This is dance #1292 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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British Sorrow

by Traditional

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FormationBase: Triple Minor
FormationDetail: Proper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(8) Ones go down outside (past twos; threes)

(4) Ones lead up (past threes)

(4) [Ones and twos] Ones cast off

A2

(8) [Ones and threes] Star right 1

(8) [Ones and twos] Star left 1

B1

(16) [All six] Circle right 1

B2

(8) [Ones and twos] Same-role right and left through with neighbor

(8) [Ones and twos] Same-role right and left through with neighbor

Calling Notes:

Interpreted by Ralph Page from 1807 "A Treatise on Dancing" by Saltator.

Appearances: Swing the Next, p 70
The Caller/Teacher Manual for Contras, p 62
Cracking Chestnuts, p 14
Heritage Dances of Early America, p 12
The New Century Collection, p 21
The Ralph Page Book of Contras, p 6
Zesty Contras, p 38
website ACDOL
website CDSS Cracking Chestnuts
website Dance Video Archives
website Goodyear programs
website Hawaii
website Stewart
American Dance Circle, vol 2000, no Jun, p 19
American Square Dance, vol 1997, no Nov, p 7
CDSS News, no 182, p 7
Northern Junket, vol 6, no 8, p 22
Sets in Order, vol 1963, no 5, p 40
Sets in Order, vol 1973, no 10, p 15
1990 RPDLW syllabus, p 46
1991 RPDLW syllabus, p 42
1994 RPDLW syllabus, p 20
1994 RPDLW syllabus, p 37
1996 RPDLW syllabus, p 37
1999 RPDLW syllabus, p 48
2000 RPDLW syllabus, p 43
2002 RPDLW syllabus, p 39
2003 RPDLW syllabus, p 35
2004 RPDLW syllabus, p 52
2005 RPDLW syllabus, p 39
2010 RPDLW syllabus, p 28
2012 RPDLW syllabus, p 43
2014 RPDLW syllabus, p 10
Happy Feet dance camp syllabus, vol 1959, no 3, p 67
Oglebay Institute Syllabus, vol 1983, no Fall, p 21
Oglebay Institute Syllabus, vol 1989, no Fall, p 35
Oglebay Institute Syllabus, vol 1990, no Fall, p 6
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1957, p 130
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1958, p 97
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1959, p 95
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1980, p 159
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 2015, p 124
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 2018, p 99
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 2019, p 57
Videos: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
VariantVideos:
B2: All six right and left through as threesomes
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