Details for "St Helen's Gala"
(St Helen's)
Name | St Helen's Gala |
Style | Northwest |
Tradition |
(Sth) St Helen's |
New dance ? | no |
Origin | Traditional - 1920s team in St Helens |
Size of set | 8 |
Hands | Shillelaghs or Shakers |
Tunes
| Mallard No.2 |
St Lawrence Jig |
References | |
Other Notes | Shillelaghs or Shakers are made from short sticks with bunches of paper strips at each end.
Trefor Owen collected the dance from a member of a 1920s female revival side of a pre 1914 men's team. The original men's team used slings. |
Code | nSthSHGL |
Checked | 1 |
Variations as Danced by Buttercross Belles
Set size | |
Hands | Slings |
Source | |
Notes | |
References | |
Tunes | |
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