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====== Dancing Betty ======

Brooke Friendly and Chris Sackett 2007\\
Duple Minor Longways, Double Progression\\
Recording: {{ ::music:dancing_betty_fast_-050-imp206.mp3.zip |}}\\
{{ ::music:dancing_betty_slow_-050-imp205.mp3.zip |}}
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Al 1-4 Partners lead up a double and back
   5-8 Partners set and 2-hand turn halfway
A2 1-4 Partners lead down a double and back
   5-8 Partners set and 2-hand turn halfway to face neighbor (keeping inside hands)
BI Zig Zag:
   1-4 Partners, as a couple, change with neighbors to face next couple by moving
       forward to the left and back to the tight (and acknowledge new. neighbor)
   5-8 Repeat with next neighbors moving forward to the sight and back to the left to
       face a new couple
B2 1-8 1s full figure 8 crossing down between new neighbors</code>

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGNMF3uRKNI\\

Music: A Health to Betty from Playford 1651 with added B phrase by Chris Sackett\\
Teaching Points:\\
Al and 2: As you face partner to set you may keep the inside hands you led up or down with
(especially at slower tempo).\\
Zig Zag at top and bottom of longways: After the first zig zag you end facing out the top or
bottom; turn individually toward partner to face back in (bars 5-6) and wait for the others to
complete their second zig zag (bars 7-8). If you are at the top, you may then do the figure of 8\\
We wrote this for Betty Shotliff, longtime member of Heather and Rose Country Dancers, on the
occasion of her 90" birthday. She danced it — and many other dances that evening. We taught it
that evening at the slower tempo and keeping hands while setting; it works equally well at a
faster tempo.