Orange Slices
by Sue McKinnell 1X96 Strathspey for 4C (Square Dance)
Bars
1-8	1C and 3C set advancing. 1W, 3M, and 4C RH across while 1M, 3W, and 2C RH across. 1C and 3C LH across halfway to end 1W facing 2M, 3M facing 2W, 1M facing 4W, and 3W facing 4M.
9-16	Reels of 4 across the set.
17-24	1W, 3M, and 2C RH across while 1M, 3W, and 4C RH across. 1C and 3C LH across halfway then 1C and 3C retire setting to original places.
25-48	2C and 4C repeat bars 1-24 (reels of 4 are danced up and down the set).
49-56	All circle left and back.
57-64	1C and 3C half rights and lefts. 2C and 4C half rights and lefts. All begin by crossing the set RH. End 4123.
65-72	All take nearer hands with partners and advance to the center. All take nearer hands with corners and retire to corners. All turn corners 1˝ by the RH.
73-80	Repeat bars 65-72 with new 'partners' and corners. End 4123.
81-88	All set. All ladies RH across halfway. All men LH across halfway. All turn partners RH into allemande position facing CCW.
89-96	All promenade CCW around the set, turning the ladies into the center on the last bar (as in allemande) to honor the ladies on the final bow and curtsey.
Suggested music is The Falkirk Millennium from Reels & Wheels.
At the 2016 Chicago New Years Ball Tom Senior and Mary Helen Polensky were suggesting names for my yet-to-be-written dances and Tom suggested orange slices as there were orange slices on the snack table. It turns out ‘slice’ is a figure in English Country Dancing somewhat like that in bars 65-72.
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