Playford's Progeny

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====== Parkgate ======
 Antony Baldwin\\
Orly Krasner in 2007\\
Three-couple longways proper\\
Tune: Parkgate
<code>
A1 1-4  Partners join inside hands and go up a double and back. 
   5-8  2s and 3s skip up through the 1s (who release hands) and cast back down. 
            Order is now: 1-3-2.
A2 1-4  Partners lead down a double and back. 
   5-8  3s, followed by 1s, skip down through the 2s (who release hands at the bottom), 
        and cast back up. 
           Order is now: 3-1-2.
B1 1-2  1s in middle place cross passing right-shoulder (in four steps) to face out while 
        3s at the top turn down to face out of the set and join inside hands with neighbor. 
   3-4  Gate turns at the top, 1s moving forward halfway to face back into the set. 
   5-8  1s improper at the top join inside hands, skip down through the bottom couple (2s) 
        and cast back to middle place, 3s moving up. 
B2 1-4  Gate turns at the bottom, 1s moving down and around back to middle place. 
   5-8  Partners two-hand turn to end proper (end couples turn once around, middles 
        turn once and a half).
           Progression: 3-1-2 </code>
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71ThaYN9Nbg

This dance was written to celebrate the marriage of Michael Overton and Michele 
Menzies. Michael suggested using Parkgate as a title; the town has historical 
significance (Handel stopped there en route to Dublin to conduct the premiere of 
Messiah) but it is also personally significant: Michele's grandparents lived there 
and Michael's grandparents lived in a town nearby.