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High Country Mixer

by Don Armstrong

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FormationBase: Circle Mixer
Progression: Single
Direction: C1
Mixer?: Yes
Tunes: March of St. Timothy

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Calling Notes:

The Lasso is called an old "Mountain Style Do-si-Do". The hand-hold in question stays loose, and goes over the man's head

Appearances: The New Century Collection, p 11
Don Armstrong's Dance Workbook, p 62
website Callerlab ("High Mountain Mixer")
American Dance Circle, vol 1987, no Sep, p 5
American Square Dance, vol 1988, no Mar, p 44
Community Dance Journal, vol 2008, no Feb, p 4 ("Lighted Sconce Circle Mixer")
Community Dance Journal, vol 2008, no Nov, p 4 ("High Mountain Mixer")
Oglebay Institute Syllabus, vol 1994, no Spring, p 14
Stockton Dance Camp Syllabus, vol 2023, p 96
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