Dances
Details for "Knutsford"
(Knutsford)
Name Knutsford Style Northwest Tradition
(Knu) Knutsford New dance ? no Origin Cranford and Gaskell Morris Dance Teams (Traditional) Size of set 16 (A file of 8 men and a file of 8 women) Hands Shillelaghs Tunes
Fair Maids of Poynton Off She Goes Upton J.B. Milne Portsmouth Brighton Camp L&B Polka References Other Notes The dance was collected from an ex-dancer in the Cranford and later Gaskell teams in Knutsford in the early 1920s. She had also danced in the Mobberley team.
Some teams dance with 8, and some use rattles or short sticks Code nKnuKNUT Checked 1
Variations as Danced by Haughley Hoofers
Set size 8 Hands Short sticks Source Notes References Not current repertoire Tunes
100 pipers
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Details for "Knutsford"
(Knutsford)
| Name | Knutsford |
| Style | Northwest |
| Tradition | (Knu) Knutsford |
| New dance ? | no |
| Origin | Cranford and Gaskell Morris Dance Teams (Traditional) |
| Size of set | 16 (A file of 8 men and a file of 8 women) |
| Hands | Shillelaghs |
| Tunes | Fair Maids of Poynton |
| Off She Goes | |
| Upton | |
| J.B. Milne | |
| Portsmouth | |
| Brighton Camp | |
| L&B Polka | |
| References | |
| Other Notes | The dance was collected from an ex-dancer in the Cranford and later Gaskell teams in Knutsford in the early 1920s. She had also danced in the Mobberley team.
Some teams dance with 8, and some use rattles or short sticks |
| Code | nKnuKNUT |
| Checked | 1 |
Variations as Danced by Haughley Hoofers
| Set size | 8 |
| Hands | Short sticks |
| Source | |
| Notes | |
| References | Not current repertoire |
| Tunes | 100 pipers |
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