May Day!

By Bob Dalsemer
Composed May, 1993

SourceBob Dalsemer's web site http://tri-county.main.nc.us/~dalsemer
TypeContra
FormationImproper
A1(8) Neighbors dosido
(8) Ladies dosido
A2(8) Gents allemande left 1 1/2
(8) Swing partners
B1(8) Promenade across
(8) Ladies allemande right 1 1/2
B2(8) Swing neighbors
(8) Long lines go forward and back

Author's Notes:
Improvised in May 1993 at a Folk School dance with many beginners when I needed something like Don Armstrong's great dance "Broken Sixpence", which had already been called that night.

This dance is from American Country Dances On Line
All rights reserved by the author; used by permission.
Added to database 11/17/1996; last revised 5/4/2000; edited by Russell Owen