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Keys to the Cellar

Locked out Again, or No Key to the Church
Dance by Jenny Beer
Triple minor longways
Recording: key_to_the_cellar-067_bn10ns-08.mp3.zip
key_to_the_cellar-054-engech-10.mp3.zip
key_to_the_cellar-ff-ti02.mp3.zip (a bit staccato)

 Al 1-2 1s cast below the 2s who move up:
   3-4 Joining hands on the side, 1s gate down through the 3s.
A2 1-2 Lines forward and back:
   3-4 Joining hands on the side, 1s gate up through the 2s.
B1 1-4 Heys across the dance, 1W with 2s, 1M with 3s.
B2 1-2 1s gypsy:
3-4 Partners turn two hands (the 1s "melt" from the gypsy to
    the turn).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldg-7p407LU
This dance was written to celebrate the last night in our steamy old church hall in Media, Pennsylvania, where group danced for 20 years. Ironically, we found ourselves locked out: not an infrequent occurrence, but usually Scott Higgs and I managed to pry open a window in the Sunday School building and squeeze in, This time, alas, they'd replaced the windows during renovations, and we were sealed out! Dance friends hosted us in their basement dance room instead, where the dance got its first try-out. So keys and cellars were a critical part of the evening's events.“

ins_keys_to_the_cellar.txt · Last modified: 2025/01/16 23:46 by mar4uscha