By Allan Brozek
Composed 1996
Level | easy-med (assigned by the editor) |
Type | Contra |
Formation | Becket |
A1 | (8) Circle left 3/4 (8) Neighbors swing |
A2 | (8) Ladies chain (8) Ladies allemande right 1 1/2 to a wave across |
B1 | (4) Balance the wave (left, right) (2) Neighbors allemande left 1/2 (2) Gents cross, passing right shoulders (8) Partners swing |
B2 | (4) Long lines go forward (4) Go back and roll away with a half sashay (gents roll partners from right to left) (4) Pass through across the set (4) Turn right 1/4 and advance along the line one place (single file, gent in the lead) |
Author's Notes:
Before starting the dance, have dancers join hands in lines and spread along the line. This helps the timing in B2.
Oxford Assembly was written in the winter of l996. It was named after my hometown of Oxford CT.
Alternate for B2:
(8) Long lines go forward and back
(6) 1/2 hey (3 changes, men pass left shoulders to start)
(2) Move along the line (CW) to the next
This dance is from American Country Dances On Line
All rights reserved by the author; used by permission.
Added to database 11/3/1999; last revised 11/23/1999; edited by Russell Owen