hook: iconic five couple set dance
by: Pat Shaw
formation: five couple horseshoe
In a five couple longways set, the top couple is facing down the hall while the couples below them take hands four improper and Becketize so there are two couples on each side of the set in a horseshoe shape.
| A1 | 8 | right left through (side couples)
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| 0 | top couple walk to the middle of the set after the sides pull by
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| 8 | right left through (side couples)
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| A2 | 0 | top couple walks to the bottom of the set after the sides pull by
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| 8 | circle left 4 places (side couples)
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| 0 | top couple (at the bottom) separates and goes back home up the outside of the set
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B1 | 8 | five
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| 8 | five
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| B2 | 4 | partners promenade along the set on the right 1 place ⁋
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| 12 | partners balance & swing
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Written in 1974 and published in 1975 for the Levi Jackson state park in Berea, KY. The open-air dance hall there has large, vertical, wooden posts around which the dance is written to be performed. The matching tune of the same name is an essential part of the experience, and I strongly advise against calling this dance if the band is not prepared to play it.