Dances
Details for "Abram Circle Dance"
(Abram)
Name Abram Circle Dance Style Northwest Tradition
(Abr) Abram New dance ? no Origin Abram Morris Dancers (Traditional) Size of set 5 or more couples Hands Hankies Tunes
Abram Circle Dance References Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Dec., 1932), pp. 55-59 Other Notes The dance was historically always referred to in Abram as the Morris Dance.
Maud Karpeles collected the dance in 1932 and published an article in that year’s Journal of EFDSS entitled “The Abram Morris Dance”. However, the section containing the notation for the dance was headed "Abram Circle Dance" and this name became the norm.
Code nAbrABCD Checked 1
Variations as Danced by Fair Maids of Perth
Set size Hands Source Notes References Tunes
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Teams That Perform This Dance
Team Loc Vars.
Argameles
Lancashire,UK
(none)
Barley Break
Lincolnshire,UK
(none)
Bell's Angels
Wiltshire,UK
(none)
Betty Lupton's Ladle Laikers
Harrogate, NorthYork,UK
(none)
Buttercross Belles
Yorkshire,UK
(none)
Conwy
North Wales,UK
(none)
Earley
Berkshire,UK
(none)
Fair Maids of Perth
Perth,Australia
(none)
Handforth
Cheshire,UK
(none)
Hedge Betty
West Midlands,UK
(none)
Herring Gals+
Lincolnshire,UK
(none)
Hexhamshire Lasses
Northumberland,UK
(none)
Holt
Wiltshire,UK
(none)
Ladies Of Green Willow
Warwickshire,UK
(none)
Mixed Pickle
Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey,UK
(none)
Mockbeggar
Cheshire,UK
(none)
Oyster Girls
Isle of Wight,UK
(none)
Ringheye of Mobberley
Cheshire,UK
(none)
Shrewsbury Morris
Shropshire,UK
(none)
Tatterfoals
Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire,UK
(none)
Westmorland Step & Garland
Cumbria,UK
(none)
Details for "Abram Circle Dance"
(Abram)
| Name | Abram Circle Dance |
| Style | Northwest |
| Tradition | (Abr) Abram |
| New dance ? | no |
| Origin | Abram Morris Dancers (Traditional) |
| Size of set | 5 or more couples |
| Hands | Hankies |
| Tunes | Abram Circle Dance |
| References | Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Dec., 1932), pp. 55-59 |
| Other Notes | The dance was historically always referred to in Abram as the Morris Dance.
Maud Karpeles collected the dance in 1932 and published an article in that year’s Journal of EFDSS entitled “The Abram Morris Dance”. However, the section containing the notation for the dance was headed "Abram Circle Dance" and this name became the norm. |
| Code | nAbrABCD |
| Checked | 1 |
Variations as Danced by Fair Maids of Perth
| Set size | |
| Hands | |
| Source | |
| Notes | |
| References | |
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Teams That Perform This Dance
| Team | Loc | Vars. |
|---|---|---|
| Argameles | Lancashire,UK | (none) |
| Barley Break | Lincolnshire,UK | (none) |
| Bell's Angels | Wiltshire,UK | (none) |
| Betty Lupton's Ladle Laikers | Harrogate, NorthYork,UK | (none) |
| Buttercross Belles | Yorkshire,UK | (none) |
| Conwy | North Wales,UK | (none) |
| Earley | Berkshire,UK | (none) |
| Fair Maids of Perth | Perth,Australia | (none) |
| Handforth | Cheshire,UK | (none) |
| Hedge Betty | West Midlands,UK | (none) |
| Herring Gals+ | Lincolnshire,UK | (none) |
| Hexhamshire Lasses | Northumberland,UK | (none) |
| Holt | Wiltshire,UK | (none) |
| Ladies Of Green Willow | Warwickshire,UK | (none) |
| Mixed Pickle | Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey,UK | (none) |
| Mockbeggar | Cheshire,UK | (none) |
| Oyster Girls | Isle of Wight,UK | (none) |
| Ringheye of Mobberley | Cheshire,UK | (none) |
| Shrewsbury Morris | Shropshire,UK | (none) |
| Tatterfoals | Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire,UK | (none) |
| Westmorland Step & Garland | Cumbria,UK | (none) |