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Virginia Reel |
Longways sets of 6 or 7 couples |
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A1 A2 |
1st Figure REEL Honour your Partner Right Arm Turn Left Arm Turn Both Arms |
Both lines walk 4 steps forward, slight bow to partner and step back. All couples link right arms and turn once. Link left arms and turn once. Join both hands and turn once.. |
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B1
B2 |
Do-Si-Do Right
Do-Si-Do Left |
Couples move towards
each other and pass by right shoulders, move to right back to back and
return to place moving backwards. Couples move towards each other and pass by left shoulders, move to left back to back and return to place moving backwards. Ladies may hold or swing their skirts. |
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A1
A2 B1 B2 |
2nd Figure JIG Strip the Willow . . Slip Step Back |
Top couple swing with partner by the left arm then with person of opposite sex in the line by the left arm, with each swing progress down the line. Dancers in the line can help by offering their left arms when its their turn. When the top couple reach the bottom they join both hands and slip step back to the top of the set. *** |
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3rd Figure MARCH Cast off Arch |
Top couple
casts off, down the outside of the set, all others following on. At the bottom of the set the old top couple form a 2 hand arch, all others pass under the arch and back up the set. The first couple through the arch is now the new top couple. *** *** At the end of the Jig and the March couples should wait for the change in music if they are ahead of time. *** |
| - | 32 bars Reel, 32 bars Jig and 16 bars March. | American variant of the Haymaker's. |