BIRTHDAY

Source	Written by Derek to celebrate those who have birthdays on the 3rd of April ! [Butterfly Wings added by Linda]

Tune	2 untitled Polkas from “A Sussex Tune Book” ISBN 0 85418 139 3 edited by Anne Loughran & Vic Gammon 1981.  Numbers 47 and 52.
Play 2As for Chorus, B for Figure except 2BA for Full Hey and Off

Step		Single Step, Side step, stand still for sticking

Set		Set of 8 in two rows of four; long sticks

Sequence	Chorus
		Cross Over and Circle
		Chorus
		Grand Chain
		Chorus
		Circle and Star
		Chorus
		Butterfly Wings
		Chorus
		Full Hey and Off

Chorus
Clash tip of stick diagonally to the right 1 with 4, 3 with 6 and 5 with 8 [2 and 7 clash in air!]
Clash butt of stick with partner 1 with 2, 3 with 4, 5 with 6 and 7 with 8
Clash tip of stick diagonally to the left 2 with 3, 4 with 5 and 6 with 7 [1 and 8 clash in air!]
Clash butt of stick with partner 1 with 2, 3 with 4, 5 with 6 and 7 with 8
Clash tips, butts, tips, butts with partner
Repeat but go to left first, then right
Left arming with partner for 8 steps
Right arming with partner for 8 steps

Cross over and Circle
Everyone crosses diagonally to the opposite side of the set, facing forward and moving one place forward.  Odds cross in front of evens.  4 steps
All dance a semicircle turning out to end up one place behind.  4 steps [Odds turn right, evens turn left]
Repeat to return to original place.  Odds cross in front of evens. 8 steps

Grand Chain
Dance a circular hey around the set passing right shoulders first. 16 steps

Circle and Star
1, 2, 7 and 8 take 2 steps backwards to form a circle and dance 6 steps anticlockwise around the circle. Turn out, dance 6 steps back and 2 steps back to place.
3, 4, 5 and 6 take 2 steps to form a right hand star, 6 steps to turn the star, turn out, dance 6 steps in a left hand star and 2 steps back to place.

Butterfly Wings
All dance 1 step towards partner and 1 step to turn left. 1 and 8 lead their lines round to the left and meet each other diagonally across the set.  On step 9, 1 clashes with 2, 3 with 4, 5 with 6 and 7 with 8.  Continue round to right to reform the set. 16 steps

1	2			8	7
3	4				6	5
5	6					4	3
7	8						2	1

Full Hey and Off
NB This figure must be started on the right foot.
All dance 2 step forwards to meet partner by right shoulder, 2 steps to turn to face partner. 
All dance a hey starting by dancing diagonally to right with a side step [1, 2, 3 hop], then to the left etc zig-zagging, passing left and right shoulders alternately.  At the end of the set, turn and join in again, going to the right first.
Dance one complete hey and then 2 and 7 lead their lines off.  Keep dancing in the hey until you reach the end of the set.  1 and 8 will be the last two off.

Copyright
The copyright for this dance lies with Silhill Morris (linda.glanville@tesco.net) and it may not be used for commercial gain without express permission from Silhill Morris.
Otherwise morris sides are freely granted permission to perform this dance without express permission, provided Silhill Morris are publicly credited with it’s authorship.