Paula's Pit Stop
Introduction
Author:
Michael Barraclough (Apr 2005)
Formation:
Longways duple becket (cw)
Music:
32-bar contra reels (smooth and well-phrased)
Published:
Rhonda's Romance (Michael Barraclough)
Choreography
A1
1-4
Circle left ¾, pass through (along)
5-8
(New) neighbor do-si-do
A2
1-4
Hey (padd neighbor right to start)
5-8
Neighbor swing
B1
1-8
Give & (ladies) take
B2
1-4
Circle right ¾
5-6
Balance the ring
7-8
California twirl
© Michael Barraclough, 2016
Notes
Notes
1
At the end of the do-si-do make a (temporary) wave with the men on the outside facing their neighbor, but don't take hands
2
Originally I had no partner swing and a circle left 1¼ in B2, but I have changed the dance to include a partner swing and changed the circle left 1¼ into a circle right ¾.
3
A the end of the California twirl in B2, men should lead their partner into the next circle left.
4
The dance was written on 17 Apr 2005 while watching (on TV) Paula Radford win the London Marathon. The title commemorates the famous mide-race 'loo' stop. First danced at Wroughton Folk Dance Club on 28 Apr 2005.
Music
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