8: The Wind Mille |
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for 8 only (in a square) |
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mms pages 11 and 12 |
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Playford
version: none |
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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 a double] |
Verse 1, Part B |
1: |
Lead up [a double] |
2: |
[Fall back a double] |
Chorus 1, Part A |
1: |
Man 1 and woman 3 change
places [with a double] |
2: |
Woman 1 and man 3 change
places [with a double] |
3-4: |
Couples 2 and 4 take right
hands in the middle and run around [for two doubles] |
5-6: |
Then take left hands in the
middle and run around [for two doubles] back to place |
Chorus 1, Part B |
1: |
Man 3 and woman 1 change
places [with a double] |
2: |
Woman 3 and man 1 change
places [with a double] |
3-4: |
Couples 2 and 4 take right
hands in the middle and run around [for two doubles] |
5-6: |
Then take left hands in the
middle and run around [for two doubles] back to place |
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Part 2 |
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Verse 2, Part A |
1-2: |
Side [left to line up right
shoulders] |
Verse 2, Part B |
1-2: |
Side [right to line up left
shoulders] |
Chorus 2, Part A |
1: |
Woman 1 and man 3 change
places [with a double] |
2: |
Man 1 and woman 3 change
places [with a double] |
3-4: |
Couples 2 and 4 take right
hands in the middle and run around [for two doubles] |
5-6: |
Then take left hands in the
middle and run around [for two doubles] back to place |
Chorus 2, Part B |
1: |
Man 1 and woman 3 change
places [with a double] |
2: |
Woman 1 and man 3 change
places [with a double] |
3-4: |
Couples 2 and 4 take right
hands in the middle and run around [for two doubles] |
5-6: |
Then take left hands in the
middle and run around [for two doubles] back to place |
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Part 3 |
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As in the last three dances,
"Doe the first part agayne" |
Verse 3, Part A |
1: |
Lead up [a double] |
2: |
[Fall back a double] |
Verse 3, Part B |
1: |
Lead up [a double] |
2: |
[Fall back a double] |
Chorus 3, Part A |
1: |
Man 1 and woman 3 change
places [with a double] |
2: |
Woman 1 and man 3 change
places [with a double] |
3-4: |
Couples 2 and 4 take right
hands in the middle and run around [for two doubles] |
5-6: |
Then take left hands in the
middle and run around [for two doubles] back to place |
Chorus 3, Part B |
1: |
Man 3 and woman 1 change
places [with a double] |
2: |
Woman 3 and man 1 change
places [with a double] |
3-4: |
Couples 2 and 4 take right
hands in the middle and run around [for two doubles] |
5-6: |
Then take left hands in the
middle and run around [for two doubles] back to place |
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Conclusions: |
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Interesting dance - doesn't
really need to be a square, and in fact the terminology ("first man …
chainge places with the last woman", etc) seems to indicate that it is a
line dance, despite the figure drawn by the name. |
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There is a lack of symetry
here, in that the side, or middle, couples always "windmill" while
the head, or end, couples always switch, even if that switching happens in
the reverse order in the middle part. |
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We get again, at the end,
the regular curteous request of "and if you please, each doe his
part" - are there times when dancers won't do their parts? |
Music: |
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I'm not sure whether the
chorus is 4 bars or 6 bars long - the instruction for the windmill figure has
the middle couples "runne round", but how far could they get in
just 4 counts? Still, with nothing to compare
against, no framework, it's all best guesses. |
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