Traditions...

We dance primarily in the English "Cotswold" tradition. These are the dances that require us to wear bells and wave hankies or hit sticks. This year we are dancing in the styles of Bledington, Adderbury, Fieldtown, Upton, Bucknell, Bampton and Headington. We have also introduced three dances from our own Lewes style.Additionally, you might wish to read one of our men's (Paul Hartwell) dissertation for his degree: "Morris Dancing and the Liberation of Iraq". He got a First, by the way.

Here's a list of dances we do. There's the 'A' list (done this year)and the 'B' list (done it in the past 5 years or so).

There's (H)anky and (S)tick.

Bledington	Headington	Lewes	Fieldtown	Adderbury	Bucknell	*Other*
William & Nancy (A, H)	Rigs O'Marlow (A, S)	Henry Harvey (A, S)	Nutting Girl (A, H, jig)	Oh Dear Mother (A, S)	Queen's Delight (B, H)	Hinton: Rambling Sailor (B, H)
Ladies' Pleasure (B, H, jig)	Hunt the Squirrel (A, S)	Fat Bellied Woman (A, H)	Balance The Straw (A, S)	Shepherd's Hey (A)	Room For the Cuckold (A, S)	Much Wenlock: Much Wenlock (A, S)
Young Collins (Cricket) (A, S)	Laudnam Bunches (A, H)	De Montfort's Stand (A, S)	Valentines (A, H)	Bluebells of Scotland (A, S)	The Willow Tree (A, H)	Upton: Stick (A, S)
Morning Star (B, H)	Blue-Eyed Stranger (A, H)	Over the Hills (A, S)	Dearest Dicky (B, H)	Shooting (A, S)		Winster: Processional (H)
Trunkles (B, H)	Constant Billy (A, S)	Southover (A, H)				Bampton: Flowers of Edinburgh (B, H)
Glorisher (Leapfrog), (A, H)	Getting Upstairs (B, H)					Sherborne: Monk's March (A, H)
Black Joker (A, S)						Sherborne: Go and Enlist for a Soldier (B, H, jig)
Skirmish (A, S)						Eynsham: Brighton Camp (B, H, Processional)
Hey Diddle Diss (B, H, Processional)						Bampton: Bonny Green Garters (B, H)
Brighton Stick (B, S)						Unknown: Valiant Soldier (B, S)
						Abingdon: Princess Royal (B, H)
						Sherborne: Orange in Bloom (B, H)
						Jockey to the Fair (B, H)
						Saturday Night (B, H)