This is dance #7213 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Playful Gordons

by Seth Tepfer

Permission: full License: CC-BY-NC

FormationBase:	Circle Mixer
FormationDetail:	Inner circle of men, outer circle of women
Progression:	Single
Direction:	C-1
Mixer?:	Yes

Figures:

A1	(16) Gay Gordons promenade: (4) P1 partner promenade counterclockwise; turn alone (4) P1 partner promenade counterclockwise (backwards) (4) P1 partner promenade clockwise; turn alone (4) P1 partner promenade clockwise (backwards)
A2	(4) P1 partner balance (MRH,WLH) (4) P1 partner roll away (W roll L, M side-step R) (4) P1 partner balance (MLH,WRH) (4) Form arch; women go under arch to P2
B1	(8) P2 partner do-si-do (8) P1 partner do-si-do
B2	(4) P2 partner balance (12) P2 partner swing

Calling Notes:

At end of A1, need to change handholds from Gay Gordons promenade, to a single hand-hold ready for the rollaway

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