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DUNHAM OAKS

Dance and tune, Brian Wedgbury 1972.
Duple minor 1st Improper.
Tune: DUNHAM OAKS

Al 1-4 Hands four, circle left once round.
   5-8 Fall back a double, then forward a double.
A2 1-4 Cross over, pass right then an exaggerated loop right, into
   5-8 Left hands across once round.
      (1st couple are now proper, 2nd couple improper).
B  1-4 Half Pousette (men pushing) to change places.
   5-6 Set to partners (R & L).
   7-8 Set to neighbors (R & L).
   9-12 Back to back neighbors.
   13-16 Face neighbor for three changes of a circular hey (without hands).

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8nOl9uBYuw
Dunham Oaks, near Altrincham, Cheshire, was the home of Major E.F Pilkington, who was President of the Manchester District of the English Folk Dance and Song Society from 1928 to 1969, The dance came second in an E.E.D.S.S, competition, for “the composition of a new dance” in 1973 The tune is based on Greenwich Park, a favorite of the Major.

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