This is dance #12638 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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The Ribbon Dance

by Traditional and Dudley Laufman

Permission: full

FormationBase: Longways for 6 couples
FormationDetail: Proper
Progression: Ones to bottom

Figures:

A1

(4) [Groups of four] Twos arch, ones dive (ones backwards)

(4) Ones arch, twos dive (twos backwards)

(4) [Groups of four] Twos arch, ones dive (ones backwards)

(4) Ones arch, twos dive (twos backwards)

A2

(0) Sixes arch || Others let go of ribbon

(8) [Ones through fives] Ones cast down to bottom, inverting lines. Others follow

(8) [Ones through fives] Ones lead up under arch, others follow. Take hold of ribbon

B1

(16) Ones lead down to bottom, others arch

B2

(16) Partner swing

Calling Notes:

All are connected to partner with a ribbon (up to 18"), each holding on to an end of the ribbon. Ribbons are used as arches.

In the A1, twos actually stay put and ones move around them. (Ones and twos are numbers within groups of four. After this, the dance becomes a longways set.)
Appearances: Contra Dancing in the Northwest, p 32
American Square Dance, vol 2004, no Oct, p 18
Videos: 1 2