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Aw Shucks {American Square Dance version}

by Unknown person

Permission: full

Based on: "Aw Shucks" by Carol Kopp

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Improper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(4) Ones sashay down

(4) Ones sashay up

(4) Ones sashay down

(4) Ones sashay up

A2

(4) Ones clap (self; PR; self; PL); face neighbor

(4) Neighbor clap (self; NR; self; NL)

(8) Neighbor swing

B1

(6) In a line of four, go down the hall (M1-W2-M2-W1)

(2) Neighbor turn as couples

(6) In a line of four, go up the hall (W2-M1-W1-M2)

(2) Bend the line

B2

(8) Ladies chain to partner

(8) Ladies chain to neighbor

Appearances: Dancing for Busy People, p 191
website Lloyd Shaw
American Square Dance, vol 1981, no Feb, p 40
Oglebay Institute Syllabus, vol 1994, no Spring, p 6