Ghost Riders Sicilian

Formation: Couples facing couples around the hall like spokes of a wheel
Music: “Ghost Riders in the Sky”, Hi Hat 5206

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Prompts:
Intro or
57-64   – – – -; Join hands and Circle Left;
    1-8   – – – -; – – Circle Right;
  9-16   – – – -; – – Ladies Dosado;
17-24   – – – -; – – Gents Dosado;
25-32   – – – -; – – Make a Left Hand Star;

33-40   – – – -; – – Star Right;
41-48   – – – -; Single File Weave around one couple (continue the Star halfway more);
49-56   – – – -; Continue weaving around the next (passing left shoulders);
57-64   – – – -; On to the next and Circle Left;

Description:
    1-8   Each four dancers join hands and Circle to the Left 8 beats.
  9-16   Each four dancers Circle to the Right 8 beats.
17-24   The two ladies (on the diagonal) Dosado with each other.
25-32   The two gents (on the diagonal) Dosado with each other.

33-40   Each four dancers make a Left-Hand Star and turn it for 8 beats.
41-48   The dancers quickly turn toward the center of the star half around and rejoin hand holds to Star Right for 8 beats ending in their original starting position.
49-64   Dancers release the star handhold but continue their motion around the star until they can move forward in a single file weaving action around the next couple passing them with left sides adjacent.

Choreography by: Dottie Welch, Nova Scotia, October 2005

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