By Evan Shepherd
Composed June 14, 1986
Level | med (assigned by the editor) |
Type | Contra |
Formation | Becket |
A1 | (8) Circle left (8) Hands-across right hand star |
A2 | (4) Ladies drop out at home; gents keep going to your partner (12) Partners swing |
B1 | (8) Long lines go forward and back (8) Ladies chain |
B2 | (4) Give inside hands (gents right, ladies left) to your partner and balance (4) Star through (cross the set, lady going under the arch, end facing your neighbors) (6) Circle left 3/4 (2) Slide left one place to face new neighbors |
Author's Notes:
Written June 14, 1986 for my wedding to Berry. David Kaynor was the first person to call it--he played at the wedding.
Farewell to Whiskey is a good 1st tune.
Editor's Notes:
Collected from Mike Richardson April, 1992.
This dance is from American Country Dances On Line
All rights reserved by the author; used by permission.
Added to database 2/19/1997; last revised 3/5/1999; edited by Russell Owen