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====== Five-Star Waltz ======

12/3/2004  Alan Winston

five people in pentagon formation

Music: moderate-tempo 32-bar waltz

Count off numbers before you start; #1 might be the point toward the band.

<code>
A1:  All set R&L into center, turn single R, circle left.

A2:  All set LEFT and RIGHT, turn single LEFT, circle RIGHT;
     #1 exits circle early and finishes next to choice for B1.

B1:  #1 and #1's choice, orbit outside the set, waltzing or promenading WHILE
     the other three right-hand star in the center, left hands back.
     [#1 drops his or her choice off at home and cuts back through the set 
      to home place.]

B2:  #1 & #5, RH 1/2.
     #1 & #4, LH 1/2.
     #1 & #3, RH 1/2.
     #1 & #2, LH 1/2.
</code>

(Try B2 with "step left and close; pull by right ..." etc if you prefer.)

[For ECDers or a less prankish crowd,  instead of randomly picking somebody 
out of the set and having to hustle home, have #1 and #5 (who is one place
CCW from #1) promenade and finish at home, then start the progression in 
B2.]