ins_spring_garden
SPRING GARDEN
Proper 4 couple longways dance with no progression
Playford's Dancing Master in 1657
Adapted by Cecil Sharp in 1912
Recording: spring_garden--023b.mp3.zip
spring_garden-psp02.mp3.zip
??? these sound the same, but are off different disks.
Fig I A All lead partner up a double and back twice: B1 All balance back & forward, circle L in 4's 1/2 way, balance back & forward & change places (ends across set with partner, middles on side with neighbour); B2,3,4 Repeat B1 3 times to original places: Fig II A In fours, fall back past neighbour on sides passing Rsh & cross Rsh with partner, then repeat to places; B1 Ends cast, followed by middles, into lines across set, then set in lines and cross with opposite; B2 New ends cast, followed by middles, into lines on sides, then set in lines and cross with partner; B3,4 Repeat B1 and B2: Fig III A 1-4 All face Mens' wall, move forward a double, Men turn to face partner and all cross with partner; 5-8 All face We's wall, move forward a double, Men turn to face partner and all cross with partner: B1 Ends meet and set as middles fall back diagonally towards ends, then come forward into end places, then all arm R 1 1/2, ends with partner, middles with neighbour; B2,3,4 Repeat B1 3 times, arming L, R and L.
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