[SCA-Dance] SCA-Dance: Fwd: [ECD] John Tallis'Square

[Mary Railing]

Guess what! Someone in the modern ECD world just had the same idea Sion had thirty years ago.
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From: English Country Dance and related forms <ecd at bacds.org>
Date: Thu, May 18, 2017 at 8:43 AM
Subject: [ECD] John Tallis'Square
To: English Country Dance <ecd at bacds.org>


Hi Everyone

For those that have mastered Pat Shaw's John Tallis' Canon, here's a
version re-engineered into a square. You can see an animation of the
dance at http://www.dancekaleidoscope. org.au/dance.html# JohnTallisSquare.

Cheers

Keith Wood


    John Tallis' Square

Formation: Square set

Music: John Tallis' Canon, 32 bar reel

Source: Keith Wood April 2017

Notes: Pat Shaw's John Tallis' Canon re-engineered in a square set.

Side couples repeat what the head couples do after a two bar delay. The
men progress clockwise around the set, while the women progress
anti-clockwise.

1-2     Heads advance and retire
3-4     Sides advance and retire
5-6     Heads cross passing right shoulder and loop around to the left to
face in again on the opposite side
7-8     Sides cross and loop
9-10    Heads advance and retire
11-12   Sides advance and retire
13-14   Heads cross passing right shoulder and loop around to the left to
face in again in original positions
15-16   Sides cross and loop
17-18   Heads right turn half way
19-20   All star right half way, sides joining with your partner on the
outside of the heads
21-22   Heads set and turn single
23-24   Sides set and turn single
25-26   Heads left turn half way
27-28   All star left half way, sides joining with your partner on the
outside of the heads
29-30   Heads face partner and back directly away, then turn 1/8 (men
left, women right) to advance to next side position; finishing with
opposite woman on man's right
31-32   Sides face partner and back directly away, then turn 1/8 and
advance to next head position



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