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====== The Invitation ======
Gary Roodman\\
Square For Four Couples \\
Historical English Style\\
Recording: {{ ::music:invitation_070_bn14iw-12.mp3.zip |}}\\
This is a different-partners/different-places dance. It has alternating B
parts which are similar, but not quite the same.
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A 1-4   Taking hands-eight, circle halfway around.
  5-8   With Ptr, 2HT once around.
  9-12  Head couples pass through and courtesy turn.
  13-16 Side couples pass through and courtesy turn.
  
          1" and 3" Times             2 and 4" Times
          ******************         *****************
B  1-2   Head couples lead out     | Head couples lead out to
         to the right and face     | to the left and face side
         side couples squarely.    | couples squarely. 

   3-4   With opposite, RHT        | With opposite, LHT
         halfway.                  | halfway.

   5-8   Start circling hands four | Start circling hands four
         left and original head    | right and original head
         men lead your lines       | women lead your lines
         back out into a square    | back out into a square
         (men are home, women      | (women are home, men
         have changed places on    | have changed places on
         the corners of the        | the corners of the
         square).                  | square).

   9-10  Men LHA halfway and       | Women RHA halfway
         meet new Ptr (quick).     | and meet new Ptr
                                   | (quick).

   11-12" With new Ptr, set R&L.   | With new Ptr, set R&L.

   13-16 With new Ptr, back-to-    | With new Ptr, back-to-
         back.                     | back.
                                             M=R,H W=V,R</code>
MUSIC: “The Invitation” by Peter Barnes
Teaching Point: \\In B, the men lead the figure the 1st and 3nd times
and the women lead it the 2 and 4 times. 1 always say “heads
out to the right (or left) and turn by the right (or left), and
emphasize that there are two bars for the leading out and two
bars for the hand turn,

Video: (with a VERY noisy floor!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkz7Eu1OKzM
(One of our callers, Sara Lawson, is part of the nearest set.)\\
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwJ-ZnacJ3k&t=51s