Strip the Willow

Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 18:42:40 -0500
From: Mike Briggs 
To: SCD news and discussion 
Subject: Strip the Willow

Long lines for as many as will, but works best for musician in reasonably short sets (7 or 8 couples), so you don't have to play for quite as long.

1. Top couple turns each other once and a half by RH.
2. Top couple proceeds to bottom of set, girl turning each boy by RH and partner by LH.
3. At bottom of set, top couple turns each other once or twice by RH.
4. Top couple works their way back up the set, boy turning each girl by RH and partner by LH.
5. At top, top couple turns each other once or twice by RH.
6. Top couple then proceeds to bottom of set, doing what they did before but this time simultaneously.
7. When top couple reaches third or fourth couple, new top couple begins the dance.

This is quite deliberately unbarred, so that the kids can proceed at their own pace. In theory, each full turn uses two bars (six running steps) of 9/8 music, but some people will want to go faster and some slower.