This dance is the invention of Flag Crackers of Craven. I learnt it from a workshop they held in 1991 for Clerical Error, who themselves have adopted it as a core dance. It is loud, yet restful.
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on this to see how the originators, Flag Crackers, did it in on a weekend of
dance with Clerical Error in North Wales. Introduced by Dick "Tater"
and shows George Speller (on electric Mandolin) before the Sex, Drug and Rock 'n
Roll took their toll. (11MBytes), or right-click and "Save Target As" to save it to your
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Set : 4 Couples in a
square set. One long stick.
Music : Bobby
Shaftoe - (A) AAB AAB
Calls 
- CHORUS
- HEY ON THE SIDE
- CHORUS
- CROSSOVER
- CHORUS
- STAR AND ARMS
- CHORUS
- INS AND OUTS
- CHORUS
- CIRCULAR HEY
- Chorus
- With partner, clash over right and under left seven times, ending with three short naps. Repeat with corner partner.
- Hey on the Side
- Inner dancers pass right shoulders with corners and turn round corner partner's position. Continue alternate shoulders in full hey, back to position. Turn to the right on spot.(16 steps).End with 3 stamps.
- Chorus
- With partner, clash over right and under seven left times, ending with three short naps. Repeat with corner partner.
- Crossover
- The Right-hand dancers lunge diagonally forwards on the first two steps, moving behind the dancer crossing on the left. They dance the next two steps into the diagonally opposite position. Meanwhile, the Left-hand dancers turn outwards on the spot in four steps.
- Then the Left-hand dancers lunge diagonally forwards on the first two steps, moving behind the dancer crossing on the left. They dance the next two steps into the diagonally opposite position. Meanwhile, the Right-hand dancers turn outwards on the spot in four steps.
- Repeat all of above, back to the original position.
- Chorus
- With partner, clash over and under seven times, ending with three short naps. Repeat with corner partner.
- Stars and Arms
- The Side couples form a RIGHT star, with sticks uprigh in the centret, for eight steps,
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- REPEAT with other couples.
- Chorus
- With partner, clash over and under seven times, ending with three short naps. Repeat with corner partner.
- Ins and Outs
- Right-hand dancers take 4 small steps to centre, and raise sticks with a yell, then take four backsteps to original position. Meanwhile Left-hand dancers turn outwards and step 4 steps out of the set at right angles and bang the stick with a yell on the ground. They turn outwards and take four steps back to position. Repeat with Left-hand dancers.
- Chorus
- With partner, clash over and under seven times, ending with three short naps. Repeat with corner partner.
- Circular Hey
- Left dancers go round set to the left, right-hand dancers go round to the right, passing right shoulders on the corners, and left shoulders in the centres. Go round 1.5 revolutions in 24 steps. Top couple process up through set with each couple following in line. (NOTE. The last couple have to scoot fast past the front of the set, or they get get cut off).
