This is dance #54 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Glen Helen {original version}

by Paul Balliet

Permission: full

Status: deprecated

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Improper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(8) In long lines, go forward and back

(8) Ones gypsy right 1

A2

(6) Neighbor allemande left 1

(10) Ones swing

B1

(4) In a line of four, go down the hall (W2-M1-W1-M2); turn alone

(4) In a line of four, go down the hall (backwards)

(4) In a line of four, go up the hall (W2-M1-W1-M2); turn alone

(4) In a line of four, go up the hall (backwards); bend the line

B2

(8) Circle left 1

(8) Neighbor swing

Appearances: Twirling Dervish Returns, p 18
1999 RPDLW syllabus, p 41
Videos: 1 2
VariantVideos:
A1: Ones gypsy right 2
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