G - Dances

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1	Galopede	Longways sets for 6-8 couples.
A1	Advance + Retire Pass by Right	4 skip steps in + 4 steps out. Pass by Right shoulder 8 steps to finish in opposite line facing in.
A2	Advance + Retire Pass by Left	ditto by Left shoulder to finish in original place.
B1	Spin Partner	All Short Arm spin.
B2	Top Couple Spin	Top couple only spin down set, finish at bottom, others move up 1 place and clap.
-	32 bar 2/4 Reel AABB	Revived dance, similar to version collected by Cecil Sharp.

2	Gay Gordon's	Couples in circle around room, men on inside, ladies on the outside, couples facing anti-clockwise.
A1	Forward, 2, 3, and Pivot Backward	Promenade Hold, both start with left foot, take 4 steps, maintain hold and pivot body clockwise so couple is now facing in opposite direction, they now walk backwards (note couples are still moving anti-clockwise!)
A2	Return and Pivot Backward	Same again in the return direction (couples now moving clockwise)
B1	Lady Turns Under	Men raise their right arms, let go left hands and lady turns under while men walk forward
B2	Polka	Waltz hold, Fast Polka turns
-	32 bar 4/4 Reel AABB	Scottish dance from early 1900's

1	Grand March	Couples join the floor, usually at the start of the evening and then go into a quadrille or other set dance.
1	Couples Promenade	The lead couple joins the floor at the end furthest from the band and promenades anti-clockwise around the hall , all other couples join the end of the line at the bottom or as the end passes.. They parade around the outside of dance area once and then come up the centre of the room towards the band.
2	Single Cast Off	When each couple gets to the top of the hall the ladies cast to the right and men to the left and travel back down the outside of the hall to the bottom.
3	Couples Return	The couples rejoin at the bottom and return up the centre of the room.
4	Couples Cast Off	At the top of the room the lead couple cast to their left, the next couple right with each successive couple alternately left and right.
5	Lines of Four Return	At the bottom couples joins another couple to form lines of four to return up the centre of the hall.
6	Fours Cast Off	On reaching the top the first line of four, casts off to the left and then alternately right and left.
7	Lines of Eight Return	At the bottom each line-of-4 joins another line-of-4 to form lines of 8 and return up the centre of the hall.
-	End of short version	Short version only. When the lines of eight are 3/4 of the way up the room they make their way to positions to start a quadrille dance.
8	Split into Fours	On reaching the top the lines of split into fours, left 4 moving left and right to the right, returning down the room.
9	Return in Couples	At the bottom they split once again into couples the left couples will be in front of the right couples as they move back up the hall.
10	Couples Cast Off	Top couple cast of to their left and move anti-clockwise around the outside of the dance area a complete circuit.
11	Form Sets	The first couples and the others who cast left in the "couples cast off" turn to face the other couples ready to start the next dance.
-	Marches at 28-32 bars/minute	Short version, when the lines of eight are 3/4 of the way up the room they make their way to positions to start a quadrille dance.