Drunken Idiots
Originally written by the Basset Street Hounds. This dance is danced to a single step throughout the figures, and walked during the chorus. Note that each figure/chrous is twice as long as in most of our other dances.
For 4 dancers, in a 2 couple set. Not that the first figure swaps you with your diagonally opposite corner, so start in the other matching corner than the one you expect.
Overview
A - Rounds
B - Chorus
A - Linear Hey
A - Square Hey
B - Chorus
A - Linear Bombast
A - Square Bombast
Chorus
Remember, not stepped
1-2: Everyone petronella's right and forward into a straight line of 4 up and down.
3: Everyone clashes with their partner forehand high
4: Everyone clashes backhand low
5-6: Those at the end of the line petronella forward and to their right into 2 couple set, opposite where they started. Those in the middle of the set pull their right should back to spin into the place to the right of where they were on step 1. These middles will briefly face each other in the process
1 2
2 1 1 2 =>
2 1
7-8: Everyone clash forehand high, backhand low
9-16: As 1-8, but everyone is dancing the opposite role, and will end up in their diagonal's place.
17-32: As 1-16 back to place.
Figures
All single stepped
Rounds
Remember to start this figure in the diagonally opposite corner to your home place.
1-4: 1st corners gypsy around one another, 2s stand still.
5-8: 1st corners flow into dancing half way around the circle, going outside the 2s. On 7, the 2s should cast on the spot over their right shoulder to face clockwise around the circle.
9-12: Everyone dances half way around the circle
13-16: Turn on the spot to your left as many times as you're comfortable in the 4 beats.
17-20: 2nd corners gypsy around one another, 1s stand still.
21-24: 2nd corners flow into dancing half way around the circle, going outside the 1s. On 23 (for those counting beats in their head, you'll probably be on 7), the 1s should cast on the spot over their right shoulder to face clockwise around the circle.
25-28: Everyone dances half way around the circle
29-32: Turn on the spot to your left as many times as you're comfortable in the 4 beats.
Linear Hey
Throughout this figure, try and stay the same distance and in line with the person you started the figure standing next to, you act as a pair throughout this figure.
1-2: Everybody petronella forward and to to right into a straight line of 4 up and down
3-4: Step on the spot (maybe slight backwards as a rev-up)
5-6: Everyone pass right shoulder to right shoulder
7-8: Everyone pass left (with a ghost if needed)
9-10: Everyone pass left (with a ghost if needed)
11:12: Everyone pass right
13-14: Everyone pass left (with a ghost if needed)
15-16: Everyone pass left (with a ghost if needed, you're now back where you started the hey)
17-18:Everyone pass right
19-20: Everyone pass left (with a ghost if needed)
21-22: Everyone pass left (with a ghost if needed)
23-24: Everyone pass right
25-26: Everyone pass left (with a ghost if needed)
27-28: Everyone pass left (with a ghost if needed, you're now back where you started the hey)
29-30: Everyone pass right
31-32: Spin to the right and backwards into your home place GO STRAIGHT TO NEXT FIGURE, DO NOT DANCE CHORUS
Square Hey (or Small Angry Picture Frames)
1-2: Everyone pass right shoulder, clashing on 1
3-4: Spin on the spot out of the set (away from the person standing next to you. This will be left for the 1s and right for the 2s)
5-32: Repeat this pattern twice around the set back to place Now you can dance a chorus
Linear Bombast
1-2: Everybody petronella forward and to to right into a straight line of 4 up and down
3-6: The ends step on the spot while the middles flow into dancing around each other roughly one and a half, until they are facing the other end
7-8: Everyone pass right shoulder
9-14: New ends (the 1s) step on the spot facing in, while the new middles (the 2s) dance around each other twice (they will end facing the opposite end they came into the middle from)
15-16: Everyone pass right shoulder
17-22: New ends (the 2s) step on the spot facing in, while the new middles (the 1s) dance around each other twice (they will end facing the opposite end they came into the middle from)
23-24: Everyone pass right shoulder
25-26: New ends (the 1s) step on the spot facing in, while the new middles (the 2s) dance around each other twice and a bit
15-16: Everyone petronella forward and right back into your home place. GO STRAIGHT TO NEXT FIGURE, DO NOT COLLECT £200
Square Bombast
Dizzy yet?
1-4: 1st Corners dance in to the centre right shoulder to right shoulder, turn right around one another and out into the corner that was to their right when they started the figure. Meanwhile 2s Dance forward to the next corner around the set and turn to face in.
5-8: 2nd Corners dance in to the centre right shoulder to right shoulder, turn right around one another and out into the corner that was to their right when they started the figure. Meanwhile 1s Dance forward to the next corner around the set and turn to face in.
9-32: Repeat the pattern twice around the set back to place, ending by staggering off drunkenly (acting optional, it may be genuine dizziness)