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The Log Cabin
Robin Rogers-Browne 1990
Duple minor, improper
Tune: Hewlett
Al 1-4 Circle four to the left once around. 5-8 Partners gypsy right shoulder. A2 1-4 Circle four to the right once around. 5-8 Neighbors gypsy left shoulder along the lines. B1 1-4 Neighbors, taking right hand, balance forward and back and change places, men turning the women under as they do so. 5-8 Partners repeat B1, bars 1-4, ending in ballroom position. 9-16 Couples waltz around each other once and a half, ending in original starting position. B2 1-8 Couples take hands for a right hand star and balance forward and back (2); star right once around (4); turn single to the left on the last two measures (2). 9-14 Couples left hands across once around (4), then, retaining hands, balance in and out (2). 15-16 Men cast right to progressed positions, while women move up or down the middle of the set, turning single to the right to their progressed places.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0diL_C1Doo&t=10s
Robin wrote this dance as a wedding gift for friends. It was first danced in the Log Cabin at
Phillips Andover Academy, the site of the wedding reception. Robin notes that “the tune
lends itself to a dance with many opportunities for romantic contact.”
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