Happy Sounds Quadrille

Formation: Four couples in a square formation
Music: “Happy Sounds”, Jewell 706

Download RTF file: Happy Sounds Quadrille

Prompts:
Intro or
57-64   – – – -; Sides Face Grand Square;
    1-8   – – – -; – – – -;
  9-16   – – – -; – – – -;
17-24   – – – -; – – – -;
25-32   – – – -; Four Men Star Right;

33-40   – – – -; Turn corner by the Left;
41-48   Keep her and Promenade; – – – -;
49-56   – – – -; – – – -;
57-64   – – – -; Sides Face Grand Square;

Description:
  1-32   Sides (or Heads) Face Grand Square.
33-40   The four men Star Right once around in the center until facing their current corner.
41-48   Corners Arm Turn by the left once around.
49-64   The men roll in toward the corner left face half around to Promenade the corner all the way around the set and back to the man’s home position.

Choreography by: Ken Kernen
Source: Printed in Dancing For Busy People, page 131
Usage: This is a challenging dance for the ladies because they must dance the Grand Square from both positions. If the “Heads face Grand Square” option is used, it will be equally challenging for the gents.

This page from http://dances.callerlab.org (CALLERLAB Dance Resource).


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