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

(16) Mow the wheat 4:

(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