Dancing "Anxiety" at Bedford Tuesday Playford
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I often finish evenings that I am calling with Bernie Chalk's dance "Nervous Breakdown". This is a big circle, change partner dance in which you progress rapidly around the circle, so giving the opportunity to say "goodnight" to at least half the people. However, it is not suitable for a Playford evening, so I came up with this dance; the first half is the same as Nervous Breakdown, but I usually employ less boisterous music.
And the name? Well — Playford preceeded the current folk dances, and anxiety can preceed a nervous breakdown!
Big circle of couples. Face you partner, so ladies are facing clockwise around the circle, and men anti-clockwise.
Track 2 "The Frost is all Over" & "Minjig" from the 2010 CD "Spreading Our Wings" by the band Skylark is the kind of music required. The recording is 6×AABB (i.e. 6×32 bars), which is probably just a bit too long at the end of an evening. Information about this CD is available on Dave Brown's website.
A score for "The Frost is all Over" is available at THE SESSION.
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Step and Fetch Her (5x32bars)
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A score can be found in the Traditional Music library. You may have to scroll down on that page to see the music.
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| A1 1‑4 | Whole right hand turn partner, then pass them by the way you were originally facing; |
| 5‑8 | left hand turn the person you meet, and pass them by in the same direction. |
| A2 1‑4 | Two hand turn next person and pass them by in same direction; |
| 5‑8 | back-to-back the next person, and pass them by in the same direction to the next (5th) person. |
| B1 1‑8 | Into-line siding right shoulder to right shoulder; then left shoulder to left shoulder (do not pass on). |
| B2 1‑4 | Set right and left, and turn single; |
| 5‑8 | face centre of circle, lead this person in, turn individually and lead out. Face them in original direction round the circle ready to start again. |
Graham Foster, March 2010
