Sociable Quadrille

Music: Reel

Position: Couple

Count Steps

16 Heads right and left, right and left back
Right hand to opposite, pull by, left hand to partner and turn by the left to face center

16 Sides right and left, right and left back

16 Ladies to the right & balance, turn and change partners
Ladies turn right and face right hand gent, join right hands and balance, join both hands (cross handed a la promenade) turn CW to OP facing CCW around the set

16 Promenade (all the way around to man’s home, face center)

Second Time:
Head ladies chain; Side ladies chain; etc.
Ladies: right hand to opposite lady, pull by, left to opposite gent, wheel as couple to face center, repeat back to place

Third Time:
Heads circle four left then right; Sides same; etc.

Fourth Time:

16 Heads right hand star, half around and reverse
Join right hands in the center, turn CW, join left hands in the center, turn CCW back to place.

16 Sides same

16 Ladies to the right & balance, turn and change partners

16 Promenade your partner to another set

History: adapted from The Way To Dance, The Wehman Bros., 1890.