. The country dance book ... are then repeated in reverse, the menpassing on the right of their partners. This brings all thedancers back to places (eight bars). Sometimes the men link arms and the women join handsin advancing: and retinnoj. 40 THE COUNTRY DANCE BOOK. FIGURE 24. First couple, with crossed hands, casts off and leads UP THE middle to POSITION, FOLLOWED BY ALL THEOTHER COUPLES. (Eight bars.) Ai icj iTi foi m iki All partners cross bauds and follow A and B, who cast offin the line x y, lead up the middle along the line z, andreturn to position (eight bars). FIGURE 25. First man an
. The country dance book ... are then repeated in reverse, the menpassing on the right of their partners. This brings all thedancers back to places (eight bars). Sometimes the men link arms and the women join handsin advancing: and retinnoj. 40 THE COUNTRY DANCE BOOK. FIGURE 24. First couple, with crossed hands, casts off and leads UP THE middle to POSITION, FOLLOWED BY ALL THEOTHER COUPLES. (Eight bars.) Ai icj iTi foi m iki All partners cross bauds and follow A and B, who cast offin the line x y, lead up the middle along the line z, andreturn to position (eight bars). FIGURE 25. First man and first woman cast off, pass through the third COUPLE, LEAD UP THE MIDDLE AND FACE THESECOND COUPLE. (Eight bars.) ^.. 0 El E ^ ® ® STEPS AND FIGUBES. 41 A casts off in line x and B casts off in line y. They meet atH (four bars). During this movement, C and D move upinto the places just vacated by A and B. A and B now lead up the middle (four bars), C and D withioined hands meeting and facing them at the top, thus :— [e]. © FIGURE 26. Second and first couples, face to face, move down themiddle and up again ; the first couple passes under. (Eight bars.) C and D face A and B, as shown in the last diagram ofthe preceding figure. All four move down the middle toH, C and D forwards, A and B backwards (four bars). The two couples then return up the middle, A and Bforwards, C and D backwards. When they have nearlyreached the top, C and D raise their joined hands, underwhich A and B pass. All four return to their originalplaces (four bars). Partners join right hands throughout this figure. 42 THE COUNTRY DANCE BOOK. FIGURE 27. Hands three on the womens side : first womanpasses under. (Eight bars.)
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