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ins_drapers_maggot [2023/01/26 20:01] – created - external edit 127.0.0.1ins_drapers_maggot [2025/07/15 02:59] (current) – mar4uscha
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     5-8  Partners turn 2H         5-8  Partners turn 2H    
 </code> </code>
 +====== Draper's Maggot ======
 +
 +<code>
 +Al 1-4 1st and 2nd couples circle four-hands once around.
 +   5-8 lst couple cast down to middle place while 2nd couple lead up.
 +A2 1-8 1st and 3rd couple right-and-left, beginning with partners.
 +Bl 1-4 1st man turn 3rd woman two-hands while 1st woman the same with 2nd man.
 +   5-8 Partners turn two-hands.
 +B2 1-4 1st man turn 2nd woman two-hands while 1st woman the same with 3rd man.
 +   5-8 Partners turn two-hands.</code>
  
 The series of 4 two-handed turns for the active couple can be dizzy-making.  The series of 4 two-handed turns for the active couple can be dizzy-making. 
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 See an [[http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#DrapersMaggot|animation of this dance]]\\ See an [[http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#DrapersMaggot|animation of this dance]]\\
 Recording: {{ ::music:draper_s_maggot--010.mp3.zip |}} Recording: {{ ::music:draper_s_maggot--010.mp3.zip |}}
 +
 +**THE DRAPERS**\\
 +The Drapers, cloth merchants in London, were chartered
 +in 1364. The gardens behind their hall in Throgmorton
 +Street commanded a fine view of Highgate and in 1700
 +were commended by "the London Spy" as a fashionable
 +promenade. \\
 +Drapers Hall was used for social events as well as
 +official business. A prelenten masquerade ball held there
 +February 4, 1695/6 is reported in The London Stage
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