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====== Farewell Marian ======


(double circle, with men in center facing partner; mixer by Gwyn Williams)

**Ed. Seems to be confusion about originator!**

Tune is in waltz time.

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   A1. Partners taking both hands slip 4 steps CCW; balance topartner and turn single
   A2. Repeat (slip in same direction)
   B. Taking R hands, partners balance fd & bk, partners changeplaces 
      (turning under man's arm); taking L hands with Ldiagonal opposite, 
      balance fd & bk and change places
   A3. Waltz new partner around set</code>
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FAREWELL MARIAN

—double circle, men with backs to ctr., facing ptnrs. (3/4) (Dm)

Choreographer: Pat Shaw

Tune: Ffarwel l’r Marian (Farewell to the Shore)

Pat Shaw, Six Easy Dances

Four Welsh Barn Dances
Pat Shaw’s notes, Pinewoods, 1974
Recording: Boston Centre Series, vol. III, by Bare Necessities

A1
1-8
Ptnrs. slide c.clockwise (to man’s L) with both hands joined [[4|slow chassez steps]], balance fwd. & back to ptnrs. &
turn S away (men: L/we.: R).
A2
1-8
Repeat, moving in same direction.
B1
A3
1-8
1-8
Giving R-hd. to ptnr., balance fwd., back, & change places. Giving L-hd. to nbr’s. ptnr., do same.
With new ptnr., waltz round set (in line of direction) [[8|wtz. steps]].
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