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--- dances:template [2008/03/15 09:24] – Administrator
+++ dances:template [2020/07/09 19:36] (current) – Jeff Bigler
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+====== Balance The Straw ======
+==== Overview ====
+**Type:**  Cotswold
+**Style:** Fieldtown
+**Tune:** //Balance the Straw//
+**Dancers:** 6
+**Equipment:** sticks (32")
+**Source:** //A Handbook of Morris Dances// by Lionel Bacon
+==== Sequence ====
+  - once to yourself
+  - foot up
+  - //chorus//
+  - half gyp
+  - //chorus//
+  - Back-to-back
+  - //chorus//
+  - rounds
+  - //chorus// & all up
+==== Music & Stepping ====
+The first line of text describes hand/stick motions.
+The second line describes stepping.
+<abc>
+X: 10
+T:Balance the Straw
+C:traditional
+O:Fieldtown
+M:6/8
+L:1/8
+P:A(AB)4
+K:D major
+P:A
+% figure
+% bars 1-4 music
+|:A|d2f fef|g2e efg|afa geg|f2d d2:|
+% bars 1-4 hands
+w:* | stick~down* *** | stick~down* *** | out** in** | front* XTF |
+% bars 1-4 feet
+w:* | double* step**| double* step** | hop-* back hop- *back | FTJ* *|
+P:B
+% chorus
+% bars 5-8 music
+|:f/g/ |a2a a2d|g2f f2e|b2a a2d|f2e e2A|
+% bars 5-8 hands (sticking)
+w: ** | dib~beh. dib~frt. | XTF* XTB* | dib~beh.* dib~frt.** | XTF XTF XTF * |
+w: ** | stand in place |
+% half-hey
+% bars 9-12 music
+d2f fef|g2e efg|afa geg|f2d d2:|
+</abc>
+==== Abbreviations ====
+Abbreviations used on this page include:
+^  Abbrev.  ^ Meaning                            |
+|  D beh.   | Dib (stick on ground) behind       |
+|  D frt.   | Dib (stick on ground) in front     |
+|  XTF      | Strike, Tip (of stick), Forehand   |
+|  XTB      | Strike, Tip (of stick), Backhand   |
+|  FTJ      | Foot-Together-Jump                 |