====== Snowflakes ======
by Peggy Roe.
Reconstruction from www.youtube.com/watch?v=BraaRIcehkk\\
Longways Duple Minor 1 cpl improper \\
Music: Could use "Leah's Waltz"\\
Original: Silver Balls (use our recording with caution)\\
A1 (1-4) Neighbor back-to-back
(5-8) Partner 2-hand turn - use the momentum to flow into…
A2 (1-4) Simultaneous half figure 8s (2s cast up, 1s cross down to start),
end with 1s proper, 2s improper.
(5-8) Circle left once around, flow into….
B1 (1-4) Half pousette clockwise (gents forward) flow into…
(5-8) Simultaneous Mad Robin (ladies forward)
B2 (1-4) Ladies hole-in-the-wall change, gents hole-in-the-wall change
(5-6) 1s cast down, 2s lead up
(7-8) All cloverleaf turn single
====== SNOWFLAKES ======
by Peggy Roe, 2014\\
Duple minor 1s improper\\
Music: Twelfth night at the Fireside" by Karen McIvor, or other 32-bar waltz\\
22 bar, 3/4, key of C\\
A 1-4 All back-to-back with neighbor
5-8 All back-to-back with partner
9-12 Double half figure of 8: 1s cross down through 2s and cast back up while
2s cast up above the 1s and cross back down
' 13-16 Circle 4 left once around into
B 1-4 All half poussette clockwise with partner (gents forward to start). Flow into:
5-8 Mad Robin - ladies through the center to start
9-12 Ladies dance a hole-in-the-wall cross, then gents do the same
13-14 1s cast down while 2s lead up
15-16 All cloverleaf turn single (toward next neighbor) and finish facing new
neighbor
Background:\\ This is one of the dances written for our annual Vancouver Christmas dance. Karen
Mclvor is one of the talented members of Victoria's Dancehall Players.
* Hole-in-the-wall cross: Two dancers change places by moving toward one another, pivoting to
change while keeping eye contact, then falling back into each other's places.