19: Step Stately |
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longways for only 6 |
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mms page 37 |
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Playford
version: from 4th edition to 10th edition. |
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Music: |
Playford Re-play'd by
various artists |
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Part 1 |
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Verse 1, Part A |
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Lead up [a double] |
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[Fall back] down again [a
double] |
Verse 1, Part B |
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Men take 4 slips right from
a forward-facing position, each man going behind their partner as the women
do 4 slips left, then turn your back on your partner and each line take
hands |
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Man 1 and woman 1 start
leading their lines up and around, continuing into the chorus: |
Chorus 1, Part A |
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Man 1 and woman 1 end up
(briefly) across from each other and at the bottom of the set, with their
lines curved in a half-moon behind them, sort of facing the presence |
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The lines curl upward once
again, heading back downward: |
Chorus 1, Part B |
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until they start to
interweave back at the bottom (hands are dropped), as the lines cross back to
their own side of the set and back into their original places. |
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Part 2 |
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Verse 2, Part A |
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Couple 1 goes forward [a
double] while couple 2 goes downward [a small double] and couple 3 stands
still |
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Couples 1 and 2 turn and go
towards each other [a double] |
Verse 2, Part B |
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They take hands and go
around … |
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And once again,
the instructions end very prematurely |
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Up until the point they end,
this dance and the Playford version are quite similar, with the arcing and
looping being more freeform than the later version. But once again, what has happened to the
rest of the instructions? |
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There's a section marker at
the end of the page, and dance 20 begins on the next page. Did the author get tired? Because there isn't even a hint of what's
next here! |
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