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Author:
Michael Barraclough (2012)
Formation:
Longways 3 couple set
Music:
24-bar jigs or reels
Tunes:
Original (Thompson's 24 Country Dances for 1783)
A1
1-2
Circle left 1/2
3-4
Pas-de-bas step right and left
5-6
Circle right 1/2
7-8
Pas-de-bas step left and right
B1
1-2
Top couple chasée to the bottom (others moving up)
3-4
(All) rigadoon
5-6
Active couple lead up one place (middle couple moving down)
7-8
Active couple cast to the bottom (bottom couple moving up)
A2
1-4
Partner allemande right
5-8
Partner allemande right
© Michael Barraclough, 2016
Notes
1
Originally triple Minor
2
Original B2 was top couple lead down, back and cast to middle place.
3
Allemande = take right hand with partner, balance towards each other and away, then change places with partner, ladies turning under the man’s raised arm.
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