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-====== The Invitation ======
-Gary Roodman\\
-Square For Four Couples \\
-Historical English Style\\
-Recording: {{ ::music:invitation_070_bn14iw-12.mp3.zip |}}\\
-This is a different-partners/different-places dance. It has alternating B
-parts which are similar, but not quite the same.
-<code>
-A 1-4   Taking hands-eight, circle halfway around.
--8   With Ptr, 2HT once around.
--12  Head couples pass through and courtesy turn.
--16 Side couples pass through and courtesy turn.
-" and 3" Times             2 and 4" Times
-          ******************         *****************
-B  1-2   Head couples lead out     | Head couples lead out to
-         to the right and face     | to the left and face side
-         side couples squarely.    | couples squarely.
--4   With opposite, RHT        | With opposite, LHT
-         halfway.                  | halfway.
--8   Start circling hands four | Start circling hands four
-         left and original head    | right and original head
-         men lead your lines       | women lead your lines
-         back out into a square    | back out into a square
-         (men are home, women      | (women are home, men
-         have changed places on    | have changed places on
-         the corners of the        | the corners of the
-         square).                  | square).
--10  Men LHA halfway and       | Women RHA halfway
-         meet new Ptr (quick).     | and meet new Ptr
-                                   | (quick).
--12" With new Ptr, set R&L.   | With new Ptr, set R&L.
--16 With new Ptr, back-to-    | With new Ptr, back-to-
-         back.                     | back.
-                                             M=R,H W=V,R</code>
-MUSIC: “The Invitation” by Peter Barnes
-Teaching Point: \\In B, the men lead the figure the 1st and 3nd times
-and the women lead it the 2 and 4 times. 1 always say “heads
-out to the right (or left) and turn by the right (or left), and
-emphasize that there are two bars for the leading out and two
-bars for the hand turn,
-Video: (with a VERY noisy floor!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkz7Eu1OKzM
-(One of our callers, Sara Lawson, is part of the nearest set.)\\
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwJ-ZnacJ3k&t=51s