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 change-partner dance in a big circle of couples where 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
