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For Karen
| Choreography: | © Sharon Green, 2006 |
| Tune: | Silly Jig, © Jonathan Jensen |
| Formation: | Duple Minor Longways Improper |
| A1 | 1-4 | 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 | |
| A2 | 1-4 | 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 | |
| B1 | 1-4 | 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 | |
| B2 | 1-4 | 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.