Should there be trees near the open space where the dance takes place, one-half of the dancers, closely wrapped in their green mantles, should be grouped at one side among the trees and the other half similarly placed at the other side.

In the center of the space a single dancer stands facing the rear, wrapped about the head and body with the green mantle, leaving only the face exposed.
All being in readiness, the central figure turns slowly, lifts a draped arm and says slowly and impressively: "Harken! The Corn speaks!" The group of dancers on the right then sing softly the _first_ line only of the Ritual Song in which the Corn speaks.

The group of dancers on the left repeat the _same_ line like an echo of the first group.

Both groups of dancers now begin to move slowly and in rhythm with the following song toward the figure standing in the center of the space, singing, as they move, the Ritual Song _from the beginning_: Ritual Song No.

1 Fourfold deep lie my roots within the land; Clad in green, bearing fruit, Lo! here I stand! Pluck and eat, life for life, behold, I give! Shout with joy, dance and sing with all that live.
[Music] At the words "Lo! here I stand!" the company of dancers should all be standing in a semi-circle.