Wakefield Hunt Longways triple (6/8, G) triple progression C&S Thompsonās 1779 Collection Tom Cook, Hunter's Moon [1987]. Graham Christian, The Playford Assembly [2015]. A1 1st man cast off while 2nd man moves up. He sets to and turns 3rd woman, finishing in 2nd manās place. A2 1st woman does the same. B1 Circle 6H round and back. B2 1s dance gates down through the 3s, then up through the 2s. C1 1s RH star with the 3s, then LH star with the 2s. C2 1-6 1s & 3s circular hey, partners facing, 3 changes. (2nd progression) 7-8: 1s dance down outside the next couple, who move up. (3rd progression) WAKEFIELD HUNT. Source: C & S Thompson's 1779 Collection (via Hunter's Moon) MM. (dotted quarter note) = 114. Play AABBCC ad lib. Reconstructed as triple progression triple minor. Blue Barnes, 134 Key A, Meter 6/8, 3 strains Dance source: As for the Tune, above. Both were later republished by the Thompson firm in Vol. 4 of their 'Compleat Collection'. A1 M1 cast off while M2 moves up. M1 sets to and turns with W3, finishing in M2's place. A2: W1 te same. B1: Same group circle 6H around and back. B2: 3s gate the 1s down and back; 2s gate them up and back. C1: 1s and 3s, RH *; 1s and 2s LH * C 1-6: 1s and 3s, face partner, 3 changes of a circular hey (ends progresed) 7-8: 1s down the outside past NEXT couple (who move up) (2s from next set). -- Form: Any number of Couples, but preferably a multiple of 3, longways, all proper. Triple-minor, with triple progression. 2 beats to each bar (A, B & C, 8 bars each). A1 1 Man casts down below 2 Man who moves up, (if preferred then sets to) then turns 3 Lady once, he finishing in 2 Man's place. A2 1 Lady does likewise, casting, turning 3 Man, and finishing in 2 Lady's place. B1 Hands-six. Slipped circle, L & R, returning to same places. B2 Leading (1) Couple gates-down through 3 Couple, then gates-up through 2 Couple. C1 Leading Couple R-H star with 3 Couple, then L-H star with 2 Couple. C2 Leading and 3 Couples, Partners facing, circular-hey with hands, 3 changes; then (7-8) Leading Couple go down on the outside of and below the _next_ Couple (2 Couple from the set below, who move up the middle to become 3 Couple in the next round of the dance). NOTE. For 9 Couples, progression is from 123 456 789 to 235 168 497, and with any multiple of 3 Couples all rounds of the dance are without neutral Couples. With other numbers, there are neutrals at the bottom only. In the original 'triple-minor' C1 was wholly with 3 Couple and C2 probably 4 changes of a hey with 2 Couple, to give the single progression. ======================================== Mary here: It is a fun dance to do...the third progression is the tricky part - if it falls apart anywhere, it is there (since all the rest is so symmetrical) but the key is that the 1's keep following their line of momentum (going outside and down the set one place). They 'force' the 2's below to come up to make room for them. It won't disintegrate if the 1's remain stout of heart and just go for it! ---------- WAKEFIELD HUNT THREE-COUPLE https://youtu.be/xyHQyU2nx2o A1 1 Man casts down below 2 Man who moves up, sets to and turns with then turns 3 Lady once, he finishing in 2 Man's place. A2 1 Lady does likewise, casting, turning 3 Man, and finishing in 2 Lady's place. B1 Hands-six. Slipped circle, L & R, returning to same places. B2 1s in Second place Lead down through 3s, up to second place, up through 2s, down to second place. C1 Leading Couple R-H star with 3 Couple, then L-H star with 2 Couple. C2 1s amd 3s, four changes of R&L and immediately give right hands to 3 on their own side for one more change (no time in the music to do this, and M3->M2 has to look smart because of the need to move up at A1.