This is dance #16471 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Bird Of Paradise

by Don Flaherty

Permission: full

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Becket
Progression: Single
Direction: CW

Figures:

A1

(8) Circle left 3/4; form wave of four

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

(4) Men walk forward || Women walk forward on slight left diagonal; form two-faced line

A2

(4) Partner star promenade 1/2 (WR) [with N2]

(6) Women allemande right 1

(6) Partner swing

B1

(4) Women give-and-take neighbor N2

(12) N2 neighbor swing

B2

(8) Ladies chain to partner

(8) In long lines, go forward and back

Appearances: website contradb.com