17: St Johns |
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only for 8 (in a square) |
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mms pages 32 to 35 |
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Playford
version: from 1st edition to 18th edition. |
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Music: |
Shepheards Holyday by the
Wandering Hands |
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Part 1 |
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Verse 1, Part A |
1: |
Couple 1 lead forward [a
double] |
2: |
Couple 1 cast off and
return to your places, man 1 between couple 2, woman 1 between couple 4 |
3: |
Couple 3 lead forward [a
double] |
4: |
Couple 3 cast off and
return to your places, man 3 between couple 4, woman 3 between couple 2 |
Verse 1, Part B |
1: |
Couple 2 lead forward [a
double] |
2: |
Couple 2 cast off and
return to your places, man 2 between couple 3, woman 2 between couple 1 |
3: |
Couple 4 lead forward [a
double] |
4: |
Couple 4 cast off and
return to your places, man 4 between couple 1, woman 4 between couple 3 |
Chorus 1, Part
A |
1-4: |
Couples 1 and 3 hey all the
way round in the center of the square, falling back to the edges of the
square when they have returned to their starting positions |
Chorus 1, Part
B |
1-4: |
Couples 2 and 4 do the
same, but when they are done, they should end up standing so that the men are
behind the women, not next to each other. |
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Part 2 |
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Verse 2, Part A |
1-2: |
Couple 1 and couple 3
switch, with couple 1 going right through the middle, and couple 3 splitting
and going between the to people in the couple on their side who are now
standing perpendicular to their path |
3-4: |
Return to places with
couple 3 going through the middle and couple 1 splitting and going through
the side couples. The odd couples need
to end up standing with the men behind the woman at the end, like the even
couples did before. |
Verse 2, Part B |
1-2: |
Couples 2 and 4 switch
places, couple 2 going through the middle, couple 4 splitting and going
through the even couples on their side. |
3-4: |
Couples 2 and 4 switch
back, couple 4 going through the middle, couple 2 splitting. Everyone ends up standing normally on the
borders of the square by the end of the verse. |
Chorus 2, Part
A |
1: |
Man 1 and man 3 change
places, ending up sort of in the middle of the square |
2: |
Woman 1 and woman 3 do the
same |
3-4: |
They all 4 take hands
around and go halfway around [to the left] until everyone is on the correct
side and place. |
Chorus 2, Part
B |
1: |
Man 2 and man 4 change
places, ending up sort of in the middle of the square |
2: |
Woman 2 and woman 4 do the
same |
3-4: |
They all 4 take hands
around and go halfway around [to the left] until everyone is on the correct
side and place. |
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Part 3 |
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Verse 3, Part A |
1-2: |
The men cast off left and
walk around to end up in the man's place on the opposite side of their
partner |
3-4: |
The women do the same,
ending up to the right of their partner again |
Verse 3, Part B |
1-2: |
The men cast off left
again, moving one more space and ending up on the opposite side of the square
from where they started |
3-4: |
The women do the same,
ending up to the right of their partner again |
Chorus 3, Part
A |
1: |
Couples 1 and 3 set to each
other |
2: |
Couples 1 and 3 fall back
[a double] from each other |
3-4: |
Couples 1 and 3 take hands
and circle back to the correct side of and place in the square, returning to
the edge at the end |
Chorus 3, Part
B |
1: |
Couples 2 and 4 set to each
other |
2: |
Couples 2 and 4 fall back
[a double] from each other |
3-4: |
Couples 2 and 4 take hands
and circle back to the correct side of and place in the square, returning to
the edge at the end |
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Comparison to
the Playford version (1st to 18th editions) |
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Despite small differences
(switching the first and second choruses, eliminating the do-si-do in the 3rd
chorus for the set and fall back, etc), these are largely the same dance. |
Other
Conclusions: |
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The complexity of this
dance, and its non-conformity to the "base standard" ECD format,
shows that the form in general had already started breaking out of its box
well before Playford imposed his own rigidity on it. |
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