This is dance #1238 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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The Caller's Wife

by Ted Sannella

Permission: full

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Improper
Progression: Double

Figures:

A1

(8) Neighbor allemande left 1 & 1/2

(8) Ladies chain to partner

A2

(8) In long lines, go forward and back

(6) Circle left 3/4

(2) Pass through along (NR)

B1

(8) N2 neighbor do-si-do

(8) N2 neighbor swing

B2

(8) N2 neighbor promenade across

(8) Right and left through with neighbor N2

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Oglebay Institute Syllabus, vol 1981, no Spring, p 5 ("Caller's Wife")
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1979, p 7
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