A1: Allemande right partner 1 and 1/2, hold on, give left to
the next to form an alamo ring with men facing out (8); balance
(4), allemande left person on left once around (4)
A2:Do si do partners; ladies left hand star once around, ladies
keep the star and pick up partner around waist
B1:Star promenade about 1/2 way around (6), gents cast back (to
their right), swing the lady behind you
B2:Into the center and back; circle left to men's home place
Repeat figure 3 more times with introduction, middle break
and ending of the caller's choice. Composed for the wedding of
Larry Edelman and Ashley Faber. This dance also appears on p.
10 of Ted Sannella's Swing The Next, published in 1996
by The Country Dance and Song
Society.
A1: Heads lead right , circle left
once around, heads cross trail thru sides (lady @ lady, gent @ gent) to a line
of four (woman, woman, man, man)
A2: Lines go forward and back(8) while you note who are ends and who are centers
Circle eight hands to the left halfway (8)
B1: Ends from A2 lines swing opposites for 8 counts and face the center while
center four circle left 3/4 and pass thru (8), all swing the one you meet
B2: Allemande left just one and promenade the one you swung (to gents' home).
Repeat figure 3 more times with introduction, middle break and ending of
the caller's choice. Allemande left in B2 may be omitted if dancers are running
late or need more time to end the swing. Created in October, 1992.
A1: All four gents to the center and
back, ladies to the center, stand back to back, gents dance around the old haystack
(i.e. gents promenade single file to the right around the ladies)
A2: Pass your partner, allemande left the next (8). Allemande right the same
person (8)
B1: Do-si-do the same person (8); swing the same person (8)
B2: Promenade to the gents' home place
Repeat figure 3 more times with introduction, middle break (optional for
beginners) and ending of the caller's choice. Created in June 2001 as an easy
(and better flowing) variation of an old traditional figure. Timing with the
music can be looser than indicated, although each round of the figure will easily
fit 64 beats (32 bars) if desired.
A1: Four ladies chain 3/4 (8); sides right and left thru (8)
A2: Heads lead to the right and circle to a line (8); Lines go
forward and back (8)
B1: Pass the Ocean (pass thru to wavy line of four) (4), balance
(4); swing new partners (original corner)
B2: Promenade to the gents' home
Repeat figure 3 more times with introduction, middle break
and ending of the caller's choice. In B1 the ladies should catch
each other's left hand as they pass thru, and allemande left 1/4
, while the men should pass thru to the ends of the wave and give
right hands to their temporary partner from the lines in A2. "Pass
The Ocean" is a modern square dance figure. This figure was
first presented at the Mid Winter Ball in Baltimore on February
5, 2000. The title is a native Baltimorean's answer to the question
"Where did you go on vacation?"
A1: Head couples forward and back; same four circle left .
A2: Same four circle right; same four right hand star.
B1: AII allemande left corners; grand right and left.
B2: Do-si-do partners; promenade partners home.
Repeat for side couples, all four ladies, all four gents. The
transition from star to grand right and left is a challenge for
beginning square dancers and provides an opportunity for the "team"
to be successful. Introduction and ending are caller's choice.
A1: Four ladies chain 3/4; head ladies chain across
A2: Head couples lead to the right, circle left halfway with the
side couple; do-si do the one you're facing, keep facing that
same person and...
B1: Pass thru and swing (heads who are facing in swing new opposite
person, sides who are facing out, swing the one beside you)
B1: Promenade to gents' home place
repeat figure once more for the heads and twice for the sides.
Intro, middle break and ending are caller's choice. The figure
is so named because I often use it as a singing square to that
tune.