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Pieces of Eight

by Mike Richardson

Permission: full

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Proper
Progression: Double

Figures:

A1

(16) Double figure eight (ones cross down, twos cast up)

A2

(2) Same-role neighbor mirror pass through along (ones split twos)

(6) N2 same-role neighbor mirror allemande 1 (ones split twos) (MR,WL)

(8) Ones swing; face down

B1

(4) N2 neighbor balance

(12) N2 neighbor swing

B2

(8) Circle left 1 [with N2]

(8) Ones figure eight 1/2 up; face N3

Appearances: website ACDOL
Crossing the Cascades, p 9
Gems, p 18
website Stewart
website upadouble
American Dance Circle, vol 2010, no Mar, p 7
Videos: 1