Dances
Details for "Balance The Straws"
(Field Town)
Name | Balance The Straws |
Style | Cotswold |
Tradition |
(Fie) Field Town |
New dance ? | yes |
Origin | |
Size of set | 6 |
Hands | Long Stick |
Tunes
| Balance The Straws |
References | |
Other Notes | Believed devised by Phoenix Morris in 1955. Widely adopted as 'traditional' Field Town dance. Leslie Saunders of Westminster Morris is believed to have put the dance to the tune collected in Badby, |
Code | cFieBLST |
Checked | 1 |
Variations as Danced by Moreton Bay Fig
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Teams That Perform This Dance
Team | Loc | Vars. |
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Acorn |
Yorkshire,UK |
(none) |
Adlington Morris Men |
Bramhall, Greater Manchester.,UK |
(none) |
Aldbury |
Hertfordshire,UK |
(none) |
Angleterre |
Kentucky,USA |
(none) |
Anstey Morris Men |
Leicestershire,UK |
(none) |
Asheville |
North Carolina,USA |
set, notes, links |
Banbury Cross |
Massachusetts,USA |
(none) |
Bassett Street Hounds |
Syracuse, New York S,USA |
(none) |
Bell's Angels |
Wiltshire,UK |
(none) |
Benfieldside |
Durham,UK |
(none) |
Black Joak |
Sydney,Australia |
(none) |
Blackheath |
London,UK |
(none) |
Bourne River |
Dorset,UK |
(none) |
Bradninch Millers |
Devon,UK |
(none) |
Braybrooke |
Leicestershire,UK |
(none) |
Broadwood |
West Sussex,UK |
(none) |
Cam Valley |
Somerset,UK |
(none) |
Cambridge |
Cambridgeshire,UK |
(none) |
Chalice |
Somerset,UK |
(none) |
Chameleonic |
Travelling,UK |
(none) |
Chanctonbury Ring |
West Sussex,UK |
(none) |
Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Derbyshire,UK |
(none) |
Charlbury Finstock |
Oxfordshire,UK |
(none) |
Chelmsford |
Essex,UK |
(none) |
Chip Off The Old |
Derbyshire,UK |
notes |
Colchester |
Essex,UK |
(none) |
Corby Conspiracy |
Leicestershire,UK |
(none) |
Coton |
Cambridgeshire,UK |
(none) |
Coventry |
West Midlands,UK |
(none) |
Cracken Morris |
Derbyshire,UK |
(none) |
Cry Havoc |
Oxfordshire,UK |
(none) |
Devil's Dyke |
Cambridgeshire,UK |
(none) |
Dolphin |
Nottinghamshire,UK |
(none) |
Earl of Stamford |
Cheshire,UK |
(none) |
East Kent Morris |
Kent,UK |
(none) |
East Suffolk |
Suffolk,UK |
(none) |
East Surrey |
Surrey,UK |
(none) |
Etcetera Morris Men |
Enfield, London,UK |
(none) |
Exeter Morris |
Devon,UK |
(none) |
Fenstanton |
Cambridgeshire,UK |
(none) |
Festus Derriman |
Dorset,UK |
links |
Five Rivers |
Yorkshire,UK |
(none) |
Forest of Dean Morris |
Gloucestershire,UK |
(none) |
Foresters |
Nottinghamshire,UK |
(none) |
Frome Valley |
Weymouth, Dorset,UK |
(none) |
Full Moon |
Wales,UK |
(none) |
Gloucestershire MM |
Gloucestershire,UK |
(none) |
Granta Blue |
Cambridgeshire,UK |
set |
Green Man's |
Staffordshire,UK |
(none) |
Haddenham |
Buckinghamshire,UK |
(none) |
Hageneth |
Suffolk,UK |
(none) |
Hartley Morris Men |
Kent,UK |
(none) |
Hastings RX Morris (formerly Mad Jacks) |
East Sussex,UK |
(none) |
Heartwood |
New York State,USA |
(none) |
Helier |
Jersey,Channel Isles |
(none) |
Helmond |
Helmond,Netherlands |
(none) |
Hemlock |
Bedfordshire,UK |
(none) |
Hexham Morrismen |
Hexham, Northumberland,UK |
(none) |
Holt |
Wiltshire,UK |
(none) |
Hoxon Hundred |
Suffolk,UK |
(none) |
Icknield Way |
Oxfordshire,UK |
(none) |
Isca |
Wales,UK |
(none) |
Kemp's Men |
Norfolk,UK |
links |
King's Morris |
Norfolk,UK |
tunes |
Kingston Morris |
Surrey,UK |
(none) |
Kinnerton Morris Men |
Cheshire,UK |
notes |
Lagabag |
Suffolk,UK |
(none) |
Lassington Oak |
Gloucestershire,UK |
links |
Letchworth Morris |
Hertfordshire,UK |
(none) |
London Pride |
London,UK |
(none) |
Manchester Morris |
Lancashire,UK |
(none) |
Men of Wight |
Isle Of Wight,UK |
(none) |
Mianus River |
Connecticut,USA |
(none) |
Middlesex Morris |
Massachusetts,USA |
(none) |
Moorland Road Hot Steppers |
Avon,UK |
links |
More or Less |
Virginia,USA |
set, links |
Moreton Bay Fig |
San Diego, California,USA |
(none) |
Muddy River |
Boston, MA,USA |
(none) |
New Haven |
Connecticut,USA |
(none) |
New St George |
Leicestershire,UK |
(none) |
Newtowne MM |
Massachusetts,USA |
(none) |
North Wood |
Surrey,UK |
(none) |
Packington Morris Men |
North West Leicestershire (Ashby, Measham area),UK |
(none) |
Renegade |
Pennsylvania,USA |
(none) |
Richmond-on-Swale |
Yorkshire,UK |
(none) |
Ripley |
Derbyshire,UK |
(none) |
Romney Marsh |
Kent,UK |
(none) |
Royal Oak |
Eydon, Northamptonshire,UK |
(none) |
Rutland |
Rutland,UK |
(none) |
Shakespeare Morris |
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire,UK |
(none) |
Shalesbrook |
East Sussex,UK |
(none) |
Silkeborg |
Silkeborg,Denmark |
links |
Spring Grove |
Surrey,UK |
(none) |
Stafford |
Staffordshire,UK |
(none) |
Sweyn's Ey |
Wales,UK |
(none) |
Thames Valley |
Surrey,UK |
(none) |
Three Horseshoes |
Oxfordshire,UK |
(none) |
Trigg Morris |
Cornwall,UK |
notes |
Uttoxeter Heart of Oak |
Staffordshire,UK |
(none) |
Village Green MM |
Manitoba,Canada |
(none) |
Wadard |
Kent,UK |
(none) |
Wantsum |
Kent,UK |
(none) |
Wantsum Women |
Thanet, Kent,UK |
set |
Waters Green |
Cheshire,UK |
tunes |
Weald of Kent |
Kent,UK |
(none) |
West Somerset |
Somerset,UK |
(none) |
Westminster |
London,UK |
(none) |
Woodside |
Hertfordshire,UK |
(none) |
Yateley Morris Men |
Berkshire,UK |
(none) |