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====== Drapers Gardens ======

Playford, //The Dancing Master//, 1706-1728.\\
Bernard J. Bentley, //Fallibroome Collection, vol. II//, 1965.\\
Kate Van Winkle Keller and Genevieve Shimer, //The Playford Ball// (CDSS), 1994.\\

Preston, "The Margravine's Waltz", //Preston's Twenty Four Country Dances//, 1799.\\
Peter Barnes, //English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 1//, p30.\\
3/4, G major

Recordings: {{ ::music:drapers_gardens-_064-bn3sp07.mp3.zip |}}{{ :music:drapers_gardens-wtf-b5.mp3.zip |}}
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proper duple-minor longways

A1 1-4  First corners set forward and turn single.
   5-8  First corners two-hand turn once around.
A2 1-4  Second corners set forward and turn single.
   5-8  Second corners two-hand turn once around.
B  1-2  Women face and two-hand turn halfway.
   3-4  Men face and two-hand turn halfway.
   5-8  Circle left halfway.  Neighbors fall back on the side.
   9-12 Partners face for rights-and-lefts, two leisurely changes.
  13-16 Ones lead up through the twos couple and cast down one place.
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Bernard Bentley has a turn single left at the end of the circle left in B 5-8.

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