Bobbing Joe

A longways dance for 4 – or multiples of 4, arranged as duple minors

Up a double, twice

Set and turn to your partner, twice

Shuttles, and circle halfway:

Top pair take 2 hands and slips down between Bottom pair while Bottom pair slips up the outside of the set lines (shuttle figure), hands 4 and circle CW halfway to neighbor’s place. Same top pair take 2 hands and slips down to repeat the shuttle sequence. Hands 4 and circle CW halfway to home.

[thingy]:

Odds exchange places, passing by R shoulders and theatrically snapping on beat 1.

Evens the same. Odds the same to return home. Evens the same.

Siding, twice.

Set and turn to your partner, twice. End close to partner after the last set and turn.

[thyngye]:

Set back and forward, turn while casting into neighbor’s place. (Odds turn CCW while Evens turn CW. All turn to face up and continue that turn direction. Also called Eggbeater turns.) Repeat to end at home.

Cross and circle halfway:

Cross partner by R shoulders, hands 4 and circle halfway to home. Repeat to end at home.

Arm R and L. Set and turn, twice.

Appley backs:

Odds take hands, back a double, turn CW into place. Evens the same.

Box figure (start in lines):

Cross neighbor by R shoulder, cross partner by R shoulder, cross neighbor by R shoulder, cross partner by R shoulder. (First corners move CCW around box, turning ¾ CW at each position. Second corners move CW around box, turning ¼ or 1-¼ CW at each position.) Honor your partner.

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Black Nag

A longways dance for 6

Up a double and back, twice

[What do we even call this??]

Face partner, take 2 hands. Top pair slips up for 4 beats. Middle pair the same. Bottom pair the same. All turn single. Bottom pair slips back up to home. Middle pair the same. Top pair the same. All turn single.

Siding twice

[Shuttles?]

First corners (1&6, head Odd and foot Even) slip to each other’s place, passing face to face, R foot lead. Second corners (2&5, head Even and foot Odd) slip to each other’s place, passing face to face, L foot lead. Third corners (3&4, middles) slip to each other’s place, passing face to face, R foot lead. All turn single. Repeat exactly again to return to home.

Arm R and L

Heys:

Odd line heys, all turn single

Even line heys, all turn single, honor all

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Ashford Reunion

A longways dance for 6


Up a double:

All face up, take hands with partner, up a double and back. Twice.

Chorus:

Face to diagonal right, set, exchange by 2 hands CW, turn single CW.

Meanwhile, second corners skip outside the set CCW to empty spot in corner’s position and arrive in time for the turn single.

All face across the set, exchange by 2 hands CW, turn single CW.

Siding:

Side twice

Chorus

Arming:

Arm R, clap, arm L

Chorus

Repeat dance until musicians are finished or Last Time is called.

Note: Often, musicians and other dancers prank into the dance by stepping into empty second corner positions while their occupants are skipping around the outside of the set. When this happens, just skip on past the position and right off the stage. Or wait around and take back your spot on the next chorus.

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Appley House

Longways for as many as will (duple minor progressive)

Take hands 4 from the top of the set to determine starting duple minor sets.

Appley back:

Odds take hand with neighbor (in duple minor set only), back a double, turn (CW) back to place.

Evens the same.

Star halfway:

All 4, R hand star halfway to corner’s position, turn single (CW)

[Cast… make a line facing up]:

Bottoms cast up and out of the set to their partner’s place, face up and take hands WHILE Tops follow the Bottoms and end their cast outside of the tops, forming a line of 4, all taking hands.

[Up a double, bend the line]:

Up a double and back, folding the lines into a box where everyone faces their partner.

[1s cast down and cross to home]

Tops cast down outside of set to cross by R below to progressed home while Bottoms lead up and cross by R to progressed home.

Repeat entire sequence with new duple minor.

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