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====== SACKETT'S HARBOR ====== | ====== SACKETT'S HARBOR ====== | ||
- | (an early contra? And internal name has a U here by error.) longways triple minor, | + | contra dance\\ |
+ | traditional American Country Dance first found in Elias Howe's publication \\ | ||
+ | "The Ball-Room Hand Book", Boston, 1858. \\ | ||
+ | longways triple minor,\\ | ||
+ | music: tune "Sacketts Harbour"\\ | ||
32 bar reel in 4/4 (e.g., Cracker's reel) | 32 bar reel in 4/4 (e.g., Cracker's reel) | ||
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Look for new set of 3 couples!!</code> | Look for new set of 3 couples!!</code> | ||
- | Video: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYHkGyfxBII]] | + | Video: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYHkGyfxBII]]\\ |
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- | music: tune "Sacketts Harbour" | + | |
**Sackett's Harbor** was the headquarters of the American fleet on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. The dance references a successful American effort in May, 1814, to evade a British naval blockade. The dance is sometimes used to teach contra corners. | **Sackett's Harbor** was the headquarters of the American fleet on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. The dance references a successful American effort in May, 1814, to evade a British naval blockade. The dance is sometimes used to teach contra corners. |