Lobster Quadrille

Music: Reel

Position:    Couple

Formation: Quadrille

Notes: Choreographed by Ken Marcus, Denise Winter, and Bill Donaldson for the VSCS

   Count            Steps

       8                Heads forward and back

       8                Sides forward and back

       8                Heads lobster1 your opposite

       8                Sides lobster your opposite

      16               Ladies starfish2 once around; pick up your partner

      16               Grand starfish3 all the way home

       8                All Lobster your partner

       8                Lobster your corner by the left

      16               All grand right and left

       8                Heads lobster your opposite

       8                Sides lobster your opposite

      16               Promenade your partner to another set

History: inspired by the Lobster Quadrille described in Alice in Wonderland

1 Turn by the right with both hands raised
2 Right hand star
3 Partners side by side, ladies in the middle with a right hand star