Lady Round Lady ~ Dunlavy

Chase the Squirrel ~ The Running Set Figure Eight - Dozier Lady Around the Lady, and the Gent Also ~ Smoky Mountains Lady Around the Lady ~ Kentucky Square Dances Lady Round Lady ~ Dunlavy The Lady Round the Lady ~ Shaw

Tressie Dunlavy writes:

The Call

1. All eight balance and all eight swing
   A left allemande
   And a right hand grand
   Meet your partner and
   Promenade eight
   Till you come straight.
2. First couple balance and first couple swing,
   Out to the right,
3. Lady round lady and gent so low,
4. Lady round gent and gent don't go,
5. Four hands round and round you go, lady go si and gent go do
6. On to the next,
7. Lady round lady and gent so low,
8. Lady round gent and gent don't go,
9. Four hands round and round you go, lady go si and gent go do
10. On to the next,
11. Lady round lady and gent so low,
12. Lady round gent and gent don't go,
13. Four hands round and round you go, lady go si and gent go do
14. Now you're home
    All eight balance and all eight swing
    A left allemande
    And a right hand grand,
    Meet your partner and
    Promenade eight
    Till you come straight.

Second couple repeats 2 to 14 inclusive
Third couple repeats 2 to 14 inclusive
Fourth couple repeats 2 to 14 inclusive

Description

1. All eight balance and all eight swing
2. Balance and swing. First couple walks to second couple with the lady leading.
3. She walks between second lady and gentleman and around second lady, with her partner following (12 counts). She then walks between second lady and gentleman again, but her partner stops in front of second lady while she continues walking around second gentleman (8 counts).
4. First and second couples do a do si do.
5. First couple walks to third couple and repeats 3, 4, and 5.
10. First couple walks to fourth couple and repeats 3, 4, and 5.

Dunlavy has her own deffinition of "do-si-do":

Two couples join hands in a circle and walk to the left (4 counts). They pass through as in Right and Left Through, (2 counts). Partners then join left hands and walk past each other, releasing their hold as they pass, but do not turn (2 counts). Each gentleman joins right hands with the opposite lady and turns her completely around (4 counts). He then joins left hands with his own partner and turns her round onto his right (4 counts).

If the couples will practice walking through this slowly at first, they will soon be able to dance the figure without consciousness of the number of counts

Boyd adds a comment that instead of the final promenade to places, the dancers may choose to do a (modern) partner swing to get to places.

The tune was published by Ralph Page in Horthern Junket with the dance. Colin Hume's software synthesized the music.

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