Hexhamshire Lasses music and dances


We are forever grateful to our ever increasing band of musicians who religiously turn up for us on our practice nights and dance outs.  They include Rob (Melodeon), Brian(Melodeon), Rachel and Peter (Flute and Whistle), Frank Lee (Melodeon), Saul Rose, (Melodeon) Tom Moody (Saxophone) and Kathleen (Concertina)

We use garlands, short sticks and handkerchiefs to perform, in our own style, a wide range of dances. Many of our dances are adapted from traditional dances but a few are compositions of our own.

Our repertoire also includes Clog Dancing, with wooden soled clogs adding percussive impact to the rhythms of hornpipes, waltzes and reels.The clog routines that the lasses perform are based on steps from the North East and North West of England.

These are the dances in our current repertoire

Dance Notes Tune
Abrahm Circle Dance   Abraham Tune
Acomb Dance composed by Hexhamshire Lasses Lancashire Tune/100 pipers
Belfagan Dance devised by ‘Belfagan’ from Cockermouth Belfagan/Long Odds
Brighton Lasses Dance by Knots of May Beatrice Hills three handed reel
Churning Butter Dance devised by Sue Harris, Martha Rhodens Turn again Martha
Cumberland Crown   Galopede
Grenoside Dance from Sheffield Rochdale Coconut
Hebridean Weavers Dance   Brocken Laum
Hexham Flags Dance composed by Hexhamshire Lasses Cock of the North
Hexhamshire Lass Dance composed by Hexhamshire Lasses Hexhamshire Quadrille
Horbury   Staffordshire Hornpipe
Kaleidescope Dance composed by Hexhamshire Lasses Hunt the hare/College
Monas Delight Dance from The Isle of Man Monas Delight
Shrewsbury Flourish Shrewsbury Lasses Shrewsbury Flourish
The Abbey Dance composed by Hexhamshire Lasses Portabello/Joch Wilson of Fenton
The Wain A Flemish Dance Vermoux
Yellow Sheepskin   Alexandra Park
Current Clog Dances    
Liverpool Hornpipe    
Byker Hill    
Pat Traceys Waltz    
A North East Waltz    
A French Canadian Dance    

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