Notes

1

Dance the sequence twice through to finish where you started

 

 

 

 

2

The dance is based on Dargason, but re-choreographed for the 21st Century so that most people are moving most of the time.

 

 

 

 

3

John says "I wrote the dance as 32 bars so that you can use your favourite tune, or switch from Dargason to another tune. Contradition played it for me at a festival just using the original Dargason tune, but 'in a variety of keys and with some unrepeatable variations'. As long as you have a band that can make it interesting that is fine."

 

 

 

 

4

Turn Single Spin Past: comes from from Sharon Green's Doctor Bending’s Serpent. Start a gypsy right with the person you are facing and once you are past them you keep turning until you are facing in your original direction with your back to that person. It should be one smooth motion.

 

 

 

 

5

John says 'Swing' has been used by Dancing Masters throughout the ages to mean whatever they want! Basically: connect with your partner and rotate around a shared axis. You can interpret it any way you wish in this dance: Two Hand Turn, Ballroom-Hold Buzz-Step, Ceilidh-Hold Skipping, etc., as long as you finish facing up with the man on the left and the lady on the right."

 

 

 

 

6

John says "the name 'Dargason' comes from an Anglo-Saxon word for dwarf or fairy; or, from Irish legend that tells of a monster resembling a large bear. The original dance was called 'Dargason; or, Sedany' where Seda(n)ny means a woman dressed in silks. Take your pick!"

 

 

 

 

7

Here's a copy of the original dance