Traditional
Level | easy (assigned by the editor) |
Type | Square-Mixer |
Formation | Square plus 1 in center |
(8) Heads circle left (around the 9-pin); make life interesting for the 9-pin (8) Sides circle left | |
(8) Heads sashay up/down, passing to the right of the 9-pin; sashay back on the other side (8) Sides sashay across and back (across to right, back on the other side) note: sashay as far as you want in the time allotted | |
(8) 9-pin swing with one member of couple 1; the other person go to the center and circle alone (8) 9-pin go onto couple 2 and repeat; now two people are circling in the center | |
(8) 9-pin onto couple 3 (8) 9-pin onto couple 4 | |
(8) 9-pin join the center ring and circle left (...) Circle right, star, whatever | |
(16) BREAK AND SWING: the centers find somebody to swing; odd person out is the new 9-pin. A signal such as a whistle is sometimes used. |
Editor's Notes:
Collected from Mike Richardson April, 1993
This dance is from American Country Dances On Line
Added to database 11/17/1996; last revised 3/5/1999; edited by Russell Owen