Trunkles
Tradition: Fieldtown
Music: Fieldtown Trunkles (mp3)
Set: 6 dancers
Props: Hankies
Stepping: Double
Figures: Standard Fieldtown, each followed by a Chorus
Foot Up & Down
Tack Over
Back to Back
Rounds
Full Hey
Chorus:
Corners cross to each others’ positions.
Corners cross back to original position using a variable step.
Explanation:
Corners cross and then cross back in numerical order: 1st corners (1 and 6) cross, then 2nd corners (2 and 5), then 3rd corners (3 and 4).
Before crossing and before crossing back, dancers do a Once to Yourself.
To do the initial cross, they do two Side Steps (i.e., two double steps at an angle) then Galley Round, touch Right feet, and quietly walk back into place.
The step that they use to return home varies with each iteration, as follows:
4 Side Steps
8 Plain Capers
4 Foray Capers (Beetle Crushers)
4 Upright Capers
After crossing back, dancers do a Galley Round at Home.
Notes:
In this dance, Foot Up & Down uses a Galley Round as the Retreat to Home.
FINISH: Full Hey ends with Caper Out and Show hankies.