Clog and step dancer from Ambleside, England.
She learned from “Old Jos” Robinson who held weekly classes in Ambleside from October to Easter.
She learned the following dances:
- Barn Dance
- Cottagers
- Derry Down Derry
- Eight Reel
- Galop
- Heel and Toe Polka
- Highland Schottische
- La Va
- Lancers
- Mazourka
- Quadrilles
- Schottische
- Sir Roger de Coverley
- Six Reel
- Speed the Plough
- Three Reel
- Triumph
- Waltz
- Waltz Cotillion
- Waltz Country Dance
She also learned step dancing and remembered the following: Shuffle off, Single Shuffle, Double Shuffle, Treble Shuffle, Crunch, Double Crunch, Hagworm Crawl.
She also learned a children’s dance called the Hoop Dance and a number of solos:
Information derived from and interview by Tom Flett with Lucy Short on 3 January 1960 (interviewed with Clara Boyle.