Basic Part 1
Lead Right / Lead Left
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Traditional Square Dance:
LADY ROUND THE LADY
Music: Swanee River, Lloyd Shaw 521/522
Couple #1 Lead to the right,
Lady go round the lady, Gent go round the gent,
Gent go round the lady and lady go round the gent,
Circle 4 half way round, #1 duck right thru,
Swing your lady round in the middle and take her on with you.
(Couple #1 then repeats the sequence with Couple #3.)
Description:
Lady #1 leads gent #1 between couple #2.
Lady #1 goes to her left around lady #2, while gent #1 goes to his right around gent #2.
Lady #1 again leads gent #1 between couple #2.
This time lady #1 goes to her right around gent #2, while gent #1 goes to his left around lady #2.
Couples #1 and #2 girls left half way round.
Couple #2 makes an arch for couple #1 to duck thru.
Couple #1 swings in the middle.
Couple #1 then moves on to repeat the sequence with Couple #3.
Couple #1 repeats the sequence once more with couple #4.
Everybody Swings.
The whole sequence is then repeated for Couple #2, then Couple #3, and finally Couple #4.
The caller may insert a break figure and an ending figure as appropriate.