First Night Sicilian Circle
Formation:  Couples facing couples around the hall like spokes of a wheel. Designate #1 Couples as those facing counterclockwise with the men in the center, #2 couples are those facing clockwise with the men on the outside. 
Music:  “Yankee Doodle Dandy”, Grenn 12241

Prompts: 
Intro or
	57-64 	- - - -; Turn the opposite Right Hand Around;
   	1-8 	- - - -; Turn the opposite Left Hand Around;
  	9-16 	- - - -; Join hands and Circle Left;
	17-24 	- - - -; - - Circle Right;
	25-32 	- - - -; - - Two Gents (left ends) Turn by the Right;

	33-40 	- - - -; - - Two Ladies (right ends) Turn by the Left;
	41-48 	- - - -; Everybody Forward and Back;
	49-56 	- - - -; 1’s arch and 2’s duck thru to the next;
	57-64 	- - - -; Turn the opposite Right Hand Around;

Description:
   	1-8 	Facing dancers Arm Turn Right once around and back to their starting position.
  	9-16 	Facing dancers Arm Turn Left once around and back to their starting position.
	17-24 	Facing couples join hands and Circle Left for 8 beats. 
	25-32 	Facing couples Circle Right back to their original facing position. 

	33-40 	The two gents (or the dancers who are on the left side of their couple) turn by the right arm once around and back to their starting position. This action is on the diagonal.
	41-48 	The two ladies (or the dancers who are on the right side of their couple) turn by the left arm once around and back to their starting position. 
	49-56 	Each partner pair of dancers moves forward toward their opposite pair three steps and touches on beat 4 then the pair backs up three steps and touches on beat 8.
	57-64 	The #1 couples (those facing counterclockwise) arch with their inside hands and the #2 couples (those facing clockwise) duck through the arch made by the couple they are facing. All dancers move forward to meet the next couple coming around the circle and Bow.  

Choreography by:  Calvin Campbell, Castle Rock, Colorado
Source:  Dancing For Busy People, page 226
Usage:  With all the arm turns there is bound to be some left and right confusion. In this dance, an occasional wrong arm usage will not cause any problem, so it is a forgiving way to make the dancers think about “right” and “left”.   

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