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--- ins_childgrove [2018/10/27 13:53]
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+++ ins_childgrove [2018/10/27 13:58]
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 There are many styles in which this tune, published in the  (Henry) Playford
 **Dancing Master 11th Edition**
+, is played and danced
+While it seems all are duple minor, the modern interpretations seem to
+favour having the first couple improper so that dancers interact more
+with other dancers of opposite gender.
-      duple, improper
 <code>
   A1 1-4 Partners side.
 -8 Partners back-to-back.
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          skipping.
    {inactive couples should change places with partner at top
-    and bottom while waiting to re-enter the dance.}         </code>
+    and bottom while waiting to re-enter the dance.}
+</code>
 See an [[http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#Childgrove|animation of this dance]]
+Notes:
+Some groups prefer to use Sharp siding (banana siding) rather than traditional shoulder-to-shoulder
+siding, as in the animation above.
+In A2 some groups prefer LEFT shoulder siding and LEFT shoulder back to back.

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