This is dance #11003 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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The Ash Grove

by Dudley Laufman

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FormationBase: Longways for 6 couples
FormationDetail: Proper
Progression: Ones to bottom
PhraseStructure: 2*16*3 + 2*8*2
Music: (A-parts in waltz tempo. B-parts in contra tempo)
("The Ash Grove", "Old as the Hills", "Gentle Maiden", or "Tell Her I Am" played AB, though you may actually have to play them AAB)

Figures:

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Calling Notes:

For the A1, ones waltz down outside of set down women's line, then up center, with others following..
Appearances: Okay, Let's Try a Contra, Men on the Right, Ladies on the Left, Up and Down the Hall., p 22