French Eight Idea (BDP)	
Formation:  Square of four couples with any gender combination
Music:  Any singing call with clear 4-beat phrasing  

Prompts: 
Intro or
	57-64 	- - - -; #1’s go across;
   	1-8 	Pick up #3’s and bring them in; - - Push them home;
  	9-16 	Return back home; - #2’s go across;
	17-24 	Pick up #4’s and bring them in; - - Push them home;
	25-32 	Return back home; - all Circle Left;

	33-40 	- - - -; - - Allemande Left;
	41-48 	Come back to partner; - - all Promenade;
	49-56 	- - - -; - - - -;
	57-64 	- - - -; - #3’s go across;

Description:
   	1-8 	Dancers in Couple #1 (nearest top of hall) take four steps to walk across the square to join their free outside hands with Couple #3.  Couple #1 backs up pulling Couple #3 with them 4 steps into the center of the square.
  	9-16 	Couple #1 pushes Couple #3 back to their home location in 4 steps.  Couple #1 leaves Couple #3 and then Couple #1 backs up 4 steps into their home position.
	17-24 	Couple #2 (on the right side of Couple #1) repeats the action of Couple #1 picking up Couple #4 and pulling them into the center of the square.
	25-32 	Couple #2 pushes Couple #4 back to their home, leaves them there and then Couple #2 backs up into their home position.

	33-40 	All eight dancers join hands and Circle to the Left for about 8 steps.
	41-48 	Dancers face their corner and Allemande Left (join left forearms and walk counter-clockwise around each other until facing partner).
	49-64 	Partners take Promenade handhold (shake right hands and join left hands underneath) and Promenade (couples walk counter-clockwise) around the square back to their home. 

Choreography by:  Idea from Traditional Square Dance called the French Eight
Source:  Printed in CD Journal, December 2009
Usage:  This is a very simple, genderless square dance figure.    

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