This is dance #1338 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Inside Out Circle

by Ted Sannella

Permission: full

FormationBase: Four Facing Four
FormationDetail: Sicilian Circle; Improper
Progression: Single. Men swap sides

Figures:

A1

(8) In lines of four, go forward and back

(8) Ladies chain to opposite neighbor

A2

(8) Opposite neighbor promenade across (along the set)

(8) Right and left through with opposite neighbor

B1

(8) In lines of four, go forward and back

(8) Grand ladies chain to trail buddy

B2

(8) [All eight] Circle left 1/2

(8) Trail buddy swing (new partner)

Calling Notes:

Trail buddy is non-partner of opposite role in your line of four.
You trade partners between your foursomes.

Appearances: Swing the Next, p 168
Zesty Contras, p 84 ("Inside-Out Circle")
American Dance Circle, vol 2002, no Mar, p 11 ("Inside Out")
2011 RPDLW syllabus, p 43