This is dance #8143 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Fridays with David

by Luke Donforth

Permission: full

FormationBase: Triple Minor
FormationDetail: Ones improper, twos and threes becket, then each minor set rotate 90 degrees
Progression: Single. Twos and threes swap sides

Figures:

A1

(4) Partner balance (RH)

(4) Grand right and left (PR;C2L)

(8) [M1+W3, W1+M2, W2+M3] C1 corner swing; W2+M3 separate to form lines of three facing along

A2

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

(4) C2 corner balance (RH)

(4) Grand right and left (C2R;PL)

B1

(6) Ones weave the line:

(0) Ones face twos and threes. Ones take hand with partner, twos and threes take hand with neighbor

(3) [Ones and first couple] Weave the line with partner (R;L)

(3) [Ones and second couple] Weave the line with partner (L;R)

(4) Twos and threes turn alone; drop hands with old neighbor; take hand with new neighbor from another minor set to face ones. Ones loop left; face next hands six

(6) Ones weave the line:

(3) [Ones and half-new second couple] Weave the line with partner (L;R)

(3) [Ones and half-new first couple] Weave the line with partner (R;L)

(0) Turn alone (all)

B2

(10) [All six] Circle left 1

(6) Partner swing

Calling Notes:

Formation has no name. Take ones improper, twos and threes becket, and then circle left 1/4, so ones facing men's wall, twos facing down, threes facing up.

At end of A2, all are in original positions.

See Luke Donforth's blog for a detailed explanation of the B1.

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