Two for One
by Mady Newfield & Sue McKinnell 5x32 Medley for 5C (Set Dance)
Bars
1-8	(strathspey time) 1C & 2C set on the sides, then turn partner BH once round, opening into 4 hands once round to the left.
9-16	1C cross RH, cast behind 2C (2C stepping up as cast around), and dance a 1/2 figure eight up around 2C.
17-24	(reel time) 1C & 3C set on the sides, then turn partner RH once round, 1C & 3C circle 4 hands round to the left.
25-32	1C cross RH, cast behind 3C (3C stepping up as cast around), and dance a 1/2 figure eight up around 3C.
Repeat.
Suggested music is The Maine Medley from Celebrate Fifty Years of Dancing with the Boston Branch.
This dance was written for a class to illustrate the differences in phrasing when dancing the same figures in strathspey and reel time. It is an astonishingly difficult dance in parts, given the simple figures from which it is constructed. It may be danced as a three-couple set dance, or with five couples and regular double progression, or contra-style.
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