====== THE RAINBOW ======
Du min (1 st Co improper)\\
Thompson Compleat vol IV 1780\\
Recording: {{ ::music:rainbow-dndabl09.mp3.zip |}}\\
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJWefLQ2NxA
This nice tune seems to be crying out for a good dance. However, the instructions
below either do not work or else need a seriously careful edit to indicate how to
make the figures fit the music. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifBdjYATlnw
for how things go wrong. As far as I know, the original instructions were taken
from the CD liner notes of //Dance and Danceability//. --- //[[nashjc]] 2017/11/25 16:00//
A second version (below) based on adaptation by the Ottawa
English Dance Club on Nov 24, 2017, gave plenty of smiles to the Assembly Players
version of the tune.
A1 All face neighbour, set R & L & turn single,
then take inside hands with neighbour & cross with partner,
1 st Wo & 2nd Man making arch;
A2 Repeat to place, 1 st Man & 2nd Wo making arch:
B 1-6 Rh across & back with Lh, then 1st Co lead down (2),
turn (2) and lead back to 2nd place, 2nd Co moving up,
7-8 Cross corners; Men cross Lsh, We cross Rsh, then repeat.
NB Men cross first each time.
== OECDC version ==
(J Nash and dancers, Nov 24, 2017)
Duple Minor Improper
A1 All face neighbour, set R & L & turn single R.
then take inside hands with neighbour & change sides of
the set (cross with partner), 1 st Wo & 2nd Man making arch;
(The arch is made by the people on the usual ladies side of
the set in both A1 and A2.)
A2 Repeat to place, 1 st Man & 2nd Wo making arch: (Again people
on the usual ladies side of set.)
B Rh across & back with Lh,
1st Co lead down (2), turn (2) and lead back and cast
into 2nd place, 2nd Co moving up,