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Julia's Frolics
Formation: Longways, fun-style mixer.
Difficulty: 1
Style: English
| A1: | All make a two-handed arch and, keeping the arches up, the lines take four sideways steps up then four steps down. Repeat. |
| A2: | Drop the arches. Right hand turn partner; left-hand turn partner. |
| B1: | Clap with partner: together together right right, together together left left; together together both both; in front, behind, in front, behind partner. |
| B2: | All swing then step one place left (opposite direction from partner!). This leaves a spare man at the top and a spare woman at the bottom. During A1 they burrow through the arches and when they meet they pop up and rejoin the dance. |
One of those dances that's fun for a while then gets boring - you have to judge when to stop. Good with a crowd that know each other well enough to fool around.
Music: 32-bar jigs or reels, not too fast
Thumbnail: Arches go left and right while people burrow; turn partner, clapping, swing, step 1 place left, spare people burrow.