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+====== RED AND GOLD ======
+Dance and Music by Colin Hume.\\
+Four couples longways.\\
+Tune: RED AND GOLD
+<code>
+RED:
+Al 16 bars  Ones set; dance a two-hand turn one and a half (4 bars)  cast one place.
+            Top three couples in lines, forward and back. Set in lines of threes dance across.
+A2  Ones repeat the first eight bars.
+    Bottom three couples repeat the second eight bars.
+GOLD:
+Bl  Step right and honor partner. Ends right-hand star half-way; new middles left-hand star
+    half-way (6 small steps each).
+B2  Step right and honor Partner Right-hand turn one and a half (12 steps) .
+The whole dance is done four times.</code>
+Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDqoZHPSJVs\\
+Written for the Beckenham and Croydon Folk Dance Club's New Year's Eve dance, when the theme for
+the evening was "Red and Gold". The first section is "Red", symbolising fire, blood rushing
+through veins, etc., and is danced with vigour. The second section is "Gold", symbolising regal
+elegance, refinement, etc., and is done to a stately walk. That's the theory, anyway; they
+weren't convinced at Beckenham either!
+The music isn't as difficult as some of my tunes, though the musicians must be ready for the
+change in tempo. There's an optional counter-melody, including a bar of "Nellie the Elephant"
+which results from too long an association with Kafoozalum.

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