STOW  BARN  DANCE
       © 2008    Larry E.Taylor

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    This non-progressive, two-hand, 16-bar dance is danced  around the perimeter of the
             dance floor.  (At some sites, the dance is danced free in the available space while
             others dance another fling rhythm pattern.). Begin holding inside (closest) hands.
    This is but one of multiple versions of the barn dance.  Some versions are for sets-of-
             dancers (usually four couples) and some are two-hand (for one couple).  Though
             patterns have a defined length in bars of music, the quantity of times the pattern
             is danced is usually variable.
    SET FORMATION The line of dance is anticlockwise.
    SET FORMATION Gents dance forward on the left foot and ladies initially dance on the right foot.
    SET FORMATION Bar counts (quantities of measures) for patterns are shown in bold.
    SET FORMATION Edition of December 25, 2008 Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com 
 
  square-yelbutton.gif (144 bytes)   HORNPIPES (VARIABLE BARS)
Kicks : REPEAT "MARKER" dance a kick up then down, downtwice :
          lift and drop the trailing heel simultaneously to a heel-skuff-lift of the
          leading foot (kick); carry the kick across the trailing foot; dance down
          on the leading then down on the trailing foot1;
          repeat the preceding except kick with the other foot1;
No kicks: dance lift-2-3-4 in-place twice without the above kicking2;
Repeat : repeat the preceding Kicks and No kicks patterns above4;
House : take crossed hands (rights on top) and either house in-place or house forward
          in the line of dance (two clockwise revolutions, dancing lift 2-3-4)8;
Repeat : repeat from   REPEAT "MARKER"   as desired.

 

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