Walton Abbey ~ Bolton
Waltham Abbey ~ Bolton
Walton Abbey ~ Bolton or Waltham Abbey ~ Bolton is an English Country Dance. It was published by Henry Playford (website) in 1697 in An Additional Sheet of New Dances for the Second Part. It was interpreted by Charles Bolton (website) in 1992 and published in Retreads Vol.6. It is a proper Duple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 32 bars.
The 1. Manc cast off and his Partner follows him into the 2. Cu. Place, and then go back to back with his Partner, the 1 Wo. being in the 2. Mans Place, cast up into her own Place, her Partner follows her into his own Place and go back to back the first
The 1. cu. cross over below the 2. cu. and go the Figure thorow Then lead down thorow below, and then lead up thorow above, and cast off into the 2. cu. Place
Playford spells the title variously: Walton Abey, Walton Abbey, and Waltom Abey.
The animation plays at 120 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. 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.
The dances of Charles Bolton (including interpretations like this one) are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA license by the CDSS Online Library.
An online description of the dance may be found here.
| A1 | 1-4 | W1 followed by partner, cast down to 2nd place improper and face up as 2s wait, lead up, and face down |
| 5-8 | Neighbors back to back | |
| A2 | 1-4 | W2 followed by partner, cast down to 2nd place improper, facing partner as 2s wait, lead up, and face partner |
| 5-8 | Partner back to back | |
| B1 | 1-4 | 1s cross go below as 2s two hand turn half and lead up |
| 5-8 | 1s cross up, 2s cast down, start a full doouble figure eight | |
| B2 | 1-4 | ...double figure eight continues |
| 5-8 | 1s lead up and cast back as 2s cast down and lead up |
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