Waltz Cotillion

Music: waltz – form not critical – “Cue’s Mug” preferred

Position: Couple

Formation: Quadrille

Important: All figures done with waltzing steps.

Count* Steps

8 First couple waltz around (CCW inside square)

4 Head ladies cross over

4 Head men cross over (prepare to waltz across)

4 Side ladies cross over

4 Side men cross over (prepare to waltz across)

4 Heads waltz across to home

4 Sides waltz across to home

                         (All: face partner and . . .)
      32               Right and left grand
                                    (Right to partner, forward and back, turn lady under, left to next, etc. 8 times back to home.)

(Sides separate to form lines of 4 with heads)

4 Lines of 4 forward and back

8 All pass through and turn around (as individuals)

4 Lines of 4 forward and back

8 All pass through and turn around (as individuals)

8 All: waltz around the set with your partner to home.

(Repeat 4 times, each couple in succession being “active.”)

· Waltz count = 1-2-3, 2-2-3, 3-2-3, etc.

Interpreted by Sharon Guli of River Crossing, inc. from The Fashionable Dancer's Casket by Charles Durang, 1856.