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       However, if behind the music, or subject to dizziness, just turn half.
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+====== Turn of the Tide ======
+Dance by Ron Coxall\\
+Tune: Moonlight Moorings, by Heather Bexon\\
+Longways duple minor, improper: AB, ad lib\\
+<code>
+A 1-4 Circle four halfway: partners two-hand turn halfway.
+-8 2s lead down through the 1s and cast back to place.
+-12 Circle four halfway; partners two-hand turn halfway.
+-16 1s lead down through the 2s and cast back fo place.
+B 1-2 1s lead down:
+-4 1s turn, change hands and fall back down the set:
+-6 1s lead up;
+-8 1s turn, change hands and fall back up the set to place.
+Turning Poussette
+-10 Holding both hands, men push partner away from the set:
+   Men step to the left to face along the set while the woman
+       turns on the spot a quarter to the right:
+   Women step to the left to face across the room while the man
+       turns on the spot a quarter to the right;
+-14 Men push partner into progressed position;
+-16 Partners two-hand turn halfway and open out ready to circle
+       with the next couple.</code>
+Ron writes that the turning poussette represents a boat swinging around on
+its anchor at the turn of the tide. "I wanted to acknowledge the influence of
+friends who are dedicated sailors,” he writes. "They have influenced my
+dancing, my calling and my dance devising."