This is dance #12779 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Porpoiseful Play {original version}

by Andrea Nettleton

Permission: full

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Improper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(8) Mad robin clockwise around neighbor (ones in front) [M1 with N0, W1 with N1]

(8) Ones gypsy right 1 & 1/2, shifting down between twos; face man two

A2

(16) Dolphin hey (ones pass M2R to begin) [with N1]; finish progression

B1

(2) Single file promenade clockwise 1/4

(14) Partner swing

B2

(8) Men allemande left 1 & 1/2

(8) N1 neighbor swing

Calling Notes:

The description of the hey/swing transition is approximate. People curve until they're on the women's original side of the set, next to their partner.

Appearances: SharedWeight