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The Market Lass

by Traditional

interpreted by Ralph Page

Permission: full

FormationBase: Triple Minor
FormationDetail: Proper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(8) Ones cast down (past twos; threes)

(4) Ones pass through across (1R)

(4) Ones cast up (past threes)

A2

(8) In lines of three, go forward and back (across the set)

(8) Ones allemande right 3/4; fall back

B1

(8) In lines of three, go forward and back (along the set)

(8) Ones allemande right 3/4

B2

(8) [Ones and twos] Same-role right and left through with neighbor

(8) [Ones and twos] Same-role right and left through with neighbor

Calling Notes:

Ralph Page adaptation


Appearances: Zesty Contras, p 55
Cracking Chestnuts, p 70
Don Armstrong's Dance Workbook, p 37 ("Market Lass")
Heritage Dances of Early America, p 36
The New Century Collection, p 46 ("Market Lass")
website CDSS Cracking Chestnuts
website Contralab
website Lloyd Shaw
American Dance Circle, vol 2002, no Jun, p 4
American Square Dance, vol 1976, no Feb, p 45
Community Dance Journal, vol 1994, no Dec, p 3
Sets in Order, vol 1976, no 6, p 58
Sets in Order, vol 1978, no 4, p 40
Sets in Order, vol 1978, no 5, p 38 (With pictures)
1991 RPDLW syllabus, p 14 ("Market Lass")
2017 RPDLW syllabus, p 13
Kentucky Dance Institute, vol 2012, p 31
Kentucky Dance Institute, vol 2013, p 32
Oglebay Institute Syllabus, vol 1981, no Spring, p 10
Oglebay Institute Syllabus, vol 1995, no Spring, p 13
Oglebay Institute Syllabus, vol 1996, no Fall, p 30
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1979, p 25
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1980, p 160
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 2017, p 124
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 2018, p 100
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 2019, p 58
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