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Grapevine Jig

by Don Armstrong

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FormationBase: Duple Minor - Becket
Progression: Double
Direction: CW

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Calling Notes:

The final right and left through is pass through across and "wheel turn", presumably for better hand holds in the A1.

First grapevine step (step left on left foot; step right foot in front; step to the left with left foot; step right foot behind)
Second grapevine step (step right on right foot; step left foot in front; step to the right with right foot; step left foot behind)

Note in "Caller/Teacher Manual for Contras". Don Armstrong describes the grapevine step as above. In a pictorial of the dance from "Square Dancing/Sets in Order" May 1977 p 38-39, the grapevine step is described as "step left, right foot behind, step left, right foot in front."


Details on first step-swing balance: (step on right foot, swing left foot in front and back to place, step on left foot, swing right foot in front and back to place)

Second step-swing balance: (step on left foot, swing right foot in front and back to place, step on right foot, swing left foot in front and back to place)

See Sets in Order May 1977 p 38-39 for detailed instructions
Appearances: The Caller/Teacher Manual for Contras, p 40
Sets in Order, vol 1974, no 5, p 50