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Details for "Upton on Severn (original Chingford) Stick Dance"
(Chingford)

NameUpton on Severn (original Chingford) Stick Dance
StyleCotswold
Tradition (Chn) Chingford
New dance ?yes
OriginPeter Boyce and Geoff Hughes
Size of set6
HandsStick
Tunes
References
Other NotesThe main features of the dance which distinguish it from The Upton upon Severn Stick Dance are the three distinctive stick movements in the chorus and the footwork uses a double step with a hitch finishing with a double stamp at the end of each phrase.There are also differences in the figures.

Peter Boyce, a founder member of Mendip MM who created the first version of the dance, recalls that it started with Nibs Matthews at a 'Morris Day of Dancing' run by him in c.1957. Nibs presented the original Upton stick dance as poorly remembered and a shadow of what it had been. “It needed working on” were his exact words. The creative process wasn't contrived or deliberate or an attempt to be novel; the footwork, form and structure of the new dance just happened. Its connection with Upton was only coincidental. What was created was something completely new, created as a response to the tune published by Maud Karpeles which was never used in Upton.

Peter took the dance with him when he moved to Chingford where Geoff Hughes not only made further adjustments but also added the Cross and Turn figure.

Although Peter had originally decided to retain the name, “The Upton Upon Severn Stick Dance” Chingford MM soon renamed it to avoid any confusion with the traditional Border dance from Upton. They also dance it to a different tune from the one published by Maud Karpeles.

CodecChnUSVS
Checked1

Variations as Danced by Great Western

Set size8
Handslong sticks
SourceGreat Western - originally as a border dance but was crossed over.
NotesNothing really to do with the Chingford dance except the Chorus, a bit. But we do like the tune. Danced as an 8 set in a series of Hays with stick chorus doubled. Sometimes danced with fire sticks. "A Large set moving well will fill a hall, any hall."
Referenceshttps://tinyurl.com/yysho9un
Tunes

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Teams That Perform This Dance

TeamLocVars.
Alford Lincolnshire,UK links
Allington Lincolnshire,UK (none)
Anstey Morris Men Leicestershire,UK (none)
Baldock Midnight Hertfordshire,UK (none)
Barrel Border Cornwall,UK tunes
Bedcote West Midlands,UK (none)
Belchamp Essex,UK (none)
Belles & Broomsticks Guernsey,Channel Isles (none)
Belles of London City London,UK links
Belswagger Brisbane,Australia links
Benfieldside Durham,UK (none)
Bideford Phoenix Devon,UK links
Black Joak Sydney,Australia notes, links
Black Pig Border Derbyshire,UK links, tunes
Bo Diddlers Various,UK links
Boss Morris Gloucestershire,UK (none)
Bow Brook Border Worcestershire,UK notes, links
Brighton East Sussex,UK (none)
Buxey Essex,UK (none)
Caprock Texas,USA (none)
Chapel-en-le-Frith Derbyshire,UK (none)
Chelmsford Essex,UK (none)
Chippenham Morris Wiltshire,UK (none)
City of Auckland Auckland,New Zealand (none)
Cogs & Wheels Devon,UK (none)
Costa Blanca Morris Dancers Costa Blanca,Spain set, links
Crook Morris Cumbria,UK (none)
Cuckoo's Nest East Sussex,UK (none)
Dartmoor Border Devon,UK (none)
Datchet Border Berkshire,UK (none)
Ditchling East Sussex,UK (none)
Dolphin Nottinghamshire,UK (none)
Domesday Staffordshire,UK (none)
Earl of Stamford Cheshire,UK (none)
East Kent Morris Kent,UK (none)
East Suffolk Suffolk,UK (none)
Edmonton Magpie Alberta,Canada links
Eken Stockholm,Sweden (none)
Enigma Somerset,UK (none)
Exeter Morris Devon,UK (none)
Foggy Bottom MM Columbia,USA (none)
Forest of Dean Morris Gloucestershire,UK (none)
Foresters Nottinghamshire,UK (none)
Foxs West Midlands,UK links
Froxfield Pelicans Wiltshire,UK (none)
Gibbet Hill Berkshire,UK links
Golden Star Norwich,UK links
Great Western Devon,UK set, source, hands, notes, links
Green Fiddle Toronto, Ontario,Canada (none)
Greensleeves London,UK links
Grimsby Lincolnshire,UK (none)
Happenstance Gloucestershire,UK (none)
Harberton Navy Devon,UK (none)
Helsinki Helsinki,Finland (none)
Hemlock Bedfordshire,UK (none)
Hobos Dorset,UK links
Hong Kong Hong Kong,China (none)
Jack Frost Dunedin,New Zealand source, notes
Jackstraws Surrey,UK (none)
Jersey Lilies Jersey,Channel Isles (none)
Jockey West Midlands,UK (none)
Jolley Hatters Tasmania,Australia (none)
Juggler Meadow MM Massachusetts,USA notes, links
Kesteven Lincolnshire,UK links
King's Morris Norfolk,UK (none)
Kingston Morris Surrey,UK (none)
Leicester Leicestershire,UK links
Letchworth Morris Hertfordshire,UK (none)
Lyme Devon/Dorset,UK (none)
Mad Tatters Perth,Australia links
Makeney Morris Belper, Derbyshire,UK links
Maldon Greenjackets Essex,UK links
Malmsbury Wiltshire,UK (none)
Marlee Morris Perth,Australia (none)
Men of Wight Isle Of Wight,UK (none)
Mendip Morris Somerset,UK (none)
Merrydowners Middlesex,UK (none)
Mianus River Connecticut,USA links
Morris Men of Little Egypt Suffolk,UK (none)
Moulton Northamptonshire,UK (none)
Newton Bushel Devon,UK (none)
Oak Apple Wisconsin,USA (none)
Owlswick Buckinghamshire,UK (none)
Pebworth Worcestershire,UK links
Peterborough Cambridgeshire,UK (none)
Pigsty Avon,UK links
Rackaback Yorkshire,UK set, notes, links
Rag Morris Avon,UK (none)
Ramtop Los Angeles, California,USA (none)
Red Cuthbert Bedfordshire,UK hands
Seabright California,USA (none)
Sompting Village West Sussex,UK (none)
Stone The Crows Lancashire,UK (none)
Thames Valley Surrey,UK (none)
Three Horseshoes Oxfordshire,UK (none)
Tyler's Oz Melbourne,Australia tunes
Wadard Kent,UK (none)
Wantsum Kent,UK (none)
Wantsum Women Thanet, Kent,UK (none)
Weald of Kent Kent,UK (none)
Weaver's Morris Norfolk,UK (none)
White Horse Wiltshire,UK (none)
White Rose Yorkshire,UK (none)
Winkleigh Devon,UK (none)
Wolvercote Oxfordshire,UK (none)
Woodchurch Kent,UK (none)
Wreckers Cornwall,UK (none)
Yorkshire Coast Yorkshire,UK (none)