This is dance #4432 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

Download as JSON

Christmas Hornpipe

by Traditional

Permission: full

FormationBase: Triple Minor
FormationDetail: Proper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(4) [W1+M2+M3] Balance ring of three

(8) [W1+M2+M3] Circle left 1

(4) Woman one return to place

A2

(4) [M1+W2+W3] Balance ring of three

(8) [M1+W2+W3] Circle left 1

(4) Man one return to place

B1

(4) Ones lead down

(4) Ones turn alone

(4) Ones lead up

(4) Ones cast off

B2

(8) [Ones and twos] Same-role right and left through with neighbor

(8) [Ones and twos] Same-role right and left through with neighbor

Appearances: The Ralph Page Book of Contras, p 8
American Square Dance, vol 2001, no Dec, p 20
Northern Junket, vol 1, no 8, p 11
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1953, p 65
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1954, p 77
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1955, p 75