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--- ins_fugitive_smile [2026/05/14 17:16] – nashjc
+++ ins_fugitive_smile [2026/07/25 18:30] (current) – [A Fugitive Smile] nashjc
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    facing down and bulge.
 B2 C1 (still improper) lead up, M1 crosses lady in front
-   and they cast to bottom.
+   and they cast to bottom. As they reach the bottom, all
+   turn partner 2H once round if there is time.
    Set now proper in order C2 C3 C1
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 Notes: 1) Balancing must get round 1/2 way
 ) Keeping set tidy is important
+) The heys need to be large to use up the music
+) The final 2H turn depends on the active couple
+       getting to the bottom in time without seeming to
+       rush.
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 accordion player Thomas Walsh in 1987.
+==== About the title ====
+JN: I have no strong recollection why I chose //A Fugitive Smile// as the name for the dance.
+In retrospect, I realized it could use some explanation, and for a weekly session of the
+Stittsville Creative Writers Group wrote the following verses.
+<code>
+A fugitive smile
+John C Nash 2026
+In a deluge of sadness there's sometimes a break
+Where the sunshine of hope causes joy to awake.
+When the positive touch of a pet or a friend
+Says the depth of unhappiness will come to an end.
+There's a second of difference, a glint in an eye,
+A fugitive smile.
+The prayers have been spoken, the eulogy read.
+The widow in black clothes, her weary eyes red.
+Friends speak their stories, worn and well-known
+'Till a grandson tells of a first ice-cream cone
+Lips curl just a fraction, almost unseen,
+A fugitive smile.
+The train's at the platform, it's ready to go,
+But two lovers are hugging, both feeling low.
+They break and he sees there are tears on her cheek,
+At the door of the carriage her legs feel so weak,
+A glance and raised eyebrow could almost be missed,
+A fugitive smile.
+</code>