This is dance #250 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Gypsy Star

by Cary Ravitz

Permission: full

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Improper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(4) Neighbor balance

(12) Neighbor swing

A2

(4) Men walk forward; form long wave in center

(4) Men balance long wave in center

(4) Women walk forward; form long wave in center || Men stay

(4) Balance interlocking long waves in center

B1

(8) Facing star clockwise 3/4 [with N2] (ML, WR, free hand to partner)

(8) Partner swing

B2

(8) Right and left through with partner

(8) Circle left 3/4 [with N2]

Calling Notes:

There's a lot of folk-processed mistaken versions of this that don't progress at the end of the A2, and then tag a "pass through" at the end of the B2.
Appearances: website Ravitz
Reel to Reel, p 26
website Stewart
Videos: 1 2 3 4 5
VariantVideos:
Double progression. Right and left through; circle left 3/4; pass through
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