This is dance #2110 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Spin the Top Contra

by Seth Tepfer

Permission: full   License: CC-BY-NC

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Improper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(4) Neighbor box the gnat

(8) Neighbor do-si-do 1 & 1/4; form wave of four

(4) Balance wave of four (NR,ML)
A2

(8) Spin the top:

(3) Neighbor allemande right 1/2

(5) Women allemande left 3/4 || Men orbit clockwise 1/4; form long wave for all in center

(4) Balance long wave for all in center

(4) Right and left through with partner
B1

(6) Women allemande right 1

(10) Partner swing
B2

(8) In long lines, go forward and back

(8) Men do-si-do 1 & 1/2

Calling Notes:

Note the right and left through starts with the initial pull-by partly begun. This is a use of the "wave rule" from MWSD, where many figures can be done interchangeably by either facing couples or couples in a wave.
Appearances: website Tepfer