Drive the cold winter away - Revision history

HenryMaldon: /* Steps and Movements Used */ corrected "armings" to "arms", explained forwardness of doubles

2006-02-23T04:27:17Z

Steps and Movements Used: corrected "armings" to "arms", explained forwardness of doubles

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	==Steps and Movements Used==		==Steps and Movements Used==

	* [[Double]]s left and right ('''DL''' and '''DR''') and back ('''DLb''' and '''DRb''')		* [[Double]]s forward by left and right ('''DL''' and '''DR'''), and back ('''DLb''' and '''DRb''')
	* [[Turn]] left and right ('''TL''' and '''TR''')		* [[Turn]] left and right ('''TL''' and '''TR''')
	* [[Sides]] ('''SdR''' and '''SdL''')		* [[Sides]] ('''SdR''' and '''SdL''')
	* [[~~Armings~~]] ('''AR''' and '''AL''')		* [[Arms]] ('''AR''' and '''AL''')

	==Choreography==		==Choreography==

HenryMaldon: sides and arms corrections

2006-02-23T04:25:55Z

sides and arms corrections

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	* [[Double]]s left and right ('''DL''' and '''DR''') and back ('''DLb''' and '''DRb''')		* [[Double]]s left and right ('''DL''' and '''DR''') and back ('''DLb''' and '''DRb''')
	* [[Turn]] left and right ('''TL''' and '''TR''')		* [[Turn]] left and right ('''TL''' and '''TR''')
	* [[~~Siding~~]] ('''~~SdL~~''' and '''~~SdR~~''')		* [[Sides]] ('''SdR''' and '''SdL''')
	* [[Armings]] ('''AL''' and '''AR''')		* [[Armings]] ('''AR''' and '''AL''')

	==Choreography==		==Choreography==
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	===Second Verse===		===Second Verse===

	:Couples to ~~sidings~~ ~~left~~ ~~with each other~~, repeat to the ~~right~~.		:Couples side by the right, repeat by the left.

	~~SdL~~<br>		SdR<br>
			SdL
	SdR

	===Second Chorus===		===Second Chorus===
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	===Third Verse===		===Third Verse===

	:Couples to ~~armings~~ ~~left~~ ~~with each other~~, then repeat to the ~~right~~.		:Couples arm by the right, then repeat by the left.

	AL<br>		AR<br>
			AL
	AR

	===Third Chorus===		===Third Chorus===

Conrad Leviston at 14:05, 31 January 2006

2006-01-31T14:05:03Z

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'''Drive the cold winter away''' is a dance from [[Playford's Dancing Master]].

==Steps and Movements Used==

* [[Double]]s left and right ('''DL''' and '''DR''') and back ('''DLb''' and '''DRb''')
* [[Turn]] left and right ('''TL''' and '''TR''')
* [[Siding]] ('''SdL''' and '''SdR''')
* [[Armings]] ('''AL''' and '''AR''')

==Choreography==

[[image:fourcouples.PNG]]

This dance starts with any number of couples facing up the hall, in a line one after the other.
===First Verse===

:Holding customary hands with partners, do a double forward, then a double back again. Repeat this.

DL, DRb<br>
DL, DRb

===First Chorus===

:The first man performs a double backwards, then moves down to the second last woman and turns her, after which he turns the last woman. While he is doing this the second man is leading the other men between the first and second woman, then around the first woman and down to fall inline behind the first man at the bottom.

:The first man (who is now at the bottom) performs a double backwards, then moves up to the second woman and turns her, after which he turns the first woman. While he is doing this the second man is leading the other men between the last and second last woman, then around the last woman and ap to fall inline behind the first man at the top. Everybody should now be back in their original position.

===Second Verse===

:Couples to sidings left with each other, repeat to the right.

SdL<br>
SdR

===Second Chorus===

:As the first chorus, but women performing instead of men.

===Third Verse===

:Couples to armings left with each other, then repeat to the right.

AL<br>
AR

===Third Chorus===

:As the first chorus.

==Music==

The music for Drive the cold winter away is a well known song of the same name.

*[[media:winter.mid|Four part arrangement]]

==External links==

* [http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/playford_1651/046small.html Instructions from the 1651 edition]

[[Category:Dances]]