Put Your Feet Up
© Geof Owen 2002
© Geof Owen 2002
4 couple dances written by |
| Geof Owen | |||||
| Folk Dance and Barn Dance Caller and Dance Writer |
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| Circle | Dances for 3 couples | Dances for 4 couples | Dances for 5 couples | Longways | Squares | Other |
| Name | Moving Pictures
© Geof Owen 1996 | |
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| Date written | 1996 | |
| Format | 4 couples long ways, First & third couples improper | |
| A | 1-4 | Set to partner, first and fourth couples cast to form headlines, all face up |
| 5-8 | In lines up a double and back | |
| 9-10 | Half a right hand star on the ends | |
| 11-12 | Half a left hand star in the middle | |
| 13-16 | Third couple cast up as second couple cast down and first and fourth couples separate and move to nearest side to form square set, set to (new) partner |
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| B1 | 1-4 | Head couples right and left through (two changes) |
| 5-8 | Side couples right and left through (two changes) | |
| 9-12 | Third couple lead up and finish below the second couple as first and fourth couples cross below third couple by right shoulder, all turn single to face |
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| 13-16 | All do-si-do partner | |
| Notes | first published in "Saddlers’ Salad" | |
| Suggested Tunes | Fanny Sulyard’s Delight on “Blackburne Tunes” CD by Stowfolk (4 x 32 bars) | |
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| Name | Parkside Promenade
© Geof Owen 1996 | |
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| Date written | 1996 | |
| Format | 4 couples long ways | |
| A | 1-4 | Men lead up and round ladies finishing facing down, ladies face down |
| 5-8 | Take new partner in promenade hold and promenade up the set to men’s place | |
| B | 1-4 | Ladies lead up and round men finishing facing down, men face down |
| 5-8 | Take original partner in promenade hold and promenade up the set back to place (4-3-2-1) |
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| C | 1-8 | First couple cast up and weave the set on their own sides, round fourth couple and weave back down the set to place |
| D | 1-4 | First couple arch at bottom, others go down through the arch and back to top |
| 5-8 | Left hand star on the ends and back right (2-3-4-1) | |
| Notes | first published in "Saddlers’ Salad" | |
| Suggested Tunes | Four Leaf Clover on “Sold As Heard” CD by Stowfolk (4 x 32 bars) | |
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| Name | Put Your Feet Up
© Geof Owen 2002 | |
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| Tune 4x32bars | ||
| Date written | 2002 | |
| Format | 4 couples long ways, 2nd & 3rd couples improper | |
| A1 | 1-4 | First and second couples right hand star while third and fourth couples do likewise (stars on the ends) |
| 5-8 | Second and third couples (middle couples) face and give left hands and pull by then give right hands to end couple they meet and pull by | |
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| A2 | 1-4 | All do-si-do partner |
| 5-8 | End couples (2nd & 3rd couples) do half a figure of eight through nearest middle couple | |
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| B1 | 1-4 | Middle couples (1st & 4th couples) circle left halfway and cross back |
| 5-8 | Bottom couple (2nd couple) lead to top of set | |
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| B2 | 1-4 | Middle couples (3rd & 4th couples) set and two hand turn partners halfway while end couples two hand turn all the way |
| 5-8 | Lines fall back and come forward | |
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| Notes | ||
| Suggested Tunes | Earl’s Breakdown on The Best of Bluegrass by Arizona Smoke Revue | |
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