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The Female Soldier

by Traditional

Permission: full

FormationBase: Triple Minor
FormationDetail: Proper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(8) Ones go down outside

(8) Ones go up outside
A2

(8) [Ones and twos] Pass through across (PR); turn alone

(8) [Ones and twos] Pass through across (PR); turn alone
B1

(4) Ones lead down

(4) Ones turn alone

(4) Ones lead up

(4) Ones cast off
B2

(16) [Ones and twos] Square through 4 (PR;NL;PR;NL)

Calling Notes:

from "New Country Dances from Maine", 1795

Appearances: 2013 RPDLW syllabus, p 55
New Country Dances from Maine 1795, p 26