====== Mr. Legge's Initiation ======
A dance by Joseph Pimentel  1997\\
proper   duple minor\\
Recording: {{ ::music:mr_legges_initiation-goldcrest.mp3.zip |}}


 May 2005
English country dance by Joseph Pimentel longways, duple minor, proper
tune "Lovely Lane" by Dave Wiesler, 110 bpm, 2/2, C major

<code>
  A 1-4 1st corners set toward each other and turn single back to place  
    
    5-8 facing Partner two changes of Right and Left  
     
    9-12   2nd corners set toward each other and turn single back to place
    
    13-16  facing Neighbour  two changes of Right and Left  (all home)
    
  B 1-8    Take crossed hands with P: full poussette, CCW
           (end merged into wavy lines across, looking from
           the stage: W2-W1-M2-M1, 15 facing down, 2s facing
           up, all with L sh next to N)
           
    9-12   Individually, lead forward a double and fall back
    
    13-16  N L-hd turn once and a bit more to progressed place</code>
    
For my Chicago buddy **John Legge,** a wonderful dancer and a fine contra dance caller, who first started contra dancing at Lovely Lane. This is the very nice dance hall used for both contra and English dancing in Baltimore MD, for which** Dave Wiesler** wrote this great tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPnqHXe9nFs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCUgrOqB2Zc