A rapper team which is really going places probably wants a Tommy. The Tommy's job is to get the pub into order, drum up attention, entertain, and, as a last resort, cover up mistakes. Ideally, the Tommy can also slot in to replace any of the five dancers should one expire, and must be able to whip out a spare sword and get it into the dance should one break.
The observant will note that that means the Tommy ought logically to be the best dancer - able to fill any of the five slots. In practise, that's usually not true. Boojum's Tommy (who's called Ian) is actually able to dance all five positions but it's not common. On the one occasion we managed to shatter a sword, he'd palmed the spare he carries into the set and removed the debris so effectively that most of the audience didn't notice. He's great.
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