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 +====== THE BROADSTAIRS BARN-DANCE ======
 + Dance and Music by Colin Hume.\\
 + ​Double circle, men on inside, ladies on outside.\\
 +(Each line of music is 4 bars.)\\
 +Tune: BROADSTAIRS BARN-DANCE
 +<​code>​
  
 +A  Give two hands to partner: two chassés to the man's left; separate and cast away 
 +   (1, 2, 3 hop) finishing well apart facing each other. Two chassés the other way; 
 +   ​together three steps and clap,
 +B  Right-forearm turn (1 & 2 & 1, 2, 3 hop). Back with the left, and stay facing in is 
 +   ​direction.
 +C  Single file, wen clockwise, ladies anticlockwise ((1 & 2 & 1, 2, 3 hop). Cast right
 +   ​shoulder and come in to meet the one before your partner.
 +D: Cross-hand swing twice around (step-hop), with two claps at the end.</​code>​
 +Written (tune, instructions and unpublished words) in a car driving down from Scotland. First danced at Broadstairs Folk Week in 1984. I called it during the
 +final dance and then Wic Spenceley and I sang the words (Which are as bad as you would imagine witha tune like this)!
ins_broadstairs_barn_dance.txt · Last modified: 2024/05/07 18:00 by mar4uscha