====== VOLPONY ====== Walsh 1712, Purcell tune, 3/4, long duple\\ Adapted by Graham Christian in 2004. \\ Recording: {{ ::music:volpony-055-rsl13.mp3.zip |}}\\ {{ ::music:volpony--036.mp3.zip |}} A1 1-4 hands 4 and step set Lt and Rt, then 5 steps circling to left half, close. 5-8 step set Rt and Lt, circle back half A2 C1 cast, 2s move up and C1 turn 2 hands C2 cast, 1s move up and C2 turn 2 hands B1 C1 back to back, then face neighbor for 4 (5??) chances of 3? circular hay, C1 co down outside of C2 at end ready for B2 1-4 whole fig 8 up through 2s 5-8 symmetrical B to B with new ** C2 below [[|C1 go down middle to begin ]] step set is 3 beats. ?? Neighbors B to B, face partners for 3 changes of circular hay ====== Volpony ====== lw dpl works! A1 Hands 4, all step-set L & R, circle L (5 steps then feet together); Repeat in reverse (step-set R & L) A2 1's cast down, 2's lead up, 1's turn 2 hands once round 2's cast down, 1's lead up 2's turn 2 hands once round B1 1's b-t-b, then face neighbors for circular hey (no hands) 4 changes, then 1's go down the outside below 2's (who move up) B2 1's go full fig 8 up thru 2's, then with cpl below do symmetrical b-t-b (1's going down center & up outside) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb067mtYJoY Volpone ([volˈpoːne], Italian for "sly fox") is a comedy play by English playwright Ben Jonson first produced in 1605–1606, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's most-performed play, and it is ranked among the finest Jacobean era comedies.