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T: Halfway Measures
C: Scott Higgs
O: Ardmore, Pennsylvania
P: Four couple longways set
%R: jig
Z: Collected and edited 2014 by John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
B: GEMS The Best of the Country Dance and Song Society Diamond Jubilee Music, Dance and Song Contest 1993 p.44
N: Music: Trip to Higgsville, U.S.A.
K:
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%%begintext
%%center Part I
%% A:
%% 1-8 Up a double and back. Repeat
%% B:
%% 1-4 1st couple and 4th couple cross passing right shoulders with partner
%%     and cast to the middle of the set. 2nd couple and 3rd couple move to
%%     the ends of the set.
%% 5-8 1st couple and 4th couple cross passing right shoulders with partner
%%     again, and turn once and a half around with neighbors by the near
%%     hand. (1st and 2nd men join right hands, 3rd and 4th men join left
%%     hands, 1st and 2nd women join left hands, 3rd and 4th women join
%%     right hands.) End in original places.
%% C:
%% 1-8 Double figure eight at the ends, 1st couple cross down the center, 2nd
%%     couple go up the outside, 4th couple cross up through 3rd place, the
%%     3rd couple go down the outside to start.
%%endtext
%%center Part II
%%begintext
%% A:
%% 1-8 Side with partner (Cecil Sharp style siding). Repeat.
%% B:
%% 1-4 1st couple and 4th couple turn partner with two hands once and a half
%%     around and face up or down to neighbor.
%% 5-8 Back-to-back with neighbor.
%% C:
%% 1-4 Turn neighbor with two hands once and a half.
%% 5-8 1st and 4th couples cross by the right shoulder and cast to original places.
%%endtext
%%center Part III
%%begintext
%% A:
%% 1-8 Arm right with partner. Arm left with partner.
%% B:
%% 1-8 Progressive hey: Ends cross giving right hands while the middles
%%     wait. All change places with the left hand along the sides. New ends
%%     cross while the middles change, all by the right. All change by the
%%     left along the sides. (Order is now 4-2-3-1, all improper.)
%% C:
%% 1-2 Change places with partner passing right shoulders.
%% 3-4 Circle four hands around halfway at each end.
%% 5-8 Turn partner with two hands once and a half around. End in the order 2-4-1-3.
%%endtext
%%begintext
%% Repeat entire dance four times, once for each couple.
%%endtext
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