A Child's Christmas in Berkeley

Choreography:  © Sharon Green, Christmas 2014/Revised 2015
Tune:A Child's Christmas in Berkeley, © Rebecca King, 2014
Recording: More Dances from the Greenery
Formation:Duple minor longways

A11-8Ones chase figure 8 down through the Twos, M1 in the lead


[M1 dances down the middle and up the outside around M2, then crosses diagonally down around W2 and up the outside to cross back home while W1 balances back and then crosses diagonally down into a whole figure 8]
A21-8Twos chase figure 8 up through the Ones, M2 in the lead


[M2 dances up the middle and down the outside around M1, then crosses diagonally up around W1 and down the outside to cross back home while W2 balances back and then crosses diagonally up into a whole figure 8] flowing into
B11-4All four, circle left
 5-8Circle right back flowing into
B21-4Partners, ½ poussette counter-clockwise, W1 moving forward
 5-8Partners, set and turn single right
   
  Note: In B1, the circle left does not have to go all the way around. Just make sure that at the end of the circle right, all four dancers are back at home, ready for the ½ poussette to progress.



This version is intended as an exuberant, joyful romp, much in the spirit of Dylan Thomas's "A Child's Christmas in Wales." Please consider slipping rings, strong setting steps forward, connected poussettes that cover ground.



For a more sedate variant, I suggest the following ending:
B11-4All four, circle left single file
 5-8L-hand star back flowing into
B21-4Partners, ½ poussette counter-clockwise, W1 moving forward
 5-8Partners, R-shoulder gypsy