This is dance #17320 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Vernal Equinox

by Susan English

Permission: full

FormationBase: Singlet
FormationDetail: Line of two facing up
Progression: None
Virtual?: Yes

Figures:

A1

(8) Men go clockwise around partner || Woman spin counterclockwise in place

(8) Men go clockwise around partner || Woman spin clockwise in place

A2

(4) Partner push off joined left hands; spin (men cw, women ccw)

(12) Partner swing; face up

B1

(8) Cast down

(8) Ones go forward; pivot counterclockwise 180 degrees; fall back

B2

(4) Partner balance (RH)

(4) Partner box the gnat; face up

(8) In a line of two, go forward and back (facing up)

Calling Notes:

The A1/A2 comes from the author watching the following Bourree video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n5o0cb66H4&t=1m1s

In the A1, the men's arms are supposed to be extended. In the second half of the A2, the women's arms are supposed to be in courtesy turn position.

The secoond move of the B1 is described by the author as "Meet below with a 2-hand cw ricochet turning half.
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