MARCH.
Enter at rear, center or either side.
1. March in single file all around the stage during the first stanza. Let all shake the bells once on the first beat of each measure as they march.
2. During chorus let the leader strike his triangle on the first beat of each measure. One-half of the other shake the bells once on first beat, and the other half on the third beat of each measure. At the word “way” (which is slurred through a whole measure) the leader strikes his triangle once for each beat, thus making four strokes; and at the word “children’s dancing feet” he does the same, and all shake or tinkle their bells through the last two measures. During the chorus the children halt and face front, while they keep time to the music as they sing.
3. At second stanza step backward diagonally, first with right foot, then with left foot on alternate beats of the music, at the same time swing the body and the bells in the direction the steps are taken. The leader stands before the line, facing the audience, and steps as the others do, waving his triangle to right or left, but not striking it.
At chorus the line halts and keeps time with the music as before.
4. At the third stanza the line advances to the front with the same step and motions as during the second stanza, only in a forward direction.
Chorus as before.