This is dance #1161 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Ducks and Drakes

by Melanie Axel-Lute

Permission: full

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Improper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(8) Neighbor do-si-do

(8) Neighbor swing

A2

(8) In long lines, go forward and back

(8) Twos swing; face up

B1

(4) Ones arch, twos dive (twos backwards)

(4) Twos arch, ones dive (ones backwards)

(4) Ones arch, twos dive (twos backwards)

(4) Twos arch, ones dive (ones backwards); face neighbor

B2

(8) Circle left 1

(8) Star left 1

Calling Notes:

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