This is dance #1206 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia

by Melanie Axel-Lute

Permission: full

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Improper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(8) Neighbor do-si-do 1 & 1/4; form wave of four

(4) Balance wave of four (NR,WL)

(4) Slide right, men slide two places (W past N, M past (N;M))

A2

(8) Men allemande left 1

(4) Partner star promenade 1/2 (ML)

(4) Partner butterfly whirl counterclockwise

B1

(8) Hey 1/2 (WR;NL;MR)

(8) Partner swing

B2

(8) Circle left 3/4

(4) Balance ring

(4) Partner California twirl

Appearances: One Good Turn Deserves Another, p 35
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