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Heel and Toe Polka

by Traditional

Permission: full

FormationBase: Circle Mixer
FormationDetail: Inner circle of men, outer circle of women
Progression: Single
Direction: C-1
Mixer?: Yes
PhraseStructure: 2*8*2

Figures:

A1

(4) P1 partner heel (ML,WR); toe; heel; toe

(4) P1 partner sashay counterclockwise

(4) P1 partner heel (MR,WL); toe; heel; toe

(4) P1 partner sashay clockwise

B1

(8) P1 partner clap (PR; PR; PR; PL; PL; PL; P 2H; P 2H; P 2H; knees; knees; knees)

(6) P1 partner arm right 1

(2) Shift left to P2

Appearances: 2006 RPDLW syllabus, p 17
Dancing for Busy People, p 259
Don Armstrong's Dance Workbook, p 61 ("Patty Cake Polka")
website Callerlab ("Patty Cake Polka")
website contradb.com ("Patty Cake Polka")
website Lloyd Shaw ("The Patty Cake Polka")
website Tepfer2 ("Pattycake Polka")
website Thomas Green
American Dance Circle, vol 2009, no Mar, p 17 ("Patty Cake Polka")
American Square Dance, vol 2002, no Sep, p 19 ("Patty Cake Polka")
Happy Feet dance camp syllabus, vol 1959, no 3, p 20 ("Patty-Cake Polka")
Kentucky Dance Institute, vol 1960, p 32 ("Patty Cake Polka")
Kentucky Dance Institute, vol 2012, p 103 ("Patty Cake Polka")
Kentucky Dance Institute, vol 2013, p 101 ("Patty Cake Polka")
Oglebay Institute Syllabus, vol 1949, no May, p 36 ("Patti Cake Polka")
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1955, p 70 ("Patty Cake Polka")
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1956, p 78 ("Patty Cake Polka")
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1965, p 34 ("Patacake Polka")
Videos: 1 2 3 4 5
Videos for a Virtual Dance: 1
VariantVideos:
A1 into/out of center. B2 Clapping; pass through
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