{"id":319,"date":"2014-04-01T01:31:21","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T01:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dances.callerlab.org\/?p=319"},"modified":"2021-02-15T21:43:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T21:43:09","slug":"boston-tea-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dances.callerlab.org\/?p=319","title":{"rendered":"Boston Tea Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

Formation:<\/span> Six couple proper contra lines (gents in right line facing their partner in left line).
\nMusic:<\/span> Reels or Jigs <\/p>\n

Download RTF file: Boston Tea Party<\/a><\/p>\n

Prompts:<\/span>
\nIntro or<\/span>
\n57-64   – – – -; 1s gallop down;<\/span>
\n    1-8   – – – -; Make an arch over men;<\/span>
\n  9-16   – – – -; Arch down over ladies;<\/span>
\n17-24   – – – -; Gallop to top;<\/span>
\n25-32   – – – -; 1s Dip and Dive;<\/span><\/p>\n

33-40   Others Cast Down; – – 1s Arch;<\/span>
\n41-48   Come through arch; – – – -;<\/span>
\n49-56   – – – -; – – – Swing;<\/span>
\n57-64   – – – -; 1s gallop down;<\/span><\/p>\n

Description:<\/span>
\n    1-8   The couple at the top (nearest caller) gallops (or Sashay) to bottom.
\n  9-16   That couple makes an arch over men with lady on the outside.
\n17-24   They continue to arch down over ladies.
\n25-32   The active couple gallops back to top.<\/p>\n

33-40   1s face down, others face up and all couples hold hands. Just couple #1 does a Dip and Dive to the bottom.
\n41-48   The others move up, Cast Out and follow the leaders down the outside.
\n49-56   At the bottom the 1s make an arch. The Casting couples meet below the arch and lead up through the arch to progressed places.
\n57-64   Partners Swing if time.<\/p>\n

Choreography by:<\/span> Jean Butler
\nSource:<\/span> Submitted by Clark Baker to CD Journal<\/span>, published August 2012, in Captain’s Ceilidh: A Collection of Dances Old and New<\/span> by Jean Butler, Peter Saunders and Dave Brown, published by English Folk Dance and Song Society, 1982<\/p>\n

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