Simon's Fancy

Tradition: Bampton

Tune: Rambling Sailor (mp3)

Set: 4 dancers

Props: Hankies

Figures: Standard Bampton, each followed by a Chorus

• Foot Up & Down

• Tack Over

• Tack Around

• Rounds

Chorus:

1. First Corners cross and return home

2. Second Corners cross and return home

3. All Four Corners cross and return home

Chorus Notes:

• To do a crossing, the corners do a Double Step sidestep to the left, followed by a Double Step sidestep to the right, placing them back to back.

• They then do two VARIABLE steps to reach the opposite corner.

  • • On the 1st and 4th chorus, the VARIABLE step is two steps forward performed as a Strut. They do a right hand hankie punch on what would be the hop of a Half Caper

    • On the 2nd and 3rd chorus, the VARIABLE step is two Half Capers (left-right-hop/left-right-hop)

• To begin returning home the dancers do a traveling Double Step Closedtraveling sidestep to the left, around the outside of the set, then pivot to face in and continue with a Double Step Closed traveling sidestep to the right (the pivot makes the dancer continue in the same direction)

• To finish returning, the dancers do two Single Steps to home.

• At home they do a Half Caper.

  • • On the 4th (final) chorus, they use the Half Caper to move to the middle of the set in a tight circle and Show with the hankies.