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T: Lunar Eclipse
C: Elizabeth A. Snowdon
O: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
P: Duple minor longways
%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.48
N: Music: Lunar Eclipse
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%% A1:
%% 1-2 Turn single into the position of the person on your right within the minor set of four.
%% 3-4 Set.
%% 5-8 Half hey for four along the 1st corners diagonal position: 1st man and
%% ___ 2nd woman move into the center, then 1st man pass right shoulders
%% ___ with 2nd man and 2nd woman pass right shoulders with 1st woman to
%% ___ start. 1st man end in original 2nd man's place; 2nd man in 1st man's
%% ___ place; 1st woman in 2nd woman's place; and 2nd woman in 1st woman's place.
%% A2:
%% 1-2 Turn single as in A1.
%% 3-4 Set.
%% 5-8 Half hey four along the 1st corners diagonal; 2nd man and 1st
%% ___ woman move into the center to start. End in original positions.
%% B1:
%% 1-4 Lead out a double with your neighbor. Turn and lead in a double.
%% 5-8 Turn partner with two hands.
%% B2:
%% 1-2 Circle halfway around.
%% 3-4 Turn single.
%% 5-8 1st couple half figure eight up through 2nd couple. 2nd couple change
%% ___ places after the 1st couple passes through them.
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%%center Notes
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%% The author notes, "This dance was written to give a new, challenging figure to the
%% bored experienced dancer. The general flavor is of a quiet, smooth English dance.
%% There are a number of circles which appear and disappear like an eclipse of the
%% moon.  There is an air of mystery in the tune to capture the mystery of an eclipse.
%% This dance commemorates the two lunar eclipses seen at Pinewoods on August 17,
%% 1989.  One was a cardboard one in C#; the other was [a] real one over Round and
%% long Ponds."
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