Playford's Progeny

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====== Zephyrs and Flora ======

Walsh in 1715.\\ 
Adapted by Bernard Bently in 1965.\\ 
Proper duple minor \\
  
<code>
A1  1-4   1st corners back to back
    5-8   1st corners join R hands (5) then L hands (6) and
          with crossed hands turn 1/2
A2  1-8   2nd corners repeat
B1  1-8   C1 cast up, C2 down, C1 1/2 figure 8 down through C2
B2  1-8   C2 cast up, C1 down, C2 1/2 figure 8 down through C1
</code>


See an [[http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#ZephyrsAndFlora|animation of this dance]] 

Recording: {{ :music:zephyrs_and_flora-wtf-a2.mp3.zip |}}\\
{{ ::music:zephyrs_and_flora--016.mp3.zip |}}\\
{{ ::music:zephyrs_and_flora_impromptu_-_track1.mp3.zip |}}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEoKMrvYTWU
====== Zephyrs and Flora ======
<code>
Al 1-4 Ist corners back-to-back,
   5-8 1st corners Join right hands (5), (then left hands (6) and 
       with crossed hands, turn half-way (7-8).
A2 1-8 2nd corners repeat Al,
BI 1-8 Ist  couple cast up one place, 2nd couple moving down,
       then Ist couple half figure-eight down through 2nd couple,
B2 1-8 2nd couple cast up, 1st couple moving down,
       then 2nd couple half figure-eight down through 1st couple,</code>

In mythology, Zephyr was gentle wind of the west and the interceder between the World of the living and the Underworld, who fell in love with Flora, a nymph of flowers and springtime.

**ZEPHYRS AND FLORA**\\
Queen Anne was affectionately known as Flora to her
subjects. Her death in 1714 may have inspired this title.
In Greek mythology "Zephyrus" was the personification of
the west wind and "Flora" the goddess of the spring.