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The Road to Ruin

by Traditional

interpreted by Kate van Winkle Keller and George Fogg

Permission: full

FormationBase: Triple Minor
FormationDetail: Proper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(4) [Ones and twos] Set to partner

(4) [Ones and twos] Set to partner

(4) [Ones and twos] Pass through across (PR)

(4) [Ones and twos] Turn alone

A2

(4) [Ones and twos] Set to partner

(4) [Ones and twos] Set to partner

(4) [Ones and twos] Pass through across (PR)

(4) [Ones and twos] Turn alone

B1

(4) Ones lead down

(4) Ones turn alone

(4) Ones lead up

(4) Ones cast off

B2

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

Appearances: New Country Dances from Maine 1795, p 11