Solent Jubilee Square Dance

Source: Mabs Addison; published in English Dance & Song, Winter 1978. Vol XL. No. 3
Formation: Square

	Break
A1/A2	Sides Face: Grand Square
B1	All Four Ladies Chain Half Way x2
B2	Partner Balance (Step Right, Kick Left, etc.) & Swing

	Figure
A1	Heads: Pass Through; Separate; go around one person; go Home
A2	Heads: Right & Left Through; Star Through
B1	Pass Through; Corner Dosido
B2	Corner Allemade Left; Grand Chain (start Right with Partner) Half Way; Partner Promenade Home

Music:
32 bar jigs.

Notes:
There seems to be too much time in the Figure for many of the moves. A Star Through is only four steps, not eight. A Pass Through is only two and a Dosido can be done in six, I guess they took their time and did lots of stepping.

Original page from English Dance & Song, Winter 1978

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