Winds on the Tor (England)

by stella on November 05, 2017 in England, sacred circle

Winds on the Tor
England

These note ©2017, Andrew Carnie.

This is a modern Sacred Circle dance from the Galstonbury Circle group. The original notes have the following description:

The Tor on Glastonbury Hill is where Joseph of Aramatia, the uncle of Jesus, was thought to have brought the chalice and the spear after the crucifixion. The Well and the Hill are thought by many to be the place where the veils parted most between the worlds of wonder and the mundane. In any rate, a sacred height for centuries, even millennia! And the wind, she still blows across the grasses there.

Music: Rawlin's Cross, The Wedding Gift (https://youtu.be/BqM8oadha0s). The original recording for this dance was "The Young Brown Cow" (https://youtu.be/l2A5_Xy4ijs). Groups are now doing it to the Wedding Gift.
Meter: 3/4
Formation: Closed circle, hands down in V position, leads to the R OR done as a closed circle not holding hands.
Introduction: Start with the whistle on the Wedding Gift Recording. Start with Guitar on the Young Brown Cow recording.

Bar 1: Moving in LOD (CCW), waltz step (RLR) forward
Bar 2: Still moving in LOD, waltz step (LRL) forward
Bar 3: Pulling R shoulder back and turning CW, but still moving in LOD, use one waltz step (RLR) to make a complete turn. (Some groups raise their hands up over their heads as they do this turn, in our group se do not)
Bar 4: Facing center, cross L over R, If doing the dance solo, left arm crosses in front of body. If doing the dance as a closed circle rejoin hands. (1), Rock back on R, L arm returns to neutral position (2), step on L to L (3)
Bar 5: Moving into the center do one waltz step (RLR), raise joined hands forward and up.
Bar 6: Backing away do one waltz step (LRL), arms come back down to V position
Bar 7: Repeat bar 4 with opposite footwork, arms and direction.
Bar 8: Repeat bar 4

repeat until the end of the music.

In Tucson, we do bars 7 and 8 differently.

Bar 7: facing center step on R to R (1), Cross L over R, L arm crosses in front of body (2), step back in place on R (3)
Bar 8: repeat bar 7 with opposite footwork and direction.