Playford's Progeny

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====== Etoile du soir - evening star ======

Duple minor: Longways\\
Level of difficulty: intermediate\\
Dance by Donald Lamond\\
Tune: Etoile du soir, Etoile du soire?
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A 1-4   Right hands across (star) all the way around
        Turn single to left coming back into circle
  5-8   All take hands and advance into the center and back
        Drop hands and two changes of right ang left beginning
        with partner. (All end in their opposite corner.)
  9-16  Repeat bars 1-8 to home place.
B 1-4   First corners cross, second corners cross
  5-8   Fall back with neighbor and come forward, crossing
        right shoulder with partner into progressed place.
  9-12  Circle left all the way around.
  13-16 Circle right all the way around.
        Drop hands and take hands with new neighbors 
        to begin a new turn of the dance. 
Note: this an elegant dance to be executed in a leisurely pace.</code>