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Table of Contents

D E F G R S

D

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Duke of Kent's Waltz ~ SimonsW.M. Cahusac 1801
A. Simons 1970 Playford Ball
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor

E

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Emma's WaltzColin Hume 2009Susan McNeill, Lawrence Wallin and Robert Winokur4 Couple Longways permutation: 3142

F

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Farewell MarianGwyn Williams 1967Bare NecessitiesCircle as many as will

G

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Gypsy RoundEric Leber 1979Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor

R

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Ramsgate AssemblyThomas Budd 1795
A. Simons 1972 Playford Ball
Bare Necessities3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

S

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Smithy HillTom Cook 1987Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Number
of dances
Number
of versions
Number
with music
666

Warning: The figures for each dance is generated programmatically by regular expression matching and may be in error. Also, for old dances, they reflect the figures used by the interpreter which may not match those of the deviser.


Swat The Flea

An online definition may be found here.

Bars: 2.

Swat the Flea This figure involves a facing couple, they join left hands and raise them, then they trade places. The woman turning right 180° as she passes under the raised hands, the man turning left 180° as he walks around her. The left hands remain joined afterward.

History

I can find no antecedents of this call, and it is not one of CALLERLAB's standardized calls. However I learned it in the 1980s.

See Also

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