This is dance #19204 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Soldier's Joy {Willcox 1793} {Keller/Fogg interpretation}

by Traditional

interpreted by Kate Van Winkle Keller and George Fogg

Permission: full

FormationBase: Triple Minor
FormationDetail: Proper
Progression: Single
Tunes: Soldier's Joy

Figures:

A1

(8) Ones go down outside

(8) Ones go up outside
A2

(16) [Ones and threes] Partner poussette counterclockwise 1 around twos
B1

(8) [Ones and threes] Partner colonial-style allemande clockwise 1

(3) Ones pass through across (1R)

(3) Ones cast down || Twos move up

(2) Ones allemande right 1/2
B2

(16) [Ones and twos] Square through 4 (PR;NL;PR;NL)
Appearances: Contra Dances from New Hampshire 1783, p 54