Dandies' Hornpipe
via Ralph Page
Longways proper contra
A1
- 1s balance forward and back twice
- and cross and cast
A2
B1
- ones star left with the couple below (hence 2s with couple above)
- star right in original minor set
B2
- Ones swing, ending facing up
- ones lead up and cast back to progressed places
In the Ralph Page Book of Contras (EFDSS, 1969); from an 1820s dance book
The original was triple minor; Ralph Page gives it as ones balance forward and back, then
ones turn right once and a half; then (in A2) ones cast and full ladies chain.
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