====== The Upright Man ====== For John Ramsay\\ Choreography: Sharon Green, 2009 (revised 2012)\\ **Tune: Upright Man** , Maro Avakian, 1999\\ Dances from the Greenery\\ Tune: UprightMan\\ Duple Minor Longways A1 1-4 1st Corners R-shoulder chevron (2nd Corners wait 2 bars, cast into Neighbor's place) 5-8 Partners R-shoulders round A2 1-4 1st Corners [now in 2nd Corners' places] L-shoulder chevron (2nd Corners wait, cast) 5-8 Partners L-shoulders round B1 1-2 Partners set Right and Left 3-4 Ones cast down, Twos lead up INTO 5-8 Ones gate new Twos up & around into line of 4 facing up B2 1-4 Line of 4 lead up & fall back, reforming the set 5-8 Partners 2-hand turn (cross-hands hold) or swing, ending proper ===== Alternate ending for double progression version: ===== B2 1-4 Line of 4 lead up & fall back 5-6 In line of 4, all set R&L 7-8 Ones cast down, Twos moving up Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Gm3eQ43Xs&t=35s\\ Chevron [movement designed by Fried de Metz Herman] R- (or L-) shoulder Chevron Start with a R- (or L-) shoulder Back to Back, ending 1 place to the R (or L) from where you started * As recorded on Waltzing in the Trees, in a medley with Morpeth Lasses, the tune is not quite right for dancing The Upright Man. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Gm3eQ43Xs