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-====== Baffled Knight ======
-Dance was devised by Marjorie Heffer and William Porter in 1932 \\
-Published in "Maggot Pie".\\
-Proper four couple longways dance with no progression. \\
-It is a USA dance.\\
-Recording: {{ ::music:baffled_knight-b4-052_gmdm.mp3.zip |}}
-<code>
-PART I.
-Al 1—4 Partners lead up and back a double.
--8 1st man casts off to bottom place, followed
-       by the other men, while 1st woman does
-       the same, followed by the other women (sk.s).
-A2 1—4 Partners lead down and back a double.
--8 Ist man and Ist woman cast up to places,
-       followed by the others as in Al (sk.s.)-
-BI Barl The men hop on to the left foot, so that
-        they face downwards, in the middle of the set.
-  Bar 2 The women do the same, so that they face
-         their partners, all eight dancers now
-         forming a straight line.
--4 Partners turn half way with right hands
-       changing places. !
-—8 All slip four steps to the right and back.
-B2 Barl The women hop on to the right foot into
-        their partners’ places, facing front.
-   Bar2 The men do the same into their partners places.
-—4 Partners turn half way with right hands to places.
-—8 All slip four steps to the right and back—
-       i.e., the men down, the women up.
-Part II.
-Al 1-4 Partners side.
-—8 As in Part I.
-A2 1-4 Partners side.
-—8 As in Part I.
-B1 Bar1 The men, facing forward, hop to the left.
-   Bar2 The women do the same.
-—4 All turn single.
--8 1st and 2nd couples go three changes of a
-       circular hey, partners facing, while 3rd
-       and 4th couples do the same (sk.s.).
-B2 1—8 All as in Bl, to places.
-Part III.
-Al 1—4 Partners arm with the right.
-—8 As in Part I.
-A2 1-4 Partners arm with the left.
-—8 As in Part I ending in place, the 1st and 3rd
-       couples facing down, the others facing up.
-BI barl The end couples hop inward, so that
-      partners stand side by side.
-Bar2  The others hop outward, away from their
-      partners. The eight dancers now form a square.
--4 1st man and 4th woman change places
-      respectively with 2nd man and 3rd
-      woman, passing by the right, while
-st woman and 4th man change places
-      respectively with 2nd woman and 3rd
-      man, passing by the left.
--8 Hands-eight half way round clockwise
-      (sls.), ending in straight files, improper,
-      the 1st and 3rd couples facing down, the others up.
-B2 1—8 All as in Bl, to places.</code>
-Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxfCRviQFYg&t=23s\\
-Not many dances were devised in the 1920s and 30s.\\
-History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baffled_Knight