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Details for "Altrincham"
(Altrincham)
Name Altrincham
Style Northwest
Tradition
(Atm) Altrincham
New dance ? no
Origin Altrincham "Bensonians" Morris (Traditional)
Size of set 16
Hands Shillelaghs or Shakers Tunes
Wind The Bobbin Three Jolly Sheepskins Brighton Camps Notation sources
References Morris Federation Notation Library
Roy Dommett ms
Video Links
Other Notes Shillelaghs are typically used in Cheshire dances and are made from short sticks with bunches of paper strips at each end.
Some sides dance with 6 or 8 in set
Variations as Danced by Ramrugge Clog
Set size
Hands
Source
Notes
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Teams That Perform This Dance
Team Loc Vars.
Dorset Buttons
Dorset,UK
(none)
Haughley Hoofers
Suffolk,UK
set, hands, links, tunes
Persephone
W. Yorkshire,UK
tunes
Ramrugge Clog
Hertfordshire,UK
(none)
Whitethorn
Middlesex,UK
(none)
Details for "Altrincham"
(Altrincham)
| Name | Altrincham |
|---|---|
| Style | Northwest |
| Tradition | (Atm) Altrincham |
| New dance ? | no |
| Origin | Altrincham "Bensonians" Morris (Traditional) |
| Size of set | 16 |
| Hands | Shillelaghs or Shakers |
| Tunes | Wind The Bobbin |
| Three Jolly Sheepskins | |
| Brighton Camps | |
| Notation sources | |
| References | Morris Federation Notation Library
Roy Dommett ms |
| Video Links | |
| Other Notes | Shillelaghs are typically used in Cheshire dances and are made from short sticks with bunches of paper strips at each end.
Some sides dance with 6 or 8 in set |
Variations as Danced by Ramrugge Clog
| Set size | |
| Hands | |
| Source | |
| Notes | |
| References | |
| Tunes |
Spotted an error? Contact Us
Teams That Perform This Dance
| Team | Loc | Vars. |
|---|---|---|
| Dorset Buttons | Dorset,UK | (none) |
| Haughley Hoofers | Suffolk,UK | set, hands, links, tunes |
| Persephone | W. Yorkshire,UK | tunes |
| Ramrugge Clog | Hertfordshire,UK | (none) |
| Whitethorn | Middlesex,UK | (none) |