Abbots Bromley Horn Dance parish boundaries. The dance itself is simple, since the antlers themselves have some weight to them and are large and bulky. As described by Cecil Sharp, there are six figures in the dance. He describes the dance as being done with the participants in a single line; however, it is currently performed with the dancers in a double column. Abbots Bromley Horn Dance The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance is an English folk dance dating back to the Middle Ages. The dance takes place each year in Abbots Bromley, a village in Staffordshire, England. The modern version of the dance involves
Sovereign Mercia adopted 2008), with the aim of promoting the pre-Christian Mercian religion, a branch of Anglo-Saxon paganism, taking as its inspiration texts such as the "Prose Edda" and "Oera Linda Book". It also became involved in the campaign for access to ancient sacred sites, such as stone circles. From 1993 it has held its annual conference during the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance each September in Staffordshire, and from 2015 at the Middle Earth Festival, Sarehole Mill, Birmingham. Its policies include the establishment of a legislature chosen by lot (sortition), an annually elected head of government, and a Pagan religious order of