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The Pursuit
(John Young 1710)
Reconstructions by Pat Shaw
Duple minor proper
Recording: pursuit-063_bn6atb-06.mp3.zip
A1 16 1M hey w/women, passing 2W R-shoulder to start. 1M cross back to own side & continue down outside to 2nd place, 2M moving up. A2 16 1W hey w/ men, passing 1M (in 2nd place) L-shoulder to start. 1W cross back to own side & continue down outside to 2nd place, 2W moving up. B1 8 1s lead down through new couple below & cast back up while 2s move up outside & lead back down center. B2 8 Partners two-hand turn (1s end facing up). 16 1s dance figure 8 up through original 2s above.
Traditional Tune archive credits John Young as editor for The Second Volume of the Dancing Master 1st Edition, 1710.
Note: A variant that appears in the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vn-DhUAANU has a double figure of 8 to end. The 1s start by crossing up, the 2s (above) casting down to start this figure.
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