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What we do
In the history pages you can read about where we have come from and the teachers and dancers that have influenced and continue to inspire us. That experience has enabled us to develop a rich and varied repertoire of group dances, duets and solos.
English and Welsh Clog dances
- Bishop's Waltz - for six dancers choreograped using North_east style waltz steps
- 4/6,4/5,4/n Hornpipe - for 4 and upwards dancers using North-East syle hornpipe steps dance to variations on Off to Calfornia
- Clifton Hornpipe - for three dancers, a complex choreography of complex steps - definitely a dance for 'the big girls'
- Sidewalk - for 4 to 6 dancers - based on heel and toe steps from Pat Tracy
- Welsh Reel - choreographed for 6 dancers. Welsh heel and toe steps in reel time
- Dolly mixtures - for 6 dancers. A potpourri of Welsh steps in jig, hornpipe, waltz and reel time
- Sam Sherry's Waltz steps
- Monday to Fun Day - the prize winning routine for three dancers. A complex choreography of heel and toe hornpipe and jig steps from East Lancashire
In addition to these group choreographies the dancers also have their own solo and duet party pieces which are added into a performance for variety (and so that they can show off). These dances include routines from Sammy Bell, Bert Bowden, Pat Tracy, Mrs Marhoff and the great music hall dancer, Sam Sherry.
Canadian and Scottish Step Dancing
- Liverpool Hornpipe - a lovely dance from Fife, collected by Tom Flett and others. We dance it in hard shoes.
- The 1st of August - from the dancing of Eoghan MacLachlan of South Uist as recorded by Tom Flett
- French Canadian Reel - a choreograped routine with steps from the dancing of Pierre Chartrand, The Fiddle Puppets and Ira Bernstein
- French Canadian Waltz - steps from Pierre Chartrand
- Grand Gigue - steps in 4/4 and 3/2 time learnt from Pierre Chartrand
- Ottawa Valley Reel - from a routine devised by Judy Weymouth in Stratford, Ontario and taught to us by Simon and Jo Harmer. Fiendishly fast
- Cape Breton strathspey and reels set - our representation of a Cape Breton kitchen ceilidh with steps from many of our teachers: Harvey Beaton, Tracy Dares, Mary Janet MacDonald and Jackie Dunn from Cape Breton, Frank McConnell, Mats Melin and John Sikorsky from Scotland. This dance is performed to twin fiddles with an accordion backing.
Where we do it
We have performed at folk and bluegrass festivals, ceilidhs, Women's Institute meetings, elderly folks homes and private parties. We can perform anywhere you want us - preferably on your own wooden floor although we can bring one with us! See the 'Booking Us' page for more details.
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