This is dance #19216 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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The Morning Star {1783 Weeks version}

by Traditional

interpreted by Kate Van Winkle Keller and George Fogg

Permission: full

FormationBase: Triple Minor
FormationDetail: Proper
Progression: Single
PhraseStructure: 2*4*2 + 1*8*2
Tunes: The Morning Star

Figures:

A1

(3) Ones cast down (past twos)

(2) Ones lead up (past twos)

(3) Ones cast off [with twos]
A2

(4) Ones lead down (past threes) (chassez step)

(4) Ones cast up (past threes)
B1

(16) [Ones and twos] Square through 4 (PR;NL;PR;NL)
Appearances: Contra Dances from New Hampshire 1783, p 68