This is dance #4342 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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First English Roar

by Paul Balliet

Permission: full

Based on: "Sibyl's Roundabout" by Les Wootton (1972)

FormationBase: Circle Mixer
Progression: Single
Direction: C-1
Mixer?: Yes

Figures:

A1

(8) In a big ring, go forward and back

(8) Men go forward; turn alone; return; face partner P1

A2

(4) Individually, sashay right

(4) Individually, sashay left

(8) P1 partner do-si-do 1 & 1/4; form long wave

B1

(4) Balance long wave (P1R, women face in)

(4) Slide right (past P1)

(4) Balance long wave (P1L, women face in)

(4) Slide left (past P1)

B2

(16) P2 partner swing

Appearances: website Balliet