====== Newcastle ======
As in "The Playford Ball"\\
Square for 4 couples\\
Recordings: {{ ::music:newcastle-bsbnd03.mp3.zip |}}\\
{{ ::music:newcastle-054-engech-07.mp3.zip |}}\\
{{ ::music:newcastle-ltbsa-02.mp3.zip |}}\\
{{ ::music:newcastle_reprise-054-engech-08.mp3.zip |}}
Part I
A1 1-4 All take hands, forward a double and fall back a double.
5-8 All set to partners, then to corners.
A2 1-8 Repeat A1.
B1 1-8 Partners arm right (1-2), men left hands-across once
around while women skip clockwise around outside of
set to places (3-8).
B2 1-8 Repeat B1, arming left, women right hands-across while
men skip counter-clockwise.
Part II
A1 1-8 Partners side once (1-4), slow set and honor right (5-6),
then pass each other by left shoulder to meet a new partner.
A2 1-8 With new partner, repeat A1.
B1 1-4 Present side couples lead to center (inside hands), change
hands and lead back, then make an arch.
5-8 Present head couples cast off outside, go through nearest
arch and return to place, skipping.
B2 1-8 Repeat B1, head couples leading in and out, side couples
casting off.
Part III
A1 1-4 Present partners arm right.
5-8 Present partners arm left once-and-a-half, then go forward
to meet a new partner.
A2 1-4 New partners arm right.
5-8 New partners arm left once-and-a-half, ending in two lines
up and down the hall, women to their new partner's left.
B1 1-4 Taking hands along the sides, all fall back a double (1-2)
and come forward a double (3-4).
5-8 All turn single right (5-6), then pass through line changing
places with opposite and forming new lines across the hall.
{dancers on the inside of the old line go to the ends of
the new line.}
B2 1-8 Repeat B1, passing through to original places in the set,
and honor partner.
See an [[http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#Newcastle|animation of this dance]] [[Image:SvgLogoSmall.png]].
Newcastle Round for eight
A1 16 Hands eight into center and fall back; partners set, corners set,
A2 16 All that again.
B1 16 Partners arm right (8); men left hands across to places as ladies
B2 16 Partners arm left (8); ladies right hands across to places as men
skip round (counter-clockwise) (8).
A3 16 Partners side (8), set right and honor (4), go on to next (4).
A4 16 Side with next (8), set right and honor (4), go on to next (4).
B3 8 Original head couples (now at sides!) lead in a double, lead back
and make arches facing out.
8 Original side couples cast round, pass through arches, and skip
back
B4 16 Repeat (side couples make arches, head couples cast).
A5 16 Arm right with THIS partner; arm left 1 1/2 and go on to next.
A6 16 Repeat with next, fall into lines up and down room (close
together;
original heads at ends of line, lady left of current partner).
B5 8 Join hands in lines, fall back, and forward a double.
8 Turn single, cross over with opposite to form lines across room
(Original sides at end of line).
B6 8 Fall back in lines, come forward.
8 Turn single and cross over with opposites to original places.
Newcastle 4 couple round
Hands-8 into centre, fall back; partners set, contraries set. Repeat.
Partners arm R; men L hands across to places
while women skip round them, clockwise to places.
Partners arm L; women R hands across to places
while men skip round them, anticlockwise to places.
Partners side; step R and honour, pass on. Side with the next, step and honour, pass on.
Original head couples (now at sides) lead forward a double,
lead back and make arches;
original side couples cast round, through arches and back.
Repeat with side couples making the arches and head couples casting.
Arm R with next; arm L 3/2 and pass on.
Repeat with next and fall into lines up and down the room,
close together, original heads at ends of lines.
Join hands in lines and fall back a double, forward a double;
turn single, cross over with person opposite
and form lines across the room, original sides at ends.
Fall back in lines, come forward; turn single and
cross over with opposites to original places.