Click Go the Shears

Martin Whittaker Martin Whittaker 2 1 2004-12-28T10:55:00Z 2004-12-28T10:56:00Z 1 392 2239 Touchstone Consultancy Ltd 18 5 2626 10.6714 Click Go the Shears

Hook Eagle Morris Men

What a fine bunch of men!

Click Go The Shears

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Source:

Chorus taken from video of Motley Morris. Figures invented by BAZ & RMW. (1992)

Music:

Strike the Bell (or Click Go the Shears if you're Australian).

Download: ABC | pdf | midi

Formation:

Set of 6 in two lines, facing up.

Long sticks, two handed for sticking.

Step:

Single step (cycle step), stick on shoulder when not sticking. Stand still for sticking.

Sequence:

Foot up
Chorus
Corners
Chorus
Stars
Chorus
Hey
Chorus
Corners
Chorus
Rounds

Foot up:

Dance on the spot facing up, turn to face partners on last four steps, and finish with stomp-stomp ready for sticking.

Chorus:

Consists of sticking, loop, sticking, loop.

sticking: FFRRLLB-BBLLRRF-

F = forehand to partner,

R = backhand to opposite right

L = Forehand to opposite left

B = backhand to partner

- = pause

loop: dance in a smallish loop anticlockwise (start by going to your left!), each dancer doing his own private loop, but keeping in line with the other 2 on his side. Hit sticks with partner on first step with violence and a shriek.

Corners:

1 & 6 change places on first two steps, with a shriek, passing Right shoulders

2 & 5 change places on steps 3-4, with a shriek, passing Right shoulders

3 & 4 change places on steps 5-6, with a shriek, passing Right shoulders

All dance steps 7-8 on the spot.

Next 8 steps change places back again in the same way.

Stars:

Middles go to their right. Form 3-man stars, and do RH star for 8 steps; turn out into LH star for 8 steps and back to place.

Hey:

Middles go to their right, to form a hey at the ends, dancing between the two dancers to their right, e.g.: No 3 turns to his right and goes through space between nos. 1 & 2, to start the hey by doing a left shoulder pass with No. 1. Go round the hey twice, but you have to move reasonably fast in order to get back to place ready for the stomp-stomp.

Rounds:

All turn the long way into a normal clockwise rounds. Turn out and jump in on last four steps to finish.