Playford's Progeny

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====== John Guy marches into Cupids ======


Dance by Noreen MacLennan\\
Tune by Bruce Shawyer\\
CIRCLE: Couples around the room facing CCW, woman
“on the man's right\\
Level of difficulty: beginner\\

<code>
A1 1-4 All march forward 6 Steps. On bar 4, each couple turns
       halfway as a couple — the Woman Moving forward,
       the man moving backward to face clockwise 
   5-8 All march forward, On bar 8, a1) join hands
       to form a circle with the woman on the man’s right.
A2 1-8 All go forward a double into the center and
       fall back a double. Repeat, At the end, face partner.
       
Bl 1-8 Partners arm right, then arm left.
B2 1-4 Joining right hand with Partner, all balance forward
       and back. Repeat.
   5-8 Passing partner by the right, all move forward to meet
       a new partner and, with both hands, turn once around
       to the left. 
At the end, face counter-clockwise ready to repeat the dance.</code>

In 1610 John Guy, along with 39 colonists, set out from England to create the
colony of Cupids. Located on the Avalon Peninsula In Newfoundland, it was the
first continuously settled English colony in what is now Canada. 

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