A Trip to Paris

A Trip to Paris is an English Country Dance. It was published by Walsh in 1711. It was interpreted by Douglas & Helen Kennedy in 1929 and published in Country Dance Book, New Series. It is a proper Duple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 26 bars. It is in the key: A minor.

John Young (I have't find Walsh's original yet) writes:

Note: Each Strain is to be play'd twice over.

The 1st and 2d. cu. Sett a-cross and turn all four round single, then Sett again and turn to your own places Then cross below the 2d. Cu. and up again to your places, the 1st Man change with the 2d. Wo. and the 1st Wo. with the 2d. Man, then Hands half round and cast off

The Kennedies are not clear which shoulder you pass by on A1, which usually means passing right, but I've seen more videos with them passing left... but some passing right.

The tune was published, by Walsh, with the dance. It was performed by Bare Necessities (Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Peter Barnes, and Jacqueline Schwab) on the album More Favorites of the Boston Centre. The music is used with permission from the Country Dance Society, Boston Centre, Inc.

The animation plays at 116 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 (no music plays during this slow set). 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.

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.

If you wish to link to this animation please see my comments on the perils of youtube. You may freely link to this page, of course, and that should have no problems, but use one of my redirects when linking to the youtube video itself:
https://www.upadouble.info/redirect.php?id=TripToParis

The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © 1929 by Douglas & Helen Kennedy. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2020 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

A	1-4	Set and cross with partner on left while turning single right
	5-8	That again, set and cross
B	1-8	1s cross, go below 2s, cross again return home
	9-10	1s turn single
	11-14	1st corners change, 2nd corners change
	15-16	Circle four left halfway
	17-18	1s cast down as 2s lead up