Standardized Lists of Adderbury Common Figures
			for Seabright Morris

First of all, it needs to be pointed out that traditionally the
ordering of figures was not fixed.  Sharp wrote that there were 8
figures "which recur more or less regularly" and that the Adderbury
dancers would "select from them those movements they prefer."  Bacon
says "selection optional."  There seem to have been differences
between what Janet Blunt and Cecil Sharp (C#) collected even though
everything was obtained from William Walton.  In any case, it's
traditional to do whatever the caller says.

Secondly, the names of the figures always present problems because
everyone tends to use different names for the same things.  I will use
the classical Seabright nomenclature (mostly names derived from
Radford) along with abbreviations derived from Bacon and Radford in
such a way that I hope keeps me out of trouble.  These names also seem
to be most nearly consistent with SF Bay Area team usage.

  Abbr.   Common Figure (CF) Name     Traditional?    notes
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  OY      Once to Yourself            yes             begins every dance
  WhR     [Whole] (Dancing) Rounds    yes
  WkR     Walking Rounds (Singing)    yes
  FU      Foot Up                     yes
  HG      Half Gip                    yes             Half Hands (HHnds)
  PD      Process[ional] Down         yes
  PU      Process[ional] Up           yes
  HA      Hands Around                yes             Dance Round (DR)
  BB      Back to Back                yes             interchange with HG (HA?)
  FD      Foot Down                   yes
  WH      [Whole] Hey                 yes
  *4      Star for 4                  probably        Princess Royal, sets of 4
  *T      Star Top                    probably        interchange with PD
  *B      Star Bottom                 probably        interchange with PU
  XT      Cross Tops                  no              interchange with PD
  XB      Cross Bottoms               no              interchange with PU
  CH      Cutler's Hey                no              from ECD "Knives & Forks"

In most cases a WkR counts as the OY.  Otherwise for most hankie
dances OY is PCs, and in the case of stick dances OY is ftj/clash.

The traditional sources often indicate that there should be more CF/DF
pairs than Seabright typically bothers to do.  In some cases (like
Black Joke) this is because we are being merciful to ourselves because
our stamina is not up to doing the full set.  In other cases this is
because we are being merciful to the audience.  The traditional order
is roughly OY or WkR; WhR or FU; HG or BB; PU; PD; HA; WH.  The "classical"
Seabright order is roughly OY/WkR; WhR/FU; HG; HA; PU; PD; WH.

Note that "classical Seabright" ordering of figures tends to
place the HG and HA before the processionals whereas the indications
are that the traditional Adderbury order put HG before the
processionals and HA after them.  Malaika points out that "classical
Seabright" thus breaks a nice temporal symmetry of the dances as
recorded.  Julia indicates that the midwest teams have maintained this
symmetry, so maybe we should also.  "Classical Seabright" has also
tended to neglect the BB, whereas C# indicated it could be switched at
will with HG.

Sharp and Bacon really are serious about picking and choosing from the
list.  The caller needs to be sensitive to the amount of enjoyment of
both dancers and audience and adjust accordingly.  Note that those
dances which have particularly long DFs (choruses) tend to have fewer
CFs (verses) and vice versa.

Note that if the order of figures is always the same then all
Adderbury dances look alike.  Ways to avoid this are to choose
different figure orderings, or to organize the performance so that we
switch between dances that have exceptionally distinctive DFs, or to
alternate between various different traditions other than Adderbury.

Another rule is that we usually omit any CF which is included in the
Distinctive Figure (DF, chorus).  E.g., the DF for Black Joke, Young
Collins, and Constant Billy includes a FU, so we omit FU from the list
of CFs; the DF for Three Musketeers and Cuckoo's Nest includes HG; etc.

And finally, the DFs for some dances want a certain number of
instances for the sake of symmetry or completeness.  E.g.,
Lads a Bunchum wants a sequence something like
      OY;CF;Doubles;CF;Singles;CF;Highs;CF;Doubles;CF;Singles+Double_time
Cobb's Horse, Stourton Wake, Syracuse Trunkles, Bluebells, Princess Royal,
Shepherd's Hey, and others also want a certain number of CF/DF sequences.