Traditional - Winlaton (White Star)

There is another notation for Blue Star + Jack Atkin teaching.

Winlaton White Star, 1930

(Cecil sharp notation/Pathe News Clips)

Characters

• Betty in Bonnet/dress encourages dancers with 'wild and uncouth cries'
• Calling on song - 7 verses, stepping between each

Music

• Whistle ~ 160 beats per minute
• Tenpenny bit alternating with Irish Whiskey to match the figure 'B' played for the ring

Stepping

• Not normal jig stepping, but 'vigourous and rhythmic'
• 'Rapid elastic walking step'
• On video RrLlRrLlRrLlRrLl Roll & Stamp

Chorus

• Clash.  All move clockwise, left arm over shoulder in front, swords up to centre 8 beats.
• Clash.  Sword left shoulder. Step 8
• Nut 1,5 arch; 234 underneath, turn counterclockwise.  Tie lock smartly
• Rose Raise lock horizontally above heads
• Ring Spin, short steps; 1 turn left +2,3 followed by 4,5

Style

• 'difficult to exaggerate the force and energy with which it was executed'
• 'breathless speed', mostly a circular dance
• Shorter swords i.e. 22"
• Strong chorus - Nut, Rose, RING. Variations on stepping.

Figures

(Based on Sharp, more collected later)

• The Needle - Figure 8, 3 swap
• The Fiddler - 1,5 face up, 3 in middle.  Step.  3 jumps up, 5 sword swings forward.
• Mary Anne - 3 stands.  1,2 clockwise; 5,4 counterclockwise.  Meet at front, dance round opposite pair & reverse track.  (NB: cross inside, inside then outside x2)
• The Roll - 1,2,3,4 move counterclockwise. 5 turns on spot clockwise twice.
• Straight Line - 45312. Step. Lock into Nut, Rose, Ring into line.  1 raises lock.

18 figures collected Sharp, Cawte, Atkin