This is dance #1513 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Cherokee Shuffle {crooked original version}

by David Kaynor

Permission: full

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Improper
Progression: Single
PhraseStructure: 2*8*2 + 2*10*2
Tunes: Cherokee shuffle, with 10-bar B1 & B2

Figures:

A1

(8) As couples, go forward and back (along the set)

(8) Neighbor do-si-do

A2

(4) Balance ring

(12) Neighbor swing

B1

(4) Men allemande left 1/2

(4) Balance wave of four (PR,ML)

(12) Partner swing

B2

(8) Circle left 3/4

(4) Balance ring

(4) Balance ring

(4) Partner California twirl

Appearances: website Kaynor
David Kaynor: Living Music and Dance, p 239
website ACDOL
website Dance Video Archives
2020 RPDLW syllabus, p 9
Videos: 1