Although many spectators only recognize "the hanky dance" and "the stick dance" there are actually about two dozen dances in our current repertoire.  While they are all either hanky or stick dances, most originated in the Cotswold villages of Bledington and Bessels Leigh. We have also composed some of our own dances in these traditions. Below is a list of  our dances and some fun details about them.
 
"Processionals" are the dances that we use when we are entering the dance space and "recessionals" are dances that we use to leave the dance space.

Most of our dances are "set dances" done with six dancers, but there are also "jigs" that are performed by fewer dancers, sometimes as few as one!

Processionals
Hey Diddle Dis	Bledington Tradition
Winster	Part of its own tradition. Used by many morris teams
Bledington Hanky Dances
Morning Star	Tune is "Idbury Hill" traditional
Queen's Delight	Adapted from Bucknell tradition
Glorishers	Leaping dance,  from many traditions
Cuckoo's Nest	Sequential dance, traditional
Trunkles	Corner crossing dance, traditional
William & Nancy	Traditional
Another May Day Morning	Tune by Jim Blake. Dance by our own Kris Arnold. We sing, we dance, we go home.
Bledington Stick Dances
Young Collins	AKA "Thud thud whack thud whack thud whack"-- traditional
Flowers of Monadnock	Tune: Lilybulero. Composed by the team.
Three Musketeers	Tune: "Dancing Sailor" dance composed by the Binghamton Morris Men in another tradition.
Black Joke	Traditional
Old Man of the Mountain	Tune: "Trip to Cheltenham" dance composed by the Green Man in honor of our former state symbol.
Greensleeves	Much-recomposed dance. No one knows where this one really came from I think.
The Bull	Hard hats required! Over the head stick dance. Tune is "The Archers"  Origins uncertain. We got it from Australia.
Bessels Leigh Hanky Dances
Constant Billy	Traditional tune from the Headington tradition.
Herne's Hunt	Corner crossing dance composed by Carol Compton
Dancing Jack	Also composed by Carol
Curly-Headed Ploughboy	All into the center for the chorus. Probably tradtional, but who knows?
Bessels Leigh Stick Dance
Leap Frog	Performed with two short sticks per dancer. The tune is "Go and List for a Sailor" Composed dance.
Jigs
Princess Royal	Bledington traditional. Watch for Carol to slip into the minor key!
Ladies Pleasure	Bledington traditional.
Jockey to the Fair	Bledington traditional.
Recessional
Bonny Green Garters	Bampton tradition. Which lyrics will they sing?