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Lady of the Lake

by Traditional

Permission: full

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Improper
Progression: Single
Tunes: Haymaker's Jig

Figures:

A1

(4) Neighbor balance

(12) Neighbor swing

A2

(4) Ones balance

(12) Ones swing

B1

(4) Ones lead down

(4) Ones turn alone

(4) Ones lead up

(4) Ones cast off

B2

(8) Ladies chain to partner

(8) Ladies chain to neighbor

Appearances: Zesty Contras, p 52
Caller's Notes (Ralph Sweet), p 43
The Caller/Teacher Manual for Contras, p 86
The Contra Dance Book, p 75 ("Campbells are Coming", "Favorite Dance", "Miller's Frolic")
Cracking Chestnuts, p 70
Dance a While, 10th edition, p 218
French 1893, p 82
Howe 1858, p 86
Howe 1862, p 93
Schell 1890, p 46 ("Campbells are Coming")
Schell 1890, p 55
Thirty Contras from New England, p 37
Washburn 1863, p 18
website ACDOL
website CDSS Cracking Chestnuts
website contradb.com ("Haymaker's Jig")
website contradb.com
website Dance Video Archives
website Hawaii
website upadouble
American Dance Circle, vol 2009, no Sep, p 3
American Square Dance, vol 1953, no Jul, p 14
American Square Dance, vol 2005, no Oct, p 22
New England Caller, vol 1952, no Mar, p 24
New England Caller, vol 1989, no Jan, p 61
Sets in Order, vol 1953, no 10, p 7
Sets in Order, vol 1975, no 12, p 42
1990 RPDLW syllabus, p 45
1996 RPDLW syllabus, p 33
2007 RPDLW syllabus, p 8
2008 RPDLW syllabus, p 40
Oglebay Institute Syllabus, vol 1949, no May, p 5
Oglebay Institute Syllabus, vol 1954, no Fall, p 21
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1948, p 34
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1949, p 68
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 2018, p 99
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 2019, p 57
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