A longways dance for 4 – or multiples of 4, arranged as duple minors
Up a double, twice
Set and turn to your partner, twice
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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.
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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.
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Siding, twice.
Set and turn to your partner, twice. End close to partner after the last set and turn.
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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.
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Cross partner by R shoulders, hands 4 and circle halfway to home. Repeat to end at home.
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Arm R and L.
Set and turn, twice.
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Odds take hands, back a double, turn CW into place. Evens the same.
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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.