April 2012 English country dance by Joseph Pimentel

longways, duple minor, proper

tune by Adam Broome, 114 bpm, 6/8, A major

 A1 1-8  1st Corners set forward, turn single to place, 2-hd  turn 

 A2 1-8  2nd Corners set forward, turn single to place, 2-hd  turn  

 B1 1-2  1s lead down the center     

    3-4  1s wheel as a couple (W going forward, M backing up)  
       
    5-6  1s cross up through the 2s to original places 
        
    7-8  1s cast down while 2s move up 
    
 B2 1-4  Star R 
       
     5-8  Star L

Teaching Notes:

This is a simple dance which works well for new dancers, and the tune is so wonderfully joyful that

everyone seems to enjoy it. B1. I like each figure to fit two bar phrases, and for all four figures

to feel like one fluid movement. Though I do not often use the words “gate” and “half figure eight,”

I think newer dancers begin to get the feel for those figures here without even knowing it. That is

intentional. B2. Encourage intermediate dancers to start the star L on their right foot, so the new

first corners have a nice transition into the setting at the top of A1 Background

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