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Gone-A-Rovin'

by Ralph Page

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FormationBase: Duple Minor - Proper
Progression: Single

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Calling Notes:

Zesty Contras described in half figure eight as "Cross thru & cast off with twos"

Don Armstrong version (New Century collection) has a eight-beat balance, and puts the cast as part of the promenade in the A2.

Appearances: An Elegant Collection of Contras and Squares, p 98
The New Century Collection, p 44 ("Gone a Rovin'")
Zesty Contras, p 47 ("Gone a Rovin'")
Northern Junket, vol 13, no 11, p 26 ("Gone a Rovin'")
1996 RPDLW syllabus, p 38 ("Gone a Rovin'")
2011 RPDLW syllabus, p 13 ("Gone A-Rovin'")
2020 RPDLW syllabus, p 49
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1980, p 158