Stop Me and Buy One

Stop Me and Buy One
Tradition	Bledington
Hands	stick
Set size	6
Tune	World Turned Upside Down
Musical sequence	Need sequence
Notes	originally Moulton

Bledington stick dance for 6. Originally Moulton; Berkeley does it Bledington with a Moulton Hey. Particularly amusing dance if Lucy is involved.

Walk around

• 2 holds all sticks, all walk clockwise to A music,
• 2 passes stick back at position 5,
• stick passes back until it reaches 5

Figures

• Walk round
• Half Hands
• Whole Hands
• Rounds

Chorus

• single chorus distributing sticks
• single chorus
• double chorus
• single chorus collecting sticks

Moulton Hey done Bledington:

• 1 double step to line across set (ends right shoulder to right shoulder)
• 1 double step in place ends hook out to opposite end
• middles hook back to original place.

Singles chorus:

• Clash and toss with partner
• First corners come in, second and third face each other, all clash and toss diagonal
• Second corners come in, first and third face each other, all clash and toss diagonal
• Partner clash and toss
• Half hey (Molton pattern)
• Repeat tossing chorus, same order of people for tosses (faces not places)

Doubles chorus:

• 2, 3, 6 toss to partner
• First corners come in, second and third face each other, clash and toss both
• Second corners come in, first and third face each other, clash and toss both
• Partner clash and toss left stick only
• Half hey
• Repeat tossing, same order of people

Singles chorus distributing sticks:

• Normal tossing sequence, dancers fake clashing and tossing if no stick
• 2 clashes stick against bundle they're holding and tosses to next person
• Half hey
• Repeat as normal chorus

Singles chorus collecting sticks:

• Normal tossing
• Half hey
• Repeat with 2 keeping all sticks
• Half hey (5 passes stick to 4, 4 passes to 2)

Music

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