Wedding Rings

By Evan Shepherd
Composed June 14, 1986

Levelmed (assigned by the editor)
TypeContra
FormationBecket
A1(8) Circle left
(8) Hands-across right hand star
A2(4) Ladies drop out at home; gents keep going to your partner
(12) Partners swing
B1(8) Long lines go forward and back
(8) Ladies chain
B2(4) Give inside hands (gents right, ladies left) to your partner and balance
(4) Star through (cross the set, lady going under the arch, end facing your neighbors)
(6) Circle left 3/4
(2) Slide left one place to face new neighbors

Author's Notes:
Written June 14, 1986 for my wedding to Berry. David Kaynor was the first person to call it--he played at the wedding.
Farewell to Whiskey is a good 1st tune.

Editor's Notes:
Collected from Mike Richardson April, 1992.

This dance is from American Country Dances On Line
All rights reserved by the author; used by permission.
Added to database 2/19/1997; last revised 3/5/1999; edited by Russell Owen