GLENGARRY
SWING
Progressive Dance in March or Two-step time
The difficult part of this dance is the clapping section. It's
great fun but confusing (especially for beginners.)!
This is the sort of dance everyone can do, and learn it in a few
minutes. Teach the claps first.
The dance is in four quarters each of which have a count of eight
beats of music. (Four two-step bars).
Begin: In Promenade Position, man on inside of circle, facing
down the Line Of Dance (LOD) but slightly toward centre.
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Glengarry Swing |
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First Quarter |
| Men and Women begin on the same foot. On the spot,
with Left foot: Heel, Toe, Heel, Toe |
| With LOD - moving slightly left, Step Fwd L, Lock
Behind Rt, Step Fwd L |
| With LOD moving slighly Right, Step Fwd Rt, Lock
Behind L, Step Fwd Rt. |
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Second Quarter |
| Promenade with LOD L, Rt, L, Rt |
| Backing against LOD Rt, L, Rt, together |
| Turn to face each other. |
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Third Quarter (Claps) |
| Clap your hands together on your own left side. |
| Clap your hands together on your own right side.
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| Clap both hands on your own knees. (Knees) |
| Clap your left hand against your partners left hand.
(Left) |
| Clap your right hand against your partners right
hand. (Right) |
| Clap both hands against both your partners hands.
(Both) |
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Last Quarter |
| Back away from your partner (Men Back L Women Back
Rt), together without weight. |
| Walk toward your new partner (Men Fwd Rt Women Fwd
L), together without weight. (Women moving forward) |
| (Turning to LOD ready to start again) |
| Start again: |
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