[Callers] Du Quoin Races

Susan Moffett smoffett at insightbb.com
Tue Feb 16 12:35:35 EST 2010


After the second circle left halfway/rollaway with a half sashay in  
the B2 part, slide left with partner to a new couple.
It works!
On Feb 16, 2010, at 2:25 AM, John Tuck wrote:

> Susan, you seem to know the dance well, how does the progression go?  
> I get
> the couples crossing sides but then coming back again
> JoT
>
> 2010/2/7 Susan Moffett <smoffett at insightbb.com>
>
>> 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:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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