Grimstock hey
© Denise Atherton
Notes
1
In A1, after each star/half-turn, men are where they started the dance, only the ladies change positions
2
According to Wikipedia "Sweet Polly Oliver is an English broadside ballad, traceable from 1840 or earlier. It is also known as "Pretty Polly Oliver" and has several variant sets of lyrics, set to a single anonymous melody. It is one of the best known of a number of folk songs describing women disguising themselves as men to join the army to be with their lovers."
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