Composer:	Peter Meechan
Instrumentation:	saxophone quartet SATB
Size:	score 7 pages - 4 parts @ 2 pages each
Total Duration:	c.5mins
Astute code:	am578-36
ISMN:	M 57031 013 5

A fun performance piece which is perfect for either educational workshops or concert use, and can involve as much or as little "performance" as the players feel comfortable with. For example in educational workshops external performers can be added to the performance.

Suitable for Intermediate standard quartet.

Story behind the piece:

Henkies is a nickname given to Shetland Trows. They are small, grotesque people who limp (or henked) when they walked. Their music is captivating but their dancing, of which they are proud and practise daily, is a very odd jig. Every year the Henkies would hold a competition and the winner, (the worst jigger) would be crowned the Champion Henkie and would win the right to live under The Bridge and scare all the villagers, and the failed challengers would have to live in the hills until the following year.

Performance notes:

• Performers should feel free to embellish the performance as they see fit - ideas for this could include the use of costumes, adding performers, swapping octaves/parts, improvising, etc.
• Each Henkie should walk off stage towards the end of playing their ritual music - this is their last chance to be champion Henkie.
• Henkie jigging does not need to be complicated or good!
• The final Henkie is victorious and should do an odd jig on the stage, hearing the off stage Henkies in the hills.