This is dance #7223 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Glen Echo Promenade

by Bob Dalsemer

Permission: full

FormationBase: Circle Mixer
Progression: Single
Direction: C1
Mixer?: Yes

Figures:

A1

(4) P1 partner balance

(12) P1 partner swing

A2

(16) Gay Gordons promenade:

(4) P1 partner promenade counterclockwise; turn alone

(4) P1 partner promenade counterclockwise (backwards)

(4) P1 partner promenade clockwise; turn alone

(4) P1 partner promenade clockwise (backwards)

B1

(4) P1 partner balance (MRH,WLH)

(4) P1 partner roll away (W roll L, M side-step R)

(4) P1 partner balance (MLH,WRH)

(4) P1 partner roll away (M roll L, W side-step R); women cast back

B2

(6) Single file promenade around the major set (men ccw in center, women cw on outside)

(2) Turn alone

(8) Single file promenade around the major set (men cw in center, women ccw on outside)

Appearances: website Dalsemer
Live, from the Spanish Ballroom, p 16 ("Glen Echo Promenade", "St. Anne's Reel Revisited")
Videos: 1 2 3 4 5