Dances
Details for "Skirmish"
(Field Town)
Name Skirmish Style Cotswold Tradition
(Fie) Field Town New dance ? yes Origin Roy Dommett Size of set 6 Hands Long Stick Tunes
British Grenadiers Lilibulero Notation sources References Video Links Other Notes From an article in Morris Matters in 1981, at a workshop Roy Dommett taught the dance, which he called Three Musketeers and attributed to Wheatsheaf Morris. The dance was renamed by Great Western Morris as Skirmish on Beacon Heath, later shortened to Skirmish. Distinctive chorus from GWM is:
Normal formation
2 4 6
1 3 5
Bar 1 Leap into new formation and hit tips high right to left and low left to right, 2 with 4, 1 with 6 and 3 with 5.
Bar 2 Leap into another formation and hit tips high & low as bar 1 1 with 3, 2 with 5 and 4 with 6
Bars 3-4 Face across to usual opposite in normal formation and hit tips high right to left, low left to right, high right to left and high left to right.
Half Hey and repeat to place.
Variations as Danced by Sweyn's Ey Morris and Sword Dancers
Set size Hands Source Notes References Tunes
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Teams That Perform This Dance
Team Loc Vars.
Angletwitch
Devon,UK
(none)
Belles of London City
London,UK
tunes
Charlbury Finstock
Oxfordshire,UK
(none)
Chip Off The Old
Derbyshire,UK
(none)
Devil's Dyke Morris Men
Cambridgeshire,UK
(none)
East Kent Morris
Kent,UK
(none)
Exeter Morris
Devon,UK
(none)
Forest of Dean Morris
Gloucestershire,UK
(none)
Full Moon
Wales,UK
(none)
Furness Morris
Cumbria,UK
links
Great Western
Devon,UK
(none)
Haganeth
Suffolk,UK
(none)
Hexham Morrismen
Hexham, Northumberland,UK
(none)
Jackstraws
Surrey,UK
(none)
Kennet Morris
Berkshire,UK
(none)
Kingston Spring Grove Morris
Surrey,UK
(none)
London Pride Morris
London,UK
set, notes
New St George
Leicestershire,UK
(none)
Sweyn's Ey Morris and Sword Dancers
Wales,UK
(none)
Three Horseshoes
Oxfordshire,UK
(none)
Weald of Kent
Kent,UK
(none)
Westminster
London,UK
(none)
Yateley Morris Men
Hampshire,UK
(none)
Details for "Skirmish"
(Field Town)
| Name | Skirmish |
|---|---|
| Style | Cotswold |
| Tradition | (Fie) Field Town |
| New dance ? | yes |
| Origin | Roy Dommett |
| Size of set | 6 |
| Hands | Long Stick |
| Tunes | British Grenadiers |
| Lilibulero | |
| Notation sources | |
| References | |
| Video Links | |
| Other Notes | From an article in Morris Matters in 1981, at a workshop Roy Dommett taught the dance, which he called Three Musketeers and attributed to Wheatsheaf Morris. The dance was renamed by Great Western Morris as Skirmish on Beacon Heath, later shortened to Skirmish. Distinctive chorus from GWM is:
Normal formation
|
Variations as Danced by Sweyn's Ey Morris and Sword Dancers
| Set size | |
| Hands | |
| Source | |
| Notes | |
| References | |
| Tunes |
Spotted an error? Contact Us
Teams That Perform This Dance
| Team | Loc | Vars. |
|---|---|---|
| Angletwitch | Devon,UK | (none) |
| Belles of London City | London,UK | tunes |
| Charlbury Finstock | Oxfordshire,UK | (none) |
| Chip Off The Old | Derbyshire,UK | (none) |
| Devil's Dyke Morris Men | Cambridgeshire,UK | (none) |
| East Kent Morris | Kent,UK | (none) |
| Exeter Morris | Devon,UK | (none) |
| Forest of Dean Morris | Gloucestershire,UK | (none) |
| Full Moon | Wales,UK | (none) |
| Furness Morris | Cumbria,UK | links |
| Great Western | Devon,UK | (none) |
| Haganeth | Suffolk,UK | (none) |
| Hexham Morrismen | Hexham, Northumberland,UK | (none) |
| Jackstraws | Surrey,UK | (none) |
| Kennet Morris | Berkshire,UK | (none) |
| Kingston Spring Grove Morris | Surrey,UK | (none) |
| London Pride Morris | London,UK | set, notes |
| New St George | Leicestershire,UK | (none) |
| Sweyn's Ey Morris and Sword Dancers | Wales,UK | (none) |
| Three Horseshoes | Oxfordshire,UK | (none) |
| Weald of Kent | Kent,UK | (none) |
| Westminster | London,UK | (none) |
| Yateley Morris Men | Hampshire,UK | (none) |