Dances

Details for "Wigan"
(Wigan)

Name	Wigan
Style	Northwest
Tradition	(Wig) Wigan
New dance ?	no
Origin	Wigan St John's School Morris Dancers (Traditional)
Size of set	Multiples of 4, anything up to 32 dancers
Hands	Decorated sticks with bells and short ribbons, held in middle
Tunes	Church Street
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Other Notes	Collected by Dan Howison in 1959. It was performed during the annual Whit Walks and occasionally elsewhere. The team was active between 1890s and 1950s. Some teams use rattles

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Variations as Danced by Ringheye of Mobberley

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