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 Notation sources References Video Links 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
Variations as Danced by Rose & Castle
Set size Hands Source Notes References Tunes
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Teams That Perform This Dance
Team Loc Vars.
Buttercross Belles
Yorkshire,UK
(none)
Handforth
Cheshire,UK
(none)
Ringheye of Mobberley
Cheshire,UK
(none)
Rose & Castle
Northamptonshire,UK
(none)
Sergeant Musgrave's
Nottinghamshire,UK
(none)
St Clement's Clog
Kent,UK
tunes
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 |
| Notation sources | |
| References | |
| Video Links | |
| 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 |
Variations as Danced by Rose & Castle
| Set size | |
| Hands | |
| Source | |
| Notes | |
| References | |
| Tunes |
Spotted an error? Contact Us
Teams That Perform This Dance
| Team | Loc | Vars. |
|---|---|---|
| Buttercross Belles | Yorkshire,UK | (none) |
| Handforth | Cheshire,UK | (none) |
| Ringheye of Mobberley | Cheshire,UK | (none) |
| Rose & Castle | Northamptonshire,UK | (none) |
| Sergeant Musgrave's | Nottinghamshire,UK | (none) |
| St Clement's Clog | Kent,UK | tunes |