This is dance #3352 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Grand Square Contra

by Jacob Bloom

Permission: full

FormationBase: Four Facing Four
FormationDetail: Improper
Progression: Single. Swap sides

Figures:

A1

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

(8) C1 corner swing; form square

A2

(16) Grand square (sides face)

B1

(16) Reverse grand square

B2

(4) [Sides] Pass through across (C3R)

(4) [Heads] Pass through along (C3R)

(8) Partner swing; face N2

Appearances: Give-and-Take, p 160
website Dance Video Archives
website upadouble
New England Caller, vol 1986, no May, p 86
1994 RPDLW syllabus, p 9 ("Fox Hollow Fancy") (done as Sicilian circle)
1996 RPDLW syllabus, p 32
2005 RPDLW syllabus, p 30
2012 RPDLW syllabus, p 34 ("Grand Square Contra", "Fox Hollow Fancy")
Videos: 1 2 3 4