This is dance #2848 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Aw Shucks

by Carol Kopp

Permission: full

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Improper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(8) Ones sashay down

(8) 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

Calling Notes:

Edit: Simplified version: Replace chains with double long lines (Where does this come from? New Century Collection?)

Appearances: Give-and-Take, p 92
Dance a While, 10th edition, p 204
Don Armstrong's Dance Workbook, p 9 ("Aw, Shucks")
The New Century Collection, p 79
website ACDOL
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VariantVideos:
B2: Circle left 1; ones swing
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Clapping moved into A1
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