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The Old Boot
Marjorie Heffer and William Porter in 1932
Published in “Maggot Pie”.
Square formation for four couple with no progression.
Tune: Old Boot
PART I Al 1—2 Partners set and honour to the right. 3—6 All turn to the right and gypsy clockwise with their neighbours, facing inward (r.s.). 7—8 Neighbours set and honour to the right. 9-12 All turn to the right and gypsy clockwise with their partners, facing inward (r.s.). A2 1—12 All that again. Bl 1—2 1st and 3rd couples meet. 3—4 2nd and 4th couples meet, while the others fall back. 5—8 Ist couple go hands-four clockwise with 2nd woman and 4th man, once round to places, while 3rd couple do the same with 2nd man and 4th woman (sl.s.). B2 1—2 2nd and 4th couples meet. 3—4 Ist and 3rd couples meet, while the others fall back. 5-8 2nd couple go hands-four clockwise with 1st man and 3rd woman, once round to places, while 4th couple do the same with Ist woman and 3rd man (sl.s.) Part II. Al 1-2 Partners pass each other by the right. 3-6 1st man turns 4th woman once and a half round with the left hand, while 2nd man does the same with 1st woman, 3rd man with 2nd woman, and 4th map with 3rd woman (sk.s.). 7-8 Ist man and 3rd Woman pass each other by the right, while 2nd man does the same with 4th woman, 3rd man with Ist woman, and 4th man with 2nd woman. 9-12 1st man turns 2nd woman once and a half round with left hand, while 2nd man does the same with 3rd woman, 3rd man with 4th woman, and 4th man with Ist woman (sk.s.). A2 1-12 All that again to places. B1 1—6 Ist and 3rd couples change places (rs.), cast off and return to their own places outside the side couples, opposites passing first by the right and then by the left (sk.s) 7—8 1st and 3rd couples turn single. B2 1-6 ond and 4th couples change places (r.s.), cast off and return to their own places outside the top and bottom couples, opposites passing first by the right and then by the left (sk.s.). 7-8 2nd and 4th couples turn single. Part III Al 1—2 1st and 3rd couples meet and face neighbours. 3-6 A straight half-hey in each of the horizontal lines, the dancers at the ends of each line changing places, and the others ending where they started (sk.s.). 7—8 2nd and 4th couples (who are now in opposite places, improper), meet, while the others fall back to places. 9—12 A straight half-hey in each of the vertical files (sk.s.), as in Bars 3—6 A2 1-2 1st and 3rd couples (in opposite places, improper), meet, while the others fall back to the sides. 3-12 All the rest as in Al, to places. B1 1—2 Partners set to the right and left. 3—4 Neighbours do the same. 5-8 Hands-eight half way round clockwise (r.s.) B2 1—4 Ain B1 5—8 Hands-eight counter-clockwise to places (r.s.)
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfpjTpu4Rh4
Not many dances were devised in the 1920s and 30s.
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