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Galopede

by Traditional

Permission: full

FormationBase: Longways for N couples
FormationDetail: Proper
Progression: Ones to bottom

Figures:

A1

(8) In long lines, go forward and back

(4) Pass through across (PR)

(4) Turn alone

A2

(8) In long lines, go forward and back

(4) Pass through across (PR)

(4) Turn alone

B1

(8) Partner do-si-do (in center)

(8) Partner swing (in center); finish proper

B2

(16) Ones sashay down to bottom

Calling Notes:

The pass through in A1/A2 can be modified with one line forming arches.

Appearances: 2006 RPDLW syllabus, p 17
Contra Dance Calling: A Basic Text, p 208
website contradb.com
website Dance Video Archives
website Goodyear programs
website Tepfer2
American Square Dance, vol 2001, no May, p 21
2014 RPDLW syllabus, p 45
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1960, p 94 ("Gallopede")
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 1968, p 163
Videos: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Videos for a Virtual Dance: 1
VariantVideos:
A1: Lines forward and back; partner allemande right 1 & 1/2. A2: Lines forward and back; partner allemande left 1 & 1/2
1
B1 and B2 swapped
1
B1: 16-count swing
1 2 3 4 5
B1: Partner arm right; partner arm left
1 2
B2: Other couples form arches
1 2
Half allemandes instead of pass throughs
1