18: The Boone Companion |
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longways for 6 or 8 |
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mms page 36 |
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Playford
version: none |
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(2nd reconstruction) |
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Music: |
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Part 1 |
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Verse 1, Part A |
1: |
Lead up [a double] |
2: |
[Fall back] down again [a
double] |
3: |
Man 1 leades his partner
down to the bottom of the set |
4: |
Man 1 turns his partner at
the bottom of the set and they take their places there |
Verse 1, Part B |
1: |
Lead up [a double] |
2: |
[Fall back] down again [a
double] |
3: |
Man 1 leades his partner
back up to the top of the set |
4: |
Man 1 turns his partner at
the top of the set and they take their places there |
Chorus 1, Part
A |
1: |
The men set to their
partners |
2: |
The men fall back [a
double] from their partners |
3-4: |
The men go around their
partners [with two doubles] |
Chorus 1, Part
B |
1: |
The women set to their
partners |
2: |
The women fall back [a
double] from their partners |
3-4: |
The women go around their
partners [with two doubles] |
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Part 2 |
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Verse 2, Part A |
1-2: |
Side [left to line up right
shoulders] |
3: |
Man 1 leades his partner
down to the bottom of the set |
4: |
Man 1 turns his partner at
the bottom of the set and they take their places there |
Verse 2, Part B |
1-2: |
Side [right to line up left
shoulders] |
3: |
Man 1 leades his partner
back up to the top of the set |
4: |
Man 1 turns his partner at
the top of the set and they take their places there |
Chorus 2, Part
A |
1: |
The men set to their
partners |
2: |
The men fall back [a
double] from their partners |
3-4: |
The men go around their
partners [with two doubles] |
Chorus 2, Part
B |
1: |
The women set to their
partners |
2: |
The women fall back [a
double] from their partners |
3-4: |
The women go around their
partners [with two doubles] |
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Part 3 |
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Verse 3, Part A |
1-2: |
Arm [left - take right arms
and walk all the way around to the left in two doubles] |
3: |
Man 1 leades his partner
down to the bottom of the set |
4: |
Man 1 turns his partner at
the bottom of the set and they take their places there |
Verse 3, Part B |
1-2: |
Arm [right- take left arms
and walk all the way around to the right in two doubles] |
3: |
Man 1 leades his partner
back up to the top of the set |
4: |
Man 1 turns his partner at
the top of the set and they take their places there |
Chorus 3, Part
A |
1: |
The men set to their
partners |
2: |
The men fall back [a
double] from their partners |
3-4: |
The men go around their
partners [with two doubles] |
Chorus 3, Part
B |
1: |
The women set to their
partners |
2: |
The women fall back [a
double] from their partners |
3-4: |
The women go around their
partners [with two doubles] |
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It should be
noted: |
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that there are no further
instructions beyond the end of the second verse. However, the last instruction is "like
as was done before". My current
elision theory may very well extend these instructions utterly logically to
complete the dance in the "customary way", which is what I've done
here. |
Conclusion: |
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While just about half of
this dance comes from the "customary way" to do an ECD, it could be
logical that if you get to the last point where something different needs to
be said to clarify the progression, and that's the end of a page, then why
not let elision conclude the dance? |
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