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====== A Perfect Ten ======
Jonathan Jensen\\
Orly L. Krasner, 2002; rev. 2007\\
Five-couple longways\\
Tune: A Perfect Ten
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A1 1-4  On the right diagonal, right-hand turn once around. 
   5-8  Partners left-hand turn once and a half to change places. 
   9-10 All turn single right. All home but improper. 
A2 1-10 Repeat the figures of A1 from these positions to get home. 
B1 1-4  Partners right shoulder back-to-back. 
   5-8  Partners step and honor right and left. 
   9-10 Partners change places, passing right shoulder. All home but improper. 
B2 1-8  1s start a series of cascading stars as follows: 
            star right halfway with the 2s, 
            star left halfway with the 3s, 
            star right halfway with the 4s, 
            star left halfway with the 5s. 
   9-10 1s (at the bottom) gypsy left shoulder halfway to get proper. (1st woman 
        must be ready for the diagonal right-hand turn that starts the next round.)
             Progression: 2-3-4-5-1</code>

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2w-GfrCQ9o

Teaching tip: There are only four steps for each half star. Make sure the 1s flow directly from 
one star to the next without extra ' twiddles."

Don Bell asked me to write a dance in honor of his wife Diane for their tenth 
wedding anniversary, and he asked Jonathan Jensen to compose a tune. Jonathan 
came up with ten-bar phrases (and this title), so a five-couple formation seemed 
the only logical thing to do. Diane received her surprise present when Philippe 
Callens called A Perfect Ten during Pinewoods English Week 2002.
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