Adelaide Colonial Dancers Inc.

DASHING WHITE SERGEANT
Formation: Two lines of three facing one another (ie. 6 person set).

The lines can be a lady & two men or a man & two ladies. The odd person to be central.

All circle left with slip step. 4
All circle right returning to original lines. 4
Centre person sets to right hand person and turns them by right arm. 4
Repeats with left hand person. 4
All do reel of three, (figure 8) returning to original lines. 8
Lines advance, retire, advance and pass right shoulder to form new set. 8

SIR ROGER DE-COVERLEY
Formation (5 couples in lines, gentlemen facing ladies in the other line)

Salute partners. Top lady, bottom gentleman advance to centre and turn with right hands joined,
Repeat with bottom lady, top gentleman.
Repeat sequence using left hands.
Repeat sequence using both hands. Repeat advancing and saluting.

Top (dancing) couple then cross to the other side of the set, giving right hand to
partner and passing across to opposite side of set, continue around top person
and cross back giving left hand to partner.
Continue crossing down the set until both partners reach the bottom (having gone around 4 persons each),
Lines all turn to face top of hall and raise inside arms (as if to cross swords),
Dancing couple walk to top of set and lead lines around the outside of the set,
on their respective sides (casting-off), and down to the bottom of the set,
Dancing couple form an arch through which the other 4 couples go.

Repeat dance 4 more times, each time with new top couple.

Waltz Country Dance (couple facing couple round hall)

Opposites take right hands, balance forward and back in waltz time, everyone stepping forward on right foot.
Men change places with opposite ladies, turning lady under their joined right hands.
(Men move clockwise round the set, ladies anticlockwise.)
Balance and change with partners.
Repeat

The four people in the set join hands in a ring, and all balance forward and back in waltz time.
Men release right hands and turn the lady on their left over to their right under their raised left hand. (Spanish Waltz)
The lady dances a complete waltz turn and all finish with hands joined again in the circle.
This balance and change is repeated 3 times, ending in a normal waltz hold with partners.
The two couples in the group waltz around each other
then waltz on in the direction they originally faced.
Form a new set with the couple approaching and repeatfrom start

CIRCASSIAN CIRCLE 1
formation (Couple facing couple around big circle.)

Right hand star 4
Change hands and reverse 4
Set partners 8
Ladies chain across set, around opposite gentleman and return to place passing around partner 8
Couples advance and retire, advance and pass through opposite couple,
passing opposite person by the right shoulder and progressing to next couple. 8

Repeat with next couple

CIRCASSIAN CIRCLE 2 (All join hands in big circle)

All advance 4 steps and retire twice,
Ladies advance 4 steps, clap once and retire,
Gentlemen advance 4 steps, turn diagonally left to face corner person,
Swing her for 8 bars,
Promenade around the circle for 8 bars,
Join hands and repeat.

Sybills Roundabout
Formation : Large circle. (Chasse = side together side)

Advance and retire
Advance again and ladies retire guiding partners in front (ending face to face)
Do-si-do by right
Chasse to own left - Chasse to own right
Giving left hand to partner -all join hands (ladies facing in between partner and corner.)
Balance forward and back turning 1/2 way with left hand.
Balance forward and back turning 1/2 way with right hand
Full turn with left hand partner
Short two-hand swing with corner. (person on right hand)

TEMPEST 15 min
POSITION - Double Sicilian progressive along length of hall
G L G L
Length of hall --> L G L G
G L G L
L G L G
Direction of progression -> <- -> <~

All join hands in sets of 8 people, circle left using slip step, 4 bars

Circle right, using slip step, back to place, 4 bars
Join partner in ballroom hold and gallop past opposite couple (gentlemen back to back) and back to place (ladies back to back), 4 bars
The four inside people R.H. star while the pairs on the end circle left. 4 bars
Reverse direction, 4 bars

Retire into original lines and advance and retire, 4 bars
Lines advance through the opposite line and progress to the next line of 4
(all clap hands once on the first advancing step) 4 bars

(Note -In lines that progress to the end of the hall couples turn and change places so that outside people become inside people and vice-versa. After one turn of the dance, this line rejoins the dance progressing back along the hall.)