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Mrs Parkyn's Jig
Mrs Parkyn's Jig
Taught to Cornish Dance Group “Cam Kernewek” by Mrs Margaret Parkyn, Lostwithiel 1987. Mrs Parkyn remembered this dance as it was done in her family…
Tags: Scoot Dance
Harvey Darvey
Harvey Darvey
The dance was recalled by a Mr R J Noall, in an Old Cornwall Society article (October 1927 page 36), as a dance game that he used to perform as a…
Tags: Scoot Dance
Four Hand Reel / Plethen a Beswar
Four Hand Reel / Plethen a Beswar
Taught to Cornish dance group Cam Kernewek by Arthur Biddick of Boscastle in 1982. Arthur strongly associated the tune with the Boscastle Breakdown…
Tags: Scoot Dance
Cock In Britches
Cock In Britches
Cornish Harvest Dance telling the story of the corn miming the sowing, weeding, cutting and winnowing. Audio file: CAtch Up Your Heels Project 2005
Tags: Custom, Scoot Dance
Cornish Broom Dances
Cornish Broom Dances
Popular across Cornwall at social events like the Harvest Supper and as part of Guize Dancing. The Broom dance in the Madron Guize dance can be traced…
Tags: Scoot Dance
Broom Stick Dance
Broom Stick Dance
Taught to Cornish Dance Group Cam Kernewek by Evan Trick, Boscastle, 1981. He explained that it was performed as a competition between dancers.
Tags: Scoot Dance
Tin Stamp
Tin Stamp
Written in 1988 by Alison Davey and Kirsty Crewes using traditional Scoot dance steps to emulate the sound of the Tin Stamp. The Tin Stamps were large…
Tags: Scoot Dance
Mr Martins Reel
Mr Martins Reel
This is a Cornish Scoot (step) dance originally communicated by Mr Hedley Martin, Morval Nr Looe (1980), and Mrs Gwen Masters, Blisland (1997). The…
Tags: Dance, Scoot Dance