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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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