Dances
Details for "Sheep Skinners"
(Wreckers)
Name Sheep Skinners Style Border Tradition
(Wre) Wreckers New dance ? yes Origin Size of set 6 Hands Tunes
Jan Mijne Man (trad Dutch) and Go Mauve (I Luff) Notation sources References Video Links Other Notes At the time the dance was written the side were sponsored by Skinners brewery, hence the name. This is a long and lively dance with a variation of a sheepskins hey in the chorus and a specific combination of tunes.
Variations as Danced by Cousin Jack
Set size Hands Source Notes References Tunes
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Teams That Perform This Dance
Team Loc Vars.
Brixton Tatterjacks
London,UK
(none)
Cousin Jack
Cornwall,UK
(none)
Wreckers
Cornwall,UK
(own)
Details for "Sheep Skinners"
(Wreckers)
| Name | Sheep Skinners |
|---|---|
| Style | Border |
| Tradition | (Wre) Wreckers |
| New dance ? | yes |
| Origin | |
| Size of set | 6 |
| Hands | |
| Tunes | Jan Mijne Man (trad Dutch) and Go Mauve (I Luff) |
| Notation sources | |
| References | |
| Video Links | |
| Other Notes | At the time the dance was written the side were sponsored by Skinners brewery, hence the name. This is a long and lively dance with a variation of a sheepskins hey in the chorus and a specific combination of tunes. |
Variations as Danced by Cousin Jack
| Set size | |
| Hands | |
| Source | |
| Notes | |
| References | |
| Tunes |
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Teams That Perform This Dance
| Team | Loc | Vars. |
|---|---|---|
| Brixton Tatterjacks | London,UK | (none) |
| Cousin Jack | Cornwall,UK | (none) |
| Wreckers | Cornwall,UK | (own) |