Bidford steps

Bidford
DF = Distinctive Figure
FU = Foot-Up
HG = Half Gyp
OY = Once to Yourself
R = Rounds
S = S
Sn = Snake
St = Step
H = Hop
T = Tip

Standard figure set sequence is
OY|FU|DF|HG|DF|S|DF|R|DF|Sn

Standard Stepping is
- 6 single steps
- feet together jump

Style: Brisk, with knees high in the single step and thighs horizontal to the ground. Hankies are up and out forward, then down with a strong movement. Sticks, always short, are held upright in the right hand at chest level until used for striking.

Foot-Up : Standard stepping facing up, turn in to face on the jump and repeat standard stepping
Half Gyp : 3 steps forward, 1 on the spot, two steps and the feet together jump to return to place
S : 2 steps forward and turn 45 degrees right, with 4 steps dance a counter-clockwise circle and feet together jump into opposite place
Rounds : 6 steps danced clockwise, feet together and turn on the jump to return. Repeat counter-clockwise to get back home.
Snake : No 1 followed by 3, 5, 2, 4 and 6 dance single file anywhere No 1 wishes. On return the line separates to remake the set.

Bellows Hey Chorus: A full hey with the middles oscillating between close together to allow a pair of dancers to pass behind them, and apart to allow a pair of dancers to pass between them. Each end pair casts out at the ends. The half hay is as follows, and is repeated to get back home.

Beat        Tops            Middles         Bottoms
====        ====            =======         =======
1       cast down            in         slow cast out
2      pass behind
3     slow cast out          out
4                                       pass between
5                            in           cast out
6
7    all feet together       out
8                 all jump facing across

Abraham Brown
Standard figure set

Distinctive figure is a side-step chorus and half hey, with handkerchiefs flicked out strongly from the shoulder at the opposite dancer.
- 4 closed side-step right and hop right to change foot
- 2 closed side-step left, and hop left
- feet together jump

Lass of Richmond Hill
A column dance with a bottom to top progression

Figure Sequence
OY|FU|SS+CP|HG|SS+SSP|S|SS+BCP|HR|SS+BCP(leapfrog)

OY, FU, HG, S and HR is danced as usual, with all finishing facing up.

FU, HG, S and HR is danced as usual, with all finishing facing up.
The SS chorus ends with the progression where the bottom couple dance to the top and the top two couples move down one place.

Chorus 1:
1st pair SS right x 4, SS left x 2, ftj to end facing in
2nd pair SS right x 4, SS left x 2, ftj to end facing in
3rd pair SS right x 4, SS left x 2, ftj to end facing down
Progression:
3rd pair St x 4 to move up the middle to top place
2rd pair St x 4 to cast down one place into 3rd place
1st pair St x 4 to cast down one place into 2nd place
All dance in place St x 2, ftj

Chorus 2:
1st pair SS right x 4, SS left x 2, ftj to end facing in
2nd pair SS right x 4, SS left x 2, ftj to end facing in
3rd pair SS right x 4, SS left x 2, ftj to end facing in
Progression:
3rd pair side step x 4 to move up the middle to top place
2rd pair side step x 4 to move down one place into 3rd place
1st pair side step x 4 to move down one place into 2nd place
All dance in place St x 2, ftj

Chorus 3:
1st pair SS right x 4, SS left x 2, ftj to end facing in
2nd pair SS right x 4, SS left x 2, ftj to end facing in
3rd pair SS right x 4, SS left x 2, ftj to end facing down
Progression:
3rd pair Bidford Caper x 2 to move up the middle to top place
2rd pair Bidford Caper x 2 to move down one place into 3rd place
1st pair Bidford Caper x 2 to move down one place into 2nd place
All dance in place single step x 2, ftj

Chorus 4:
1st pair SS right x 4, SS left x 2, ftj to end facing in
2nd pair SS right x 4, SS left x 2, ftj to end facing in
3rd pair SS right x 4, SS left x 2, ftj to end facing down
Progression (B) - Leapfrog
1st and 2nd pairs bend over, 3rd pair Bidford Caper to leapfrog over the 2nd pair
3rd pair Bidford Caper to leapfrog over the 1st pair
All dance in place St x 2, ftj
Progression (A) - Lead out into a line of six.
1st pair Bidford Caper to move out one place
2rd pair Bidford Caper to move up to top place between the 1st pair
3rd pair Bidford Caper to move up to 2nd place
1st pair Bidford Caper to move out one place2rd pair Bidford Caper to move out one place
3rd pair Bidford Caper to move up to top place between the 2nd pair
All dance in place St x 2, ftj

Princes Royal or Cross-Caper
SS = Side Step
CC = Cross-Caper or Bidford Caper's Across

Figure Sequence
OY|FU|SS|CC|HG|SS|CC|S|SS|CC|R|SS|CC|FU

The optional half of a morris hey before Cross-Caper is not danced, and the optional snake is replaced by a single foot up.

Side Step differs from JG as follows:
- 8 right, 4 left, 4 right and 8 left, rather than 4 right, 4 left repeated three times.

Unlike the closed side step in Abraham Brown, the side step in Princes Royal is open with the foot described as "thrust sideways".

Cross-Caper is a corner movement and differs from JG as follows:
- all three corners cross, rather than the middle couple dancing the basic step.
- corners cross and stick, rather than cross and cross back
- the caper itself is interpreted from "hops forward with one foot, then touches the ground lightly with the toe (and then the heel), of the other foot, and jump to the corner with both feet" to, jump onto one foot|bounce the toe of the other foot|and then the heel|from one foot jump to two feet. The bounce encourages a high knee similar to the single step.

Princes Royal Jig
Music: A (ABC)2 A
FR = Full Rounds
DO = Dance Out

Figure Sequence
OY|FU|SS|CC|FR|SS|CC|DO

Foot-up is danced as 14 single steps feet together jump.
Full Rounds is danced as 14 single steps clockwise feet together jump.
Dance Out is danced as the foot-up.

Recruiting Sergeant
SM = Skirmish Movement
Standard figure set with a bellows hey chorus

Distinctive figure is the skirmish chorus; the movement is repeated three times with as set of sticking after each movement.

Skirmish movement is danced as middles take a step back and turn right, first corners meet, second corners turn left to remake the set turned 120 degrees with dancers changing their place in the set.

Shepherds' Hey
Standard figure set with a bellows hey chorus

Distinctive figure is sticking with opposite, two sets of three strikes, two single steps and a final set of three strikes.

|T T T -|T T T -|St H St H|T T T -|

Young Collins
G = Ground
TL = Tip Low
TH = Tip High

Standard figure set

Distinctive chorus figure is sticking and half hey chorus
|G G G -|TL TL TL -|G G G -|TH TH TH -|
Strike the ground three times with the tip of the stick, stay bent down and strike opposites stick the times from right to left, strike the ground three times with the tip of the stick again, then stand up and strike with opposite right to left, from left to right and from right to left