(Ron Coxall) improper duple, waltz time
Instructions suggest C2 improper (either should work fine), but I prefer C1 improper as more familiar to dancers. — nashjc 2019/04/14 19:57
Recording: turn_of_the_tide--041.mp3.zip
As the first round is very soft, it is edited in turn_of_the_tide-x-bnneb14.mp3.zip
Tune: “Moonlight Moorings” by Heather Bexon.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAaQKhtLJmA

   2   C1 C2 4 hands half way ("circle half")
   2   all turn P half way    ("turn half")
   4   C2 lead down cast up around C1 ("tops through bottoms")
   8   repeat with C2 at top
   8   C1 lead down 2 waltz steps, reverse 2 more, forward 2, reverse 2
   8   Turning poussette: Men push 2 bars, man left, w left, man push 2,
       half turn to side.

Alternative final 8 bars (J Nash. To avoid too wide a dance.)

      Turning poussette: Men push a two steps (1 bar), man moves 90 degrees left,
      (woman pivots on spot), woman moves 90 degrees left (man pivots). 
      (This is the progression, as positions now reversed). Men push two steps. 
      Couples turn two hands 1.5.
      However, if behind the music, or subject to dizziness, just turn half.

Dance by Ron Coxall
Tune: Moonlight Moorings, by Heather Bexon
Longways duple minor, improper: AB, ad lib

A 1-4 Circle four halfway: partners two-hand turn halfway.
  5-8 2s lead down through the 1s and cast back to place.
  9-12 Circle four halfway; partners two-hand turn halfway.
  13-16 1s lead down through the 2s and cast back fo place.
B 1-2 1s lead down:
  3-4 1s turn, change hands and fall back down the set:
  5-6 1s lead up;
  7-8 1s turn, change hands and fall back up the set to place.

Turning Poussette
  9-10 Holding both hands, men push partner away from the set:
  11   Men step to the left to face along the set while the woman
       turns on the spot a quarter to the right:
  12   Women step to the left to face across the room while the man
       turns on the spot a quarter to the right;
  13-14 Men push partner into progressed position;
  15-16 Partners two-hand turn halfway and open out ready to circle
       with the next couple.

Ron writes that the turning poussette represents a boat swinging around on its anchor at the turn of the tide. “I wanted to acknowledge the influence of friends who are dedicated sailors,” he writes. “They have influenced my dancing, my calling and my dance devising.”