Dishrag Dance
Also known as Wring out the Dishrag, Grandfather's PolkaFormation: Sicilian circle, scatter mixer or conventional Sicilian circle
Difficulty: 2
Style: English
| A1: | Circle left in fours, then circle right. |
| A2: | Still holding hands 1s (clockwise couples) make an arch and 2s pass under. Then 2s turn away from each other (keeping hands joined) and pass their still-joined hands over their own heads and over the 1s' heads to make a clover-leaf, admire it, and lift the arch back to reform. ('Wring out the dishrag'.) Then 2s make the arch, 1's pass under. |
| B1: | Right hand star; Left hand star. |
| B2: | Polka off to find new couple (for the scatter version) or go forward and back and pass on (for normal Sicilian circle). |
If you do it as a scatter dance, you can start it as a circle but thereafter pairs can team up wherever they find another pair.
Music: Polkas, such as Grandfather's Polka
Thumbnail: Circles, dishrags, stars, find new couple.