PORTLAND FANCY

Music: 32  measure reel:

Position:    two couples

Formation: Double Sicilian circle; couples facing

   Count            Steps

       16              Join hands, circle 8 left, back home

       8                Everybody right & left

       8                Right & left home

      16               Ladies chain (& back)

       8                Forward & back

       8                Pass through & on to the next

Historical note:  Old time “Ladies Chain” implied both ways unlike modern call where chain and back is two calls.

With fewer dancers have single Sicilian Circle and first figure circle 4.

Source: Traditional