Not for Joe, is a simple Much Wenlock dance that is easy for both dancers and musicians to learn. It can be a good dance to come on and stay on with. I learnt it from Janice and Tony Jones in 1985, when we had just started the team Buchan Morris, north of Aberdeen, Scotland. They had just learnt it from a workshop, but I don't remember who taught it. It was used successfully by Buchan Morris, and later by Clerical Error in the early 1990's, to dance on.
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Set : Bouncy Single stepping, knees high. Leg not
thrown forwards. Right foot start. Most of dance is done in a single long line. One long
stick. (Note : Music in Bacon appears incomplete)
Music : Not for Joe - (A) AB AB
Calls
- PROCESS ON
- CHORUS
- SWING
- CHORUS
- LEFT-HAND STAR
- CHORUS
- DIAGONALS
- CHORUS
- HEY
- Process On
- Sticks over right shoulder. Curl in from crowd in single file, with Squire at front. When squire shouts TURN, every odd dancer turns and faces their partner.
- Chorus
- Sixteen Single steps and alternate right-to-left and left-to-right tip clashes.
- Swing
- Right arm around partners waist. Four times round using sixteen single steps.
- Chorus
- Sixteen Single steps and alternate right-to-left and left-to-right tip clashes.
- Left-Hand Star
- All dancers in sets of three, counted from Squire's end, joins hands and dance twice-round anti-clockwise.
- Chorus
- Sixteen Single steps and alternate right-to-left and left-to-right tip clashes.
- Diagonals
- Clash. Four single steps diagonally to your forwardright. Turn quickly on the fourth. Four single steps back to position. Clash, but don't stop. REPEAT to diagonal rear left.
- Chorus
- Sixteen Single steps and alternate right-to-left and left-to-right tip clashes.
- Hey
- All pass alternate shoulders, starting with right shoulders. When dancers reach the end, they turn and repeat in the opposite direction.
- The hey gradually unwinds and the line of dancers eventually heads towards the musicians, 2, 4, 6 or 8 abreast, with a shout of "All Up" to finish.
