DIAGONAL WITCHWOOD

Source	Written by Anne-Marie in 1992 [also known as Diagonal Witchway]

Tune	Proudlock’s Hornpipe (shortened to fit the dance).
Play A music for Chorus, B music for figures, playing BA for Stars and Off

Step		Single Step, stand still for sticking

Set		Set of 6 in two rows of three; long sticks

Sequence	Chorus
		Diagonal Back to Back
		Chorus
		Diagonal Reel
		Chorus
		Rhombus
		Chorus
		Diagonal Reel
		Chorus
		Rhombus
		Chorus
		Stars and Off

Chorus
Clash diagonally	2 with 3, 	4 with 5	1 and 6 hit the ground to the left
Clash forehand with partner
Clash diagonally 	1 with 4, 	3 with 6	2 and 5 hit the ground to the right
Clash forehand with partner
Repeat

Diagonal Back to Back
2 and 3 dance right shoulder back to back for 8 steps
4 and 5 dance right shoulder back to back for 8 steps
1 and 6 dance own circle in place turning to right for 8 steps

1 and 4 dance right shoulder back to back for 8 steps
3 and 6 dance right shoulder back to back for 8 steps
2 and 5 dance own circle in place turning to right for 8 steps

Diagonal Reel
3 and 4 clash sticks in the middle of the set on first step.
3 turns to face 2 and 4 faces 5 and they all dance a reel passing right at the end and left in the middle.
1 and 6 dance a clockwise circle around the line of four back to place.

Rhombus
1 and 4 change places 				1	2
6 and 3 change places				3	4		4 steps
2 and 5 circle to the right in place			5	6

2 and 6 change places 				4	2
1 and 5 change places				6	1		4 steps
3 and 4 circle to the right in place			5	3

4 and 5 change places 				4	6
2 and 3 change places				2	5		4 steps
1 and 6 circle to the right in place			1	3

All circle to the right in place						4 steps

Diagonal Reel
3 and 4 clash sticks in the middle of the set on first step.
3 turns to face 6 and 4 faces 1 and they all dance a reel passing right at the end and left in the middle. 
2 and 5 dance a clockwise circle around the line of four back to place.

Rhombus
1 and 4 change places 				5	6
6 and 3 change places				3	4		4 steps
2 and 5 circle to the right in place			1	2

2 and 6 change places 				5	3
1 and 5 change places				6	1		4 steps
3 and 4 circle to the right in place			4	2

4 and 5 change places 				1	3
2 and 3 change places				2	5		4 steps
1 and 6 circle to the right in place			4	6

All circle to the right in place						4 steps

Stars and Off
1, 2 and 3 make a right hand star with their sticks and dance once around.
4, 5 and 6 make a left hand star with their sticks and dance once around.
Every one changes from one star to the other and back to their original star changing sticks to the other hand when changing stars.  Top star passes in front of bottom star.
When back in original star dance once around then 3 and 4 lead off with arms around each others waist, followed by 2 and 5 and then 1 and 6.

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.