Wheatley - Constant Billy

This stick dance is included for completeness and variety, but it's noisy rather than interesting.

Chorus

Facing across and stepping, the dancers bring the sticks down and around in an anti-clockwise sweep, clashing only at the top on the third beat of the bar. This is repeated six times and the last two bars are closed side-steps.

Finish

For the last chorus, following the double hey, the side steps are omitted and the sticking continues with a low clash on the first beat of the bar as well as the high clash on the third. Quite startling if the sticking's clean.

Figures

1. Foot Up (short intro, half-length figure)
2. Hey
3. Rounds
4. Double Hey
5. Chorus Finish All-Up

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© Cardiff Morris 1996