The Christmas Tale

The Christmas Tale is an English Country Dance. It was published by Thompson in 1778. It was interpreted by George Williams in 2023. Originally a Triple Minor this version is a proper Duple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 32 bars.

Thmmpson writes:

First Gent: turn his Partner with his Right hand Then left lead down two Cu. up again & cast off Allemand with your Partner lead thr'o the bottom and Cast up lead thr'o the top & cast off

The animation plays at 120 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.

The dances of George Williams (including interpretations like this one) are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA license.

A11-41s right hand turn...
5-8...and left hand back
A21-81s lead down, turn, lead back and cast down as 2s lead up
B11-41s regency allemande right...
5-8...and back by the left
B21-41s lead through couple below and cast back
5-81s lead through couple above and cast back

If you find what you believe to be a mistake in this animation, please leave a comment on youtube explaining what you believe to be wrong. If I agree with you I shall do my best to fix it.

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