Which dances do we dance? Here is a list compiled by Eddie Strover, until recently our Squire, and still our Foreman, of what we danced out from 12 October 2009 until our 2010 AGM.
NAME OF DANCE | PLACE OF ORIGIN | No. OF TIMES |
Bonny Green Garters | | 21 |
Beaux of | Badby | 19 |
Balance the Straw | Fieldtown | 17 |
Rose Tree | Bampton | 17 |
| Bampton | 16 |
Bluebells of | Adderbury | 15 |
Jockie to the Fair | Brackley | 15 |
Lads a Bunchum | Adderbury | 14 |
Lollipop Man | Adderbury | 14 |
Jenny Lind | | 12 |
Young Collins | Bledington | 12 |
Shepherds Hey | Adderbury | 11 |
Valentines | Fieldtown | 11 |
Vandals of Hammerwich | | 10 |
Hunt the Squirrel | Headington | 8 |
Skirmish | Bledington | 8 |
Upton Stick | | 7 |
Repeal | Newbold | 6 |
Ring O’Bells | | 6 |
Trunkles | Hinton | 5 |
Constant Billy | Headington | 4 |
Brimfield | | 3 |
Mona’s Delight | | 3 |
Smash the Windows | | 3 |
Banbury Bill | Bampton | 2 |
Bean Setting | Headington | 2 |
Black Joke | Adderbury | 1 |
British Grenadiers | Clog | 1 |
William and Nancy | Bledington | 1 |
A total of 29 different dances, on 27 outings.
Jenny Lind we dance as a Bampton style dance, having seen it danced by someone else, and having been able to remember just the B music sticking. Smash the Windows is a two person jig, of our devising, I think. We danced British Grenadiers with Hips N Haws.
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