Go Left, Young Man

by Sue McKinnell

8x32 Jig for 3C

Bars

1-4

1C set and cross down to face out in 2^nd place on opposite sides as 2C step up.

5-8

1W dance out and left/down around 3M while 1M dance out and left/up around 2W. 1C meet in the middle RS to RS, 1W facing up and 1M facing down.

9-12

LH across on the sides, 1W with 2M and 3M; 1M with 2W and 3W.

13-16

1C dance a LS half diagonal reel of 4 with 1^st corners passing RS to end facing partner's 2^nd corner.

17-20

1C dance a LS half diagonal reel of 4 with 2^nd corners. 1C meet in the middle RS to RS, 1W facing down and 1M facing up.

21-24

LH across on the sides, 1W with 2W and 3W; 1M with 2M and 3M. On the last bar, 1C dance forward into 2^nd place pulling LS back to face in while corners dance into places.

25-32

Diagonal rights and lefts.

Repeat.

Suggested music is Miller's Crossing from The Devil's Quandary.

I have a bad hip and knee on the right side and most dances are right-oriented, so I wrote this dance to work the left side more. The title is a play on Horace Greeley’s exhortation to "Go west, young man." Note, it is very important that the corners dance out to place on bar 24 to be ready (and out of the way) for the diagonal rights and lefts.

06/23