user: Moose Flores
Washington Park Shuffle
by: Chestnut
introduces moves: long lines, pass through, turn alone, do si do, swing, custom
formation: improper or proper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | pass through across the set
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| 4 | turn alone
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | pass through across the set
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| 4 | turn alone
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| B1 | 8 | partners do si do once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 16 | top couple sashay to bottom of set - others move up ⁋
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If you finish dancing before the music is done, let each couple in turn just sashay down until the music is ready to end.
introduces moves: star, custom
formation: Becket (no matter)
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| A2 | 8 | star right 4 places
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | top 2 couples form line of 4, dance to the bottom over everyone's heads ⁋
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by: Chestnut
included both "Strip the Willow" & "Peel the Banana"
introduces moves: allemande, custom, down the hall, up the hall
formation: four couple longways set
Reel 4 x 40 bars. Four-couple set so sashays aren't numbingly long.
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande right once
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| 8 | partners allemande left once
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| B1 | 8 | partners two hand turn
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B2 | 8 | ones down the center sashay
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| 8 | ones up the center sashay
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| 8 | ones down the outsides, followed by twos threes fours,
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| 0 | ones form an arch
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| 8 | twos up the center under the arch, followed by threes fours ⁋
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"peel the banana" could be helpful language
Sashay til you're out of music
Original at MAXICRIB, Scottish country dancing instructions compiled by Reuben Freemantle: https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/dance-crib/virginia-reel.html
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