This dance has been one of my favorites for a long time. The first  
half for its precision and the second half for its flow. With the  
tight tune, it can be magical!
On Feb 7, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Martha Edwards wrote:

> I would second that.
>
> In "Midwest Folklore" a fine book of Midwestern Dances (plug, plug),  
> edited
> by the dance's author, Orace Johnson, it says of DuQuoin Races:
>
> A2 Balance (4) (Women step forward across the set to take neighbor's  
> place,
> while men loop right to take partner's place, thus forming long wavy  
> lines
> with the women facing out, and the men facing in.)
> Balance. Men cross set as women loop right.
>
> I particularly like the contrast between the somewhat quaint and  
> formal
> language of the explanation in parentheses with the curt, efficient  
> "Men
> cross as women loop right".
>
> M
> E
>
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 7:07 AM, Chris Weiler (home) <
> chris.weiler at weirdtable.org> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> For the good are always the merry,
> Save by an evil chance,
> And the merry love the fiddle
> And the merry love to dance. ~ William Butler Yeats
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