This is dance #3578 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Circassian Circle

by Traditional

Permission: full

FormationBase: Sicilian Circle
FormationDetail: Improper
Progression: Single
PhraseStructure: 5*8*2

Figures:

A1

(8) As couples, go forward and back (along the set)

(8) Circle left 1

A2

(8) Ladies chain to neighbor (along the set)

(8) Ladies chain to partner (along the set)

B1

(4) Partner balance

(12) Partner swing (in center)

B2

(8) Right and left through with partner (along the set)

(8) Right and left through with partner (along the set)

C1

(8) As couples, go forward and back (along the set)

(8) Pass through along (NR)

Appearances: The Contra Dance Book, p 114
Howe 1858, p 89
Howe 1862, p 94
Schell 1890, p 47
Schell 1890, p 50 ("Flowers of Edinburgh")
Washburn 1863, p 20 ("Sicilian Circle")
OtherNames: Cicilian Circle
Flowers of Edinburgh
Tempest