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Softly Robin

Longways, duple minor, improper
Wiilliam Pearson, John Young, [1726]
Interpreted by Andrew Shaw 2017

A1 1-4 1st cpl. 2-hand turn once round with a pause, bringing feet together on beat 
       2 of bar 2, then completing the turn, finishing facing nbr.
A2 1-4 Nbrs. 2-hand turn once round with a pause, finishing facing across.
B1 1-4 1st man and  2nd woman half figure eight through opposite pair. 
   5-8 1st man and 2nd woman R-hand turn half round, then, releasing hands, 1st man 
       cast down into 2nd place, 2nd woman moving up into 1st place.
B2 1-4 Ist woman and 2nd man half figure eight through opposite pair. 
   5-8 1st woman and 2nd man L-hand. turn half round, then, releasing hands, 1st woman cast 
      into 2nd place, 2nd man moving up into 1st place.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdbOhSXAx0Y

Walsh reprinted the dance in his Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1730 under the new title 5underland.

ins_softly_robin.txt · Last modified: 2023/08/03 03:05 by mar4uscha