BRITANNIA TWO-STEP PROGRESSIVE
        © 2008    Larry E.Taylor

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    Often a four-bar introduction of music is played.
    This progressive 16-bar three-hand dance is danced anticlockwise around the perimeter
              of the dance area (the line of dance) or in columns of trios facing the music.
    Trios dance in a line holding closest (inside) hands throughout the dance; dancers may be
              of either gender but usually a gent in the middle of the trio dances with two ladies.
    Bar counts (quantities of measures) for patterns are shown in bold.
    Documentation is based upon a video workshop led by Pat Murphy.
    Edition of April 1, 2008 Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com 
     
  SET FORMATION   REELS (moderate to slow) (Variable BARS)
All trios: REPEAT "MARKER" facing forward in the lod, dance to the side :  left (down) -2-3, sideways
          right (down) -2-3, sideways left-2-3 then sideways right-2-3;
          movement sideways is slight and approximates dancing in-place4;
beginning on the left foot, walk in the lod (step, step, step, kick)2;
beginning on the right foot, walk backward against the lod (step, step,
          step, step)2;
while the gent dances in-place, form two arches and the ladies dance one turn
          under the arch; ladies begin turn the lady under by facing the middle of
          the trio; thus the lady on gent's right turns anticlockwise and the dancer
          on the gent's left turns clockwise; all end the four-bar pattern dancing
          in-place4;
beginning on the left foot, walk in the lod (step, step, step, kick)2;
beginning on the right foot, ladies walk backward against the lod (step, step,
          step, step) and gents walk forward to form a new trio; the gent of the top
          of the column dances off the floor or moves to back of the column to
          rejoin the dance at the next changeover2;
repeat from   REPEAT "MARKER"   as desired.


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