STAVE DANCE OR COUNTRY DANCE
Collected. Seend. Wiltshire by Maud Karpeles 1929.
(earlier material from Roy Dommett's notes on Stave Dancing)
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"BRICKS AND MORTAR" a version of Up the Sides and Down the Middle.

Used as a finishing dance for the annual club walk.

Longways for as many as will.

A 1 & 2 First couple followed. by rest go down the middle and casr up the outside.
B 1 All step in position facing partner.
B 2 All cross over giving hands in passing. turn to face back & step on spot.
A 1 & 2 Down middle and cast up outside as before.
B 1 & 2 As before.

Repeat ad lib.

"WEDDING REEL" a version of 6 hand reel danced at Buckhorn Weston

Tune - Spanish Lady - after Katherine of Aragon. first wife of Prince Arthur and Prince Henry (VIII) who changed the world and probably helped bring the country dance and the morris to England.

A1 bars 1-4 set steps on spot to opposite

5-8

 change sides by middle going between the ends & turning to their left into opposite's place facing back and ends change over passing right shoulder,so that it looks like half a hey.
A2 ditto: to place.
change sides
B1Dance a figure eight in close pairs. Follow partner and do not let other dances cut between. Important that no.3 dives across quickly so as to let 5 & 6 cross going up as 1 is waiting to come down.
path sequence
B2Turn and repeat going the other way round the figure eight - 4 crosses middle first and then 2 and 1.

Repeat all about 3 times.

Dance quite effective with garlands.