Flamingo Croquet

by Sue McKinnell

8X32 Reel for 3 Couples

Bars

1-8

1C dance in to touch nearer hands then cast off behind 2C, dance down between 3C, cast up behind 3C, and end facing 1^st corners. 2C step up on bars 3-4.

9-12

1C dance corners pass and twirl with 1^st corners (1C pass 1^st corners RS, dance around their position and into the set to pass partners RS and face 2^nd corners while 1^st corners dance in, turn RH halfway to face each other, then pull RS back and dance out to each other’s place).

13-16

1C dance corners pass and twirl with 2^nd corners ending by passing RS to own sides.

17-20

1C turn RH once round to face out on own sides.

21-24

1C dance half reels of 3 on their own sides, 1W passing 3W RS and 1M passing 2M RS to begin. At the end as 1C comes in the ends of the dance they cross to partner’s side in 2^nd place.

25-30

1C dance out the sides and to the right, across the set (1W up between 2C and 1M down between 3C), and down their own sides to 2^nd place while 2C and 3C dance petronella turn to end facing up and down the set, set, and dance petronella turn to own sides.

31-32

All take hands on the sides and set.

Repeat.

Suggested music is Fox in the Wood from The Devil’s Quandary.

This dance was written for a class celebrating the 150^th anniversary of the publication of Alice in Wonderland.

08/15