| Snakes and Ladders | |||
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| Bars | |||
| 1-8 | 4C, 5C, & 6C start the dance crossed over.
All cross RH with partners. 1C & 2C, 3C & 4C, 5C & 6C change LH on the sides. All cross RH with partners. 1C & 4C, 3C & 6C (middle 4 couples) change LH on the sides. Ending order is 2, 4, 1, 6, 3, 5 with 4, 5, & 6 on opposite sides. |
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| 9-16 | 2C & 4C, 1C & 6C, 3C & 5C dance ladies chain. | ||
| 17-24 | Parallel eight-bar snake pass figure:
4C & 3C pass partners LS to start the figure. 4W + 1M + 1W cast up, dance across the top of the set and down the men’s side to end 4W in 6M’s place, 1M in 5M’s place, 1W in 4M’s place. 3M + 5W + 5M cast up, following 4W + 1C, to end 3M in 3M’s place, 5W in 2M’s place, 5M in 1M’s place. 3W + 6M + 6W cast down, dance across the bottom of the set and up the women’s side to end 3W in 1W’s place, 6M in 2W’s place, 6W in 3W’s place. 4M + 2W + 2M cast down, following 3W + 6C, to end 4M in 4W’s place, 2W in 5W’s place, 2M in 6W’s place. Order is 3W, 6M, 6W, 4M, 2W, & 2M on the women’s side; 5M, 5W, 3M, 1W, 1M, & 4W on the men’s side. |
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| 25-32 | All take hands and set on the sides.
The people in the top five women’s positions change LH with the people diagonally below them on the men’s side (3W & 5W, 6M & 3M, 6W & 1W, 4M & 1M, 2W & 4W). All set on the sides. 3C (in 2nd place), 4C (in 5th place), and 6M (in 3M’s place) & 1M (in 4W’s place) chance places RH. Order is now 5, 3, 1, 6, 4, 2 with 6C, 4C, & 2C crossed over. |
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| Repeat 6 times. | |||
| Suggested music is Fire in the Rye from Jig for Joy by The Music Makars. | |||
| I was challenged to write a dance with an interlocking snake pass figure. I haven’t figured that out yet, but I did come up with this variation of the snake pass. | |||
| 08/05 | |||