Strip the Willow
The next couple begins to turn each other at the same time as the 1st couple are doing their last turning.
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Java St Andrew Society Strip the Willow |
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| STRIP THE WILLOW (JIG) | ||
| This is a longway figure dance in which a new top couple begin on every repetition of the dance. | ||
| BARS | DESCRIPTION | |
| 1 – 4 | 1st couple. giving right hands. turn each other 1½ times with 12 running steps. and finish 1st lady facing 2nd man. and 1st man standing behind her. | |
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| 5 – 6 | Advance again. and dance back to back passing right shoulder 1st lady turns 2nd man with left hands joined 6 running steps. 1st man runs 6 steps on the spot as he waits for her. | |
| 7 – 8 | 1st couple giving right hands turn each other in the middle 6 running steps. | |
| 1st lady repeats these last 4 bars until she has turned all the men. and. at the last turn of her partner. they finish with 1st man facing bottom lady, and 1st lady behind him. | ||
| 1st man turns each lady with the left hand, and his partner with the right. until he has turned the last lady-2nd lady. Then he turns his own partner with the right. and they finish 1st lady facing 2nd man, and 1st man facing 2nd lady. | ||
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| 1st man turns 2nd lady with left hand, while 1st lady turns 2nd man, 6 running steps. They turn each other in the middle with right hands 6 running steps. They repeat these two turnings till they have turned everybody in the set, and then turn each other with right hands 11 times 12 running steps-to finish on their own sides of the dance at the bottom of the set | ||
The next couple begins to turn each other at the same time as the 1st couple are doing their last turning. |
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| Tune: Any good jig | ||
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