Circassian Circle
Music: reel
Position: Couple
Formation:
Sicilian Circle
(Double circle, sets of four, couples facing, along circumference)
Count Steps
8 All forward and back
8 Circle four (left) half way
16 Ladies Chain (and back)
8
Balance and turn your partner
Partners join right hands, step forward and back, and turn all the way
around CW and back to place
8
Right and left (with opposites)
Right hand to opposite, pull by, left to partner and turn CCW to face
opposites
8 All forward and back
8
Pass through and on to the next
Everybody pass your opposite by the right shoulder and meet a new couple
Adapted from Ballroom Dancing
Without a Master, 1872