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====== The Happy Captive ====== | ====== The Happy Captive ====== | ||
- | to tune for 'The Dusky Night' | + | origninally to tune for 'The Dusky Night' |
A triple minor longways dance from Thompson, Twenty Four Country Dance, 1777. | A triple minor longways dance from Thompson, Twenty Four Country Dance, 1777. | ||
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<code> | <code> | ||
- | A1 Lead dow thro' the 3.d Cu. & cast up one into middle / 1s back-to-back by r.sh. / the Gent.n hands round 3 at bottom & his Partner at top (M circle below W above) | + | A1 Lead down thro' the 3.d Cu. & cast up one into middle |
- | A2 Lead up thro' the 2.d & cast off.to 2nd place / 1s back-to-back by l.sh./ the Gent.n hands round three at top & his partner at bottom (M circle above, W below) | + | 1s back-to-back by r.sh.; |
- | B1 1s lead down & up, & and cast off one place | + | the Gent.n hands round 3 at bottom & his Partner at top |
- | B2 (lead outsides) Holding hands in long lines, fall back with 4 steps, come forward with 4 steps and 2h turn partner with 8 steps. | + | (M circle below W above) |
- | The Apted editors, possibly in order to make the dance more interesting and put to use a prettier tune which had a tedious dance they did not wish to use, switched tunes to the longer 'The Dusky Night' and added a turn single in A1 to fill out tune. Yo | + | A2 Lead up thro' the 2.d & cast off.to 2nd place |
- | If you like the tune 'The Dusky Night' and would like to try the dance which Thompson originally linked with it, then here it is: | + | 1s back-to-back by l.sh. |
+ | the Gent.n hands round three at top & his partner at bottom | ||
+ | (M circle above, W below) | ||
+ | B1 1s lead down & up, & and cast off one place | ||
+ | B2 (lead outsides) Holding hands in long lines, fall back with 4 steps, | ||
+ | come forward with 4 steps and 2h turn partner with 8 steps. | ||
+ | </code> | ||
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+ | The Apted editors, possibly in order to make the dance more interesting and | ||
+ | put to use a prettier tune which had a tedious dance they did not wish to use, | ||
+ | switched tunes to the longer 'The Dusky Night' and added a turn single in A1 | ||
+ | to fill out tune. | ||
+ | |||
+ | For the tune 'The Dusky Night' which Thompson originally linked with it, use: | ||
+ | <code> | ||
A1 Cast off two Cu. and up again | A1 Cast off two Cu. and up again | ||
A2 Cross over two Cu. up again and cast off | A2 Cross over two Cu. up again and cast off | ||
B1 hands 4 to left quite round at bottom and back to right | B1 hands 4 to left quite round at bottom and back to right | ||
B2 right and left at top</code> | B2 right and left at top</code> | ||
+ | </code> | ||