This is dance #3581 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.
by Traditional
Permission: full
FormationBase: | Sicilian Circle |
FormationDetail: | Improper |
Progression: | Single |
A1 |
(8) As couples, go forward and back (along the set) (8) Circle left 1 |
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A2 |
(8) Partner promenade across (along the set) (8) Right and left through with partner (along the set) |
B1 |
(8) Ladies chain to neighbor (along the set) (8) Ladies chain to partner (along the set) |
B2 |
(8) As couples, go forward and back (along the set) (8) Pass through along (NR) |
Appearances: | The Contra Dance Book, p 115 American Country-Dancing Volume 1: Twenty-Eight Contra-Dances (Burchenal), p 5 ("The Haymakers", "The Merry Haymakers") French 1893, p 81 Howe 1858, p 89 Howe 1862, p 94 Schell 1890, p 57 |
OtherNames: | Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself Haymakers |