This is dance #1160 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Dip for the Oyster, Dive for the Clam

by Melanie Axel-Lute

Permission: full

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Improper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(8) Circle left 1

(8) Circle right 1

A2

(8) Duck for the oyster: In a ring, twos arch, ones duck under; go backwards to place

(8) Duck for the oyster: In a ring, ones arch, twos duck under; go backwards to place

B1

(4) Balance ring

(4) Balance ring

(8) Neighbor do-si-do

B2

(12) Ones swing

(4) Twos arch, ones dive

Calling Notes:

You keep hands throughout the A2.

Could replace swing with two-hand turn.
Appearances: One Good Turn Deserves Another, p 10