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Circle Waltz

by Traditional

Permission: full

FormationBase: Circle Mixer
Progression: Quadruple
Direction: C4
Mixer?: Yes
PhraseStructure: 4*8*3 (waltz)

Figures:

A1

(6) Balance big ring (forward; back)

(6) P2 partner roll away (W roll R, M side-step L)

(6) Balance big ring (forward; back)

(6) P3 partner roll away (W roll R, M side-step L)

A2

(6) Balance big ring (forward; back)

(6) P4 partner roll away (W roll R, M side-step L)

(6) Balance big ring (forward; back)

(6) P5 partner roll away (W roll R, M side-step L); form ballroom position

B1

(6) P5 partner balance into center

(6) Cloverleaf turn single (ML,WR)

(6) P5 partner balance toward outside

(6) Cloverleaf turn single (MR,WL)

B2

(6) P5 partner chassez in

(6) P5 partner chassez out

(12) P5 partner waltz counterclockwise around the major set

Appearances: website Contralab ("Classic Community Waltz")
website Thomas Green
New England Caller, vol 1977, no Oct, p 90
2011 RPDLW syllabus, p 22 ("Waltz Circle")
Videos: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
VariantVideos:
B2: (24) P5 partner waltz counterclockwise around the set
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B2: Chassez in and out twice
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B2: Repeat B1. C1, C2: P5 partner waltz
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B2: Two-hand turn
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