This is dance #3319 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Should Have Danced With Someone! {alternate}

by Al Olson

Permission: full

Status: deprecated

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Becket
Progression: Single
Direction: CW

Figures:

A1

(8) On left diagonal, hey 1/2 (ML;N2R;WL;PR)

(8) Hey 1/2 (ML;N3R;WL;PR~)

A2

(4) Balance long wave (PR, men face in)

(4) Circulate: Men cross, women loop left [with N3, shadow]

(8) N2 neighbor swing; face shadow

B1

(8) In long lines, go forward and back

(2) N2 women pull by right; take partner's left hand

(2) Shift left (men in lead)

(4) Circle left 1/2 [with N2]

B2

(16) Partner swing

Calling Notes:

The other woman in the B1 is the woman off on a sharp left diagonal who's just swung your partner

Larry Jennings variant. This variant did not make it to Give and Take.
Appearances: draft of Give-and-Take, p 122
OtherNames: E63