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====== HELSTON FURRY DANCE ======
 
Origin: Cornwall, England\\
Music: Helston Furry Dance\\
Record: dancecraft 123324\\
Tune: HELSTON FURRY DANCE\\
Steps: The 4-3 Morris Step. Run forward with 3 small steps and hop
on count 4. The hop should be more upward than forward.\\
Formation: Couples, following one couple behind the next.\\
Tune: HELSTON FURRY DANCE
<code>
Measures Counts Pattern
Part 1:
1   1-4   Man leads his partner (that is, partners
          side-by-side with W's R in M's R hand.) [vid
          move forward one Morris 4-3 step. Begin R ft.

2-7 5-32 Move forward with 7 more Morris 4-3 steps.
         With each step the lead foot will change.
         
Part 2:
1-4 1-16 Partners face each other with R hands still
         joined and turn CW around each other. Use 4
         Morris 4-3 steps.
5-8 17-32 Repeat measures 1-4, Part 2, with the L hand,
          and turning CCW.
Dance begins again.</code>
History: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Helston_Furry_Dance\\
Note: This is the way the dance is performed in the village of
Helston on the 2nd Sunday in May. The dancers will often be
seen in their very best gowns and the men in their frock
coats or top hats and morning suits.\\

In other villages in Cornwall, Part 1 is danced as notated
above, but during part 2, the dancers will wheel in groups
of 2 couples.

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