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Karen's Caprice

For Karen


Choreography: © Sharon Green, 2006
Tune: Silly Jig, © Jonathan Jensen
Formation: Duple Minor Longways Improper

A11-4 Ones and Twos dance a moving 2-hand turn with partner 1 place clockwise
[End in Beckett formation, couple facing couple across set, women standing on partner's right, Ones in women's line, Twos in men's line]
5-8 Opposites back-to-back R-shoulder
A21-4 All fall back, come forward turning single
5-6 Opposites 2-hand turn halfway
7-8 Right-diagonals [i.e., women] change places by R-shoulder
B11-4 CHASE: 1st Man cast up and, followed by Partner, dance into 1st place
Twos wait and lead down, turning away from each other to face up
[All are now improper]
5-8 Original foursomes, take hands in a ring, balance, and turn single in place
B21-4 CHASE: 2nd Woman cast up and, followed by Partner, dance into 1st place
[2nd Woman continues turning over her R-shoulder to face up]
Ones wait and lead down
5-8 New foursomes, take hands in a ring, balance, and turn single in place

My thanks to Fried Herman for new movements and old; to Jonathan Jensen for his wonderfully Silly Jig; and to Karen Candlin for her delight in movement, in silliness, and in English country dance.

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