Ed Bugel's Dance Sequences

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Petrocillin (duple improper)

Down set four-in-line, turn singly (8)
Come back up, bend to circle (8)
Balance circle, neighbors roll away with half sashay on sides (4,4)
Balance circle, partners roll away with half sashay across set (4,4)
Balance circle, neighbors swing (4,12)
Half promenade across set (8)
Actives swing in center (8)

The Lower Forty (duple improper)

Neighbors balance and swing (4,12)
Down set four-in-line, bend to circle (8)
Circle left at bottom of set (8)
Actives balance and swing, end facing up set (4,12)
Back up set four-in-line cast off, lady with lady, gent with gent (8)
Actives half figure eight (above and behind current neighbors) to new neighbors (8)

Beginners' Luck (duple improper)

Down set four-in-line, turn singly (8)
Back up, bend line to circle (8)
Circle left (8)
Circle right (8)
Neighbors do-si-do (8)
Inactives do-si-do (8)
Long lines forward and back (8)
Actives swing in center end facing down set (8)

Peel Out (duple improper)

Neighbors allemande right 1 1/2, end facing up and down line (8)
Allemande left next person, end facing neighbor (8)
Neighbors balance and swing (4,12)
Half promenade across (8)
Half ladies' chain (8)
Partners swing on side of set (8)
Left hand star 3/4, gents peel back over right shoulder, ladies walk forward, to new neighbors (8)

Joys of Milford (duple improper)

Neighbors balance and swing (4,12)
Down set four-in-line, turn singly (8)
Back up set, bend to circle (8)
Balance circle, neighbors roll away with half sashay on sides (4,4)
Circle left (8)
Balance circle, actives swing (4,12)
(This was written to be danced to "Joys of Quebec")

What's the Point? (duple improper)

Neighbors do-si-do (8)
Neighbors balance and swing (4,12)
Circle left 3/4 (8)
Partners swing (8)
Half promenade across (8)
Circle right 3/4 (8)
Balance circle (4)
Pass through by right shoulders to new neighbors (4)

Swing, Swing, Swing (duple improper, double progression)

Circle right 3/4 (8)
Partners swing, end facing across (8)
Ladies' half chain (8)
Neighbors swing, end progressed and back-to-back (8)
Next neighbor do-si-do (8)
This neighbor balance and swing (4,12)
Long lines forward and back (8)
(gents lead new neighbors into circle)

There Goes the Neighborhood (Becket)

Circle right (8)
Partners swing (8)
Balance circle, partners roll away with half sashay (4,4)
Balance circle,neighbors roll away with half sashay (4,4)
Right diagonal half hey, ladies pass right shoulders to start (8)
Ladies' half chain straight across (8)
New neighbors swing (8)
Ladies' half chain (8)

Ladies First (Becket)

Partners balance and swing (4,12)
Ladies' half chain across (8)
Gents allemande right 1 1/2 (8)
Hey for four, partners pass left shoulders to start (16)
Ladies' half chain on right diagonal (8)
Left hand star 3/4 (partners in separate stars), gents peel back over right shoulder, ladies walk forward, to partner (8)

Valentine Reel (Becket)

Long lines forward and back (8)
Groups of four circle left (8)
Ladies' half chain on left diagonal (8)
Ladies' half chain straight across (8)
Gents allemande left (approx. 1 1/2) on left diagonal to partner (8)
Partners do-si-do (8)
Partners balance and swing (4,12)

Circulating Sixpence (Sicilian circle)

Neighbors do-si-do (8)
Take hands with neighbors forming two facing circles, circle left (8)
Circle right until facing partner (8)
Partners do-si-do (8)
Groups of four circle right 3/4 (8)
Partners swing, end facing across (8)
Ladies do-si-do 1 1/2 (8)
Neighbors swing, face across, turn to face new neighbor (8)

The Rolling Doughnut (Sicilian circle)

Neighbors allemande left 1 1/2, ladies to center (8)
Ladies allemande right 1 1/2 (8)
Partners balance and swing(4,12)
Gents do-si-do 1 1/2 (8)
Neighbors swing, end facing across (8)
Circle left (8)
Partners roll away with half sashay across set (4)
Neighbors roll away with half sashay to new neighbor (4)

Links to and for Callers

American Country Dances On Line (291 dance sequences, mostly contra).
Jonathan Sivier's Resources for Callers (Calling ideas and links to other resources).
David Smukler's callers' home page.
Words and Confusion in Teaching and Calling(by Jim Saxe).

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