Moll In The Wad
Introduction
Choreography
Notes
Music
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Author:
Michael Barraclough (1970s)
Formation:
Longways duple proper
Music:
32-bar single jigs, eg: Quaker's Wife, Blackthorn Stick
A1
1-4
(Face neighbor) foot it
5-8
Right & left (start neighbor, right hand)
A2
1-8
Repeat to place
B1
1-2
1s two chasées down
3-4
1s turn single down and out to face again
5-6
1s two chasées up
7-8
1s cast down (2s moving up)
B2
1-4
Partner allemande (right-hand baalnce forward & back and change places, lady going under the man's arm)
5-8
Repeat back
© Michael Barraclough, 2016
Notes
1
Jump on both feet, jump and kick the right leg out, jump on both feet, jump and kick the left leg out
2
Moll In The Wad was clearly one of the most popular late eighteenth/early nineteenth century tunes with many, many sets of dance figures published with it. These include Platt 1796, Cahusac 1797, Smart 1798, Lavenu 1798, Preston 1798, Bland & Weller 1798, Plat 1798, Fentum 1798, Riley6 1799, Wilson: Treasures of Terpsichore, Hardy Mss 1800, Clare Mss. I took one of them, made a few interpretations and created this.
3
The interpretation that has been published by the EFDSS uses a Scottish allemande figure for B2 and not one of the multiple 'English' allemandes.
Preston 24 Country Dances For 1798
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