Blue Knickers
Introduction
Author:
Michael Barraclough (2000)
Formation:
Circle (mixer)
Music:
32-bar marches
Published:
Country Bumpkin (Michael Barraclough)
Choreography
A1
1-4
Into the center & out
5-6
Men into the center and make a circular arch
7-8
Men back out (arching) while ladies come into the center and make a circular arch
A2
1-2
Ladies back out (arching) while men come into the center and make a circular arch
3-4
Men back out (arching) while ladies come into the center
5-6
Ladies turn round their left shoulder and make an Alamo circle with the men (men facing in, ladies facing out, partner in your left hand)
7-8
Balance left & right
B1
1-4
Partner allemande left
5-8
Men twirl their partner under their (joined) left arms (as in the Gay Gordons)
B2
1-6
Promenade (ccw)
7-8
Ladies cast back (over their right shoulder, one place, to a new partner)
© Michael Barraclough, 2017
Notes
Notes
1
Written for a regular dancer at Peeping Tom's ceilidh club who always wore short swirly skirts, and yes you guessed it, blue knickers. First performed there in 2000.
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