Common in southern Missouri. Good for beginners.
Call | Explanation |
Couple number one, balance and swing | |
Do the grapevine twist | Gent 1 leads his lady by the hand, out to the right and round lady 2, in a figure eight in the center and then around gent 2. |
Four hands round and circle left | |
Right to your partner, left to your opposite, right to your partner, swing your opposite, swing your own, then circle up four. | |
On to the next, do the grapevine twist | Gent 1 leads out to couple 3, dropping hands with his corner. Others hang on in a long line. Gent 1 loops around lady 3, does a figure eight in the center, and around gent 3 the same way. |
Six hands round and circle left | |
Right to your partner, left to your corner (in this circle of six), right to your partner, swing your corner, swing your partner, then circle up six. | |
Six hands round and circle left | |
On to the next, do the grapevine twist | Gent 1 leads out to couple 4, dropping hands with his corner. Round lady 4, in a figure eight in the center, and around gent 4 the same way. |
Circle up eight. Do-si-do your partner, left hand turn your corner, right to your partner, pull by for a right and left grand | |
Break. | A “break” is performed between repetitions of the figure. After the break, the figure will repeat, starting with the second couple, then another break, then the third, and so on. |