Square

user: Cherylyn Geers

Table of Contents

  1. Opening Break by Bob Isaacs
  2. Chippenham Square by Colin Hume
  3. Middle Break by Bob Isaacs
  4. Closing Break by Bob Isaacs


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Opening Break

by: Bob Isaacs

introduces moves: custom, swing, circle, allemande, do si do, promenade

formation: Square Break

A1 8
Identify partners, neighbors, opposites
8
partners swing
A2 8
circle left 4 places
8
circle right 4 places
B1 6
neighbors allemande left once
10
grand right and left
B2 8
partners do si do once
8
partners promenade home

Chippenham Square

by: Colin Hume

introduces moves: right left through, petronella, balance, pass through

formation: square dance

A1 8
along the set right left through (HEADS)
8
neighbors swing (SIDES with OPPOSITE) and face the nearest HEAD couple, form a ring of four
A2 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B1 4
balance the ring
2
pass through along the set
10
partners swing
B2 8
neighbors allemande left once (corners)
8
partners promenade to home (half-way)

https://colinhume.com/insts.htm#ChippenhamSquare

Non-progressive, so I would do Break, Figure for Heads, Figure for Sides, all that again, final Break.

Based on “Petronella Square” by Becky Hill and first called at Chippenham Folk Festival.

Middle Break

by: Bob Isaacs

introduces moves: custom

formation: Square Break

A1 6
neighbors allemande left once
10
grand right and left
A2 8
partners do si do once
8
partners swing
B1 6
neighbors allemande left once
10
grand right and left
B2 8
partners do si do once
8
partners swing

Closing Break

by: Bob Isaacs

introduces moves: custom

formation: Square Break

A1 6
neighbors allemande left once
10
grand right and left
A2 8
partners do si do once
8
partners swing
B1 6
neighbors allemande left once
10
weave the ring
B2 16
partners long swing