Boston Tea Party
Formation: Six couple proper contra lines (gents in right line facing their partner in left line).
Music:  Reels or Jigs 

Prompts:
Intro or
	57-64 	- - - -; 1’s gallop down;
   	1-8 	- - - -; Make an arch over men;
  	9-16 	- - - -; Arch down over ladies;
	17-24 	- - - -; Gallop to top;
	25-32 	- - - -; 1s Dip and Dive;

	33-40 	Others Cast Down; - - 1s Arch;
	41-48 	Come through arch; - - - -;
	49-56 	- - - -; - - - Swing;
	57-64 	- - - -; 1’s gallop down;

Description:
   	1-8 	The couple at the top (nearest caller) gallops (or Sashay) to bottom.
  	9-16 	That couple makes an arch over men with lady on the outside.
	17-24 	They continue to arch down over ladies.
	25-32 	The active couple gallops back to top.

	33-40 	1s face down, others face up and all couples hold hands.  Just couple #1 does a Dip and Dive to the bottom. 
	41-48 	The others move up, Cast Out and follow the leaders down the outside.
	49-56 	At the bottom the 1s make an arch. The Casting couples meet below the arch and lead up through the arch to progressed places. 
	57-64 	Partners Swing if time.
 
Choreography by: Jean Butler
Source:  Submitted by Clark Baker to CD Journal, published August 2012,
In Captain’s Ceilidh:  A Collection of Dances Old and New by Jean Butler, Peter Saunders and Dave Brown, published by English Folk Dance and Song Society, 1982

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