Playford's Progeny

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====== The Nine Tailors ======


Orly L. Krasner 1998\\
Duple minor longways, double progression; Is improper\\
Tune: Nine Tailors

<code>
A1 1-4  Partners set right and left, then two-hand turn halfway. 
A2 1-4  Neighbors set right and left, then two-hand turn halfway. 
         All progressed but crossed over. 
B1 1-4  Is dance a half figure eight (skipping) up through the standing 2s. 
   5-8  2s dance a half figure eight (skipping) down through the standing Is and look 
        up to new Is. All progressed one place. 
B2 1-2  With the next couple, women change places passing left shoulder (2"d woman 
        with new Ist  woman above). 
   3-4  Men change places passing right shoulder {2" man with new I" man above). 
   5-8  Neighbors start three changes of rights and lefts (no hands, skipping).</code>
   
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4STT3vZJHM

Named for the 1934 detective novel by Dorothy Sayers that features the ringing of 
the changes in a village church belfry as a motif.