This is dance #3582 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Soldier's Joy

by Traditional

Permission: full

FormationBase: Sicilian Circle
FormationDetail: Improper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(8) As couples, go forward and back (along the set)

(8) Neighbor swing; return to place

A2

(4) Partner balance

(12) Partner swing (in center)

B1

(8) Ladies chain to neighbor (along the set)

(8) Ladies chain to partner (along the set)

B2

(8) As couples, go forward and back (along the set)

(8) Pass through along (NR)

Appearances: The Contra Dance Book, p 116
American Country-Dancing Volume 1: Twenty-Eight Contra-Dances (Burchenal), p 6
The Country Dance Book, p 148
Cracking Chestnuts, p 72
French 1893, p 85
Good Morning America, p 113
Howe 1858, p 89
Howe 1862, p 81
Schell 1890, p 62
Washburn 1863, p 20
website CDSS Cracking Chestnuts
website Dance Video Archives
website upadouble
American Dance Circle, vol 2007, no Jun, p 9
Sets in Order, vol 1984, no 4, p 25
1998 RPDLW syllabus, p 25
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1949, p 25
Videos: 1 2
VariantVideos:
A1: Forward and back; neighbor two-hand turn 1. A2: Forward and back facing partner; partner two-hand turn 1
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A1: Forward and back; neighbor two-hand turn 1. A2: Partner right shoulder siding; partner two-hand turn 1
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