====== VOLPONY ====== Walsh 1712, Purcell tune, 3/4, long duple\\ Adapted by Graham Christian in 2004. \\ Recording: {{ ::music:volpony-055-rsl13.mp3.zip |}}\\ {{ ::music:volpony--036.mp3.zip |}} A1 1-2 All set into the center and back. 3-4 Taking hands in a ring, circle left halfway. 5-6 Letting go of hands, all set into the center and back again. 7-8 Taking hands in a ring, circle right back to place. A2 1-2 Ones cast down, while the twos lead up 3-4 Ones two-hand turn. 5-8 As in 1-4, the twos casting and turning. B1 1-2 All back to back with partner. 3-6 Four changes of a square hey, giving hands, partners start right hand: 7-8 Ones cast down, while the twos lead up (progression). B2 1-5 With next couple double figure eight (ones crossing down, two moving up the outside). 6-8 Ones lead down the center and cast back, while the twos cast up and lead down the centre turning out into progressed places. ====== Volpony ====== lw dpl works! A1 Hands 4, all step-set L & R, circle L (5 steps then feet together); Repeat in reverse (step-set R & L) A2 1's cast down, 2's lead up, 1's turn 2 hands once round 2's cast down, 1's lead up 2's turn 2 hands once round B1 1's b-t-b, then face neighbors for circular hey (no hands) 4 changes, then 1's go down the outside below 2's (who move up) B2 1's go full fig 8 up thru 2's, then with cpl below do symmetrical b-t-b (1's going down center & up outside) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb067mtYJoY Volpone ([volˈpoːne], Italian for "sly fox") is a comedy play by English playwright Ben Jonson first produced in 1605–1606, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's most-performed play, and it is ranked among the finest Jacobean era comedies.