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====== Madawaska ======

dance by Susan Bunting \\
Peterborough, Ont\\
(tune: Rant and Roar, trad.)\\
Duple minor longways, improper\\
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Part One 
Al 1-4 With partner, left shoulder back-to-back.
   5-8 Cast over right shoulder, single file halfway round
      (clockwise to corner’s place) 
A2 1-4 with neighbour, right shoulder back-to-back
   5-8 Cast over right shoulder  single file halfway round
      (counter-clockwise)to home, into a 
B 1-4 Half-pousette (men pushing) to progress

Part Two
Al 1-4 All star left once around,
   5-8 With new couple, all cast over right shoulder,
       dance two places clockwise 
A2 1-4 All star right once around,
   5-8 Cast over left shoulder, dance to place  counter-
       clockwise to home, into a 
B 1-4 Half-pousette (men pushing) to progress a second time</code>


Note: Dancers out at top and bottom should be ready to dance in more
quickly than they expect. Don't forget to change sides first.

The song “Rant and Roar”, also known as “How We Got Up to the Woods
Last Year” suggested this dance. The song refers to Arnprior and Dacre in
the Ottawa Valley, both near or on the Madawaska River. Both the
Madawaska in Ontario and the Madawaska in New Brunswick were active
logging and timber routes in the early 20th century.

In the dance, the back-to-backs are manual saws in the woods, the stars and
casts mimic the circular saw, and the poussettes are the carriage jigging the
planks forward through the mill.
 
Lyrics: https://www.wakamiwailers.com/new-blog/2017/4/15/how-we-got-up-to-the-woods-last-year

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