Sheffield City Morris as International Performers
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To illustrate the broad repertoire of the group the following is the programme of items in our principal performance at the Gyöngyös International Folklore Festival, Hungary in 1998. |
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"Leap Frog" |
Morris dance |
The group's traditional 'coming-on' dance. |
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Langsett Stick Dance |
Morris dance |
A dance of the group's own creation. |
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"Liverpool Hornpipe" |
Clog dance |
Traditional steps from East Fife, Scotland |
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"Maid of the Mill" |
Morris dance |
Our version of a dance from the village of Bampton-in-the Bush, near Oxford. |
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"Strike the Bell" |
Morris dance |
A dance of the group's own creation. |
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Hebridean Weaving Dance |
Display dance |
A traditional, women's dance from the Western Isles of Scotland, portraying the sounds and movements of a hand loom. |
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"Little Bony" |
Morris dance |
A dance of the group's own creation. |
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Reels |
Irish dance |
A mixed heavy and light shoe Irish reel sequence. |
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"Westmoreland Reel" |
Clog dance |
Traditional steps from the North West of England |
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Upton-on-Severn Stick Dance |
Morris dance |
The group's own interpretation of an outline notation of this 'lost' tradition. |
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"Cumberland Square Eight", "Waves of Tory", "Dorset Four Hand Reel" |
Social dance. |
A sequence of three 'leisure' dances from the north west of England, Ireland and the south west of England, respectively. |
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Five hand reel |
Irish dance |
An Irish Reel sequence |
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"Rolling Home" |
Song |
Our traditional 'farewell' song in our usual choral style. |
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"Viragom" |
Song |
Our encore - a traditional Hungarian Song, "The Flower Seller" |
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During this performance the group provided its own announcements, in Hungarian, the only group to do so. A video of this performance is available. |