Original page from English Dance & Song, February 1941
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| A1 | All Eight: Slip Circle Left; Slip Circle Right |
| A2 | Middles face Ends: Hey for Four in each line |
| B1 | #s1 lead a Single Cast to the Bottom and back to Place, taking a Promenade Hold with your hands behind your backs |
| B2 |
Double Cast to the Bottom: #1s & #3s go Left, #2s & #4s go Right
Lead Up in Lines of Four — finish facing your Partner |
| A3 | In Fours: Four Changes of a Circular Hey, pass Partner by the Right Shoulder to start |
| A4 | Partner Swing (8); Opposite Swing — but finish where you started, facing your Opposite |
| B3 | Thread the Needle: #1s Arch, #3 Man leads |
| B4 | Thread the Needle: #3s Arch, #1 Lady leads |
| A5 | Thread the Needle: #4s Arch, #2 Man leads |
| A6 | Thread the Needle: #2s Arch, #4 Lady leads |
| B5 | In Fours: Four Changes of a Circular Hey, pass Partner by the Right Shoulder to start |
| B6 | Partner Swing (8); Opposite Swing — but finish where you started, facing Down |
| A7 |
Double Cast to the Top: #4s followed by #2s go Left, #3s followed by #1s go Right
Lead Down as Couples to remake the set in the original order |
| A8 | #4s lead a Single Cast to the Top and back to Place |
| B7 | Middles face Ends: Hey for Four in each line |
| B8 | All Eight: Slip Circle Left; Slip Circle Right |
The order of the Thread the Needles follows two rules: make the arches going anticlockwise around the set; always start going through an arch by leading across the set.
Although the document specifies a ballroom hold for the swings, I would recommend a symmetrical swing so that it is easier to spring back into your own line facing the person you just swung.
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