Life is But A Melancholy Flower
Introduction
Author:
John Sweeney
Formation:
Longways duple improper
Music:
32-bar bouncy and lively jigs or reels
Choreography
A1
1-4
Neighbor dosido (end joining both hands)
5-6
Neighbor balance forward & back
7-8
Petronella turn right (end in a line of four, facing neighbor, men with their backs to each other, take two hands with neighbor again)
A2
1-8
Neighbor gallop (sashay) down & back
B1
1-8
Neighbor gypsy (right) into men pass (left) into partner swing (end facing across and make a ring)
B2
1-2
Balance the ring
3-4
Petronella right (take hands in a ring again)
5-6
Balance the ring
7-8
Partner California twirl
© John Sweeney
Notes
Notes
1
Gallop: John says "Americans often say 'sashay' - but that word doesn't give the right feel - I mean gallop!"
2
John also says "The name comes from a song I was humming when I was working out the dance. It is just the words 'Life is But A Melancholy Flower' sung to the tune of 'Frère Jacques'. Try it. The phrasing that the tune makes you use changes the words :-)"
Music
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