Molly Mixer

Formation: Circle of couples all facing in, lady on gent’s right.
Music: MacGregor 2028 or any well-phrased singing call

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Prompts:
Intro or
57-64   – – – -; Join Hands Circle Left;
    1-8   – – – -; – – Circle Right;
  9-16   – – – -; Everybody Forward & Back;
17-24   – – – -; Face Your Partner & DoSaDo;
25-32   – – – -; With Your Corner DoSaDo;

33-40   – – – -; Same Corner Swing;
41-48   – – – -; – – All Promenade;
49-56   – – – -; – – – -;
57-64   – – Back Out; Join Hands & Circle Left;

Description:
  1-8   The dancers all join hands and Circle to the Left 8 steps.
  9-16   Dancers Circle to the Right 8 steps.
17-24   All dancers face in and walk forward 3 steps and touch then back up 3 steps and touch.
25-32   Dancers turn to face their partner and Dosado (walk forward passing right shoulders, slide sideways back-to-back, then backup passing left shoulders to end facing each other where they began).

33-40   Dancers turn to face their corner (the dancer on the other side) and Dosado as before.
41-48   All corner pairs Swing with each other.
49-56   At the end of the Swing place the lady on the right side of the gent and all couples face counterclockwise around the circle. Promenade in that direction for 16 beats. The Promenade handhold is usually described as “shake right hands then join the left hands underneath”. Regional or simpler variations may be used.

Choreography by: Ken Kernen
Source: Dancing for Busy People, page 251; CD Journal, November 1993
Usage: Because of the 16 beat Promenade it is very easy to dance this mixer to many singing calls and sing the refrain.

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