Late Night Shopping 2010

Thank you if you stopped and watched us in Market Harborough tonight, or if you were one of the people who joined us outside Alden's to dance "Lollipop Man" - well done!

Which dances?

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 London City	Badby	19
Balance the Straw	Fieldtown	17
Rose Tree	Bampton	17
Highland Mary	Bampton	16
Bluebells of Scotland	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	Lichfield	10
Hunt the Squirrel	Headington	8
Skirmish	Bledington	8
Upton Stick	Upton on Severn	7
Repeal	Newbold	6
Ring O’Bells	Lichfield	6
Trunkles	Hinton	5
Constant Billy	Headington	4
Brimfield		3
Mona’s Delight	Isle of Man	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.

Dancing for Macmillan, Market Harborough

Here, rather late, are some photos of us dancing in The Square, Harborough, in October, in support of Macmillan's collectors. We were joined by Hips N Haws. Our thanks to them, and my thanks to David West, for the photos.

Tollemache Arms, Harrington

A kind invitation to the beer festival took us to Harrington on a very dark 2nd August. No more dancing out on Mondays now until 6th September.

The White Horse, Stoke Albany

Usually we dance out the front of this pub, and no one watches... On this visit we occupied the car park and had an audience. Thank you!

Chandler's Arms, Shearsby

As the Squire was away tonight, the website editor (also Deputy Squire), devised a programme, which we adapted as we went along, and called the dances. Because of this, I can tell you what we danced, (although I can't remember what order we did it in):

Rose Tree; Highland Mary; Balance the Straw; Bluebells of Scotland; Lads a Bunchum; Young Collins; Skirmish; Lollipop Man; Mona’s; Jenny Lind; Bonny Green Garters. This, for the record, took just over an hour.

And also, because of this, Joe took the photos (thank you Joe).

As usual at Shearsby, there were a lot of people watching (and taking photos) - thank you!

Foxton Locks

A pleasure to be joined at Bridge 61, Foxton Locks, by Hips N Haws. Our thanks to them.