Nowill Hills
Love Neglected
Nowill Hills or Love Neglected is an English Country Dance. It was published by Henry Playford (website) in 1703 in The Dancing Master, 12th ed.. It was interpreted by Cecil Sharp (website) in 1922 and published in The Country Dance Book (Part 6). It is a proper Duple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 32 bars.
The first man runs the Heys with the second couple, the first woman do the same; the first man and woman runs round their own Partners, the first woman and second man do the same, the two men take both hands and fall back, the women do the same at the same time, then Right-hands and Left. Each Strain play'd twice.
However a later edition (the 17th) cleans up an error:
Note: Each Strain is to be play'd twice over.The first Man runs the Hey with the second couple, the first Woman do the same; the first Man and second Woman runs round their own Partners, the first Woman and second Man do the same, the two Men take both Hands and fall back, the Woman do the same at the same time, then Right-hands and Left.
The tune was published by Playford with the dance and the music was synthesized by Colin Hume's software.
The animation plays at 113 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily (no music plays during this slow set). Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.
| A1 | 1-8 | M1 heys with the 2s, passing W2 left |
| A2 | 1-8 | W1 heys with the 2s, passing M2 right |
| B1 | 1-4 | M1 moves counter-clockwise around his partner, ending home as W2 moves clockwise around hers |
| 5-8 | W1 moves clockwise around her partner, ending home as M2 moves counter-clockwise | |
| B2 | 1-4 | Fall back with neighbor, come forward |
| 5-8 | Face partner, three changes of rights and lefts |
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