Rigs O' Marlow

Music - audio/rigs o' marlow.mp3

ORIGIN          Headington Quarry, Oxford

STEP            Step - hop throughout  left-hop  right-hop, left-hop. right-hop etc.  

A1     ONCE TO YOURSELF            All face up with sticks crossed   A2     FOOT UP AND DOWN           All dance forward (up) 4 steps           All reverse back 4 steps turning to face down on          step 4 A3    Repeat, turning to face in on last step
B1     STICK TAPPING            All face partner holding sticks diagonally, tip to right, butt to left. Tap sticks as follows:     COUNT:                                  1     2      3     4    5    6     7     8      9    10    11    12    13    14    15    16 sticks   (T = tips: B = butts)   -      -        T     T     -     -     B    B       -      -      T      T     B     B      T       B feet       (optional)                   L     L      L     L     R   R    R    R       L     L      L      L     R     R       L      R             During stick tapping, dancers may stand still or (more difficult) hop on feet as above B2     REPEAT as in  B1 CROSS OVER A4       All face across set and dance forward 4 steps, passing partner by right                        Turn to right and remain in partner’s place (4 steps)            A5       Repeat to finish in own place
B5 & B6  STICK TAPPING as in  B1 & B2
B2     REPEAT stick tapping as B1 BACK TO BACK A6      All dance forwards 4 steps passing partner by right            All reverse back 4 steps passing partner by left to finish in own place   A7      All dance forwards 4 steps passing partner by left            All reverse back 4 steps passing partner by right to finish in own place
Pass by right and reverse back left to original places	Pass by left and reverse back right to original places
B5 & B6  STICK TAPPING as in  B1 & B2 WHOLE CAST (or Morris Hey) A8       All face up; top couple separate and dance down outside of own line to bottom other dancers following             to turn set upside down A9       Same couple (now at bottom) separate and dance back up outside of own line other dancers following,             all finishing in original places
All face up. Top couple cast away to bottom place. All follow to turn set upside down	All face down. Same couple cast awayt to top All follow to original places
B7 & B8   STICK TAPPING as in  B1 & B2
All finish facing up, sticks held high and crossed with partner (as at beginning of dance)