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+====== MY LADY MARION ======
+ Dance and Music by Colin Hume.\\
+Four couples longways, three and four improper.\\
+Step: The step throughout the dance is - single left, single right; double left. Single right, single left; double right
+Tune: MY LADY MARION
+<code>
+Al  Lead up towards the presence. Face partner: singles right and left;
+    turn single to the right.
+A2  In fours, right-hand star half-way. Join hands in lines: two singles forwards;
+    double backwards. :
+Bl  Middle two men cross. Middle two ladies cross.
+B2: Top couple meet; as they start to lead down the middle the others come up
+    the outside and follow them down.
+The second and fourth time the dance is reversed, and starts with leading down the hall.
+The fourth time through, instead of leading up a double, all lead up a single, step right and
+honor the presence.</code>
+Dedicated to Marion Wilson, who was very taken with the tune and persuaded me that I must write a dance to go with it. The style is that of a Basse Dance — a slow stately dance popular with the French and Italian nobility of the fifteenth century. A single is stepping forwards (or sideways or backwards) on one foot and then closing the feet together with a slight rise and fall. A double is three steps and a close. Many folk dance bands may not be able to play slow enough.

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