Slippery Swing, The

By Ted Crane
Composed 1998

Source http://tedcrane.com/DanceDB/DisplayIdent.com?key="ted"_crane
Levelmed (assigned by the editor)
TypeContra
FormationBecket
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A1(8) Circle left
(2) Slide left one place
(This is the progression to new neighbors)
(6) Circle left 3/4 with new neighbors
A2(16) Neighbors swing
B1(16) Hey, ladies pass right shoulders to start
B2(4) Ladies allemande right 1/2
(12) Partners swing

Author's Notes:
The partner swing is the slippery swing...a.k.a. a "cathedral swing". After the ladies allemande right, partners take left hands, possibly twirling the ladies under (clockwise?), and then raising the joined left hands into the cathedral.

This dance is from American Country Dances On Line
All rights reserved by the author; used by permission.
Added to database 12/16/2002; edited by Russell Owen