<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Hi all. Several folks asked me off-line for the Monkey directions. Here's Lynn Ackerson's note and dance instructions, with her permission -- and our thanks. And thanks, too, to Rich Goss for his even speedier reply to my request! Val</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px">From Lynn Ackerson:</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px">The [RPDLW 2015] syllabus will be available for sale soon. We usually wait a year before putting it online. But as a sneak peak, here's how the dance will look in the syllabus:</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br></div><h2 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif"><a name="14d6733ae9b248cc__Toc419663205" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Monkey in the Middle</a><u></u><u></u></h2><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin-left:9pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">As called by Carol Ormand<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin-left:9pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Source: Unknown<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin-left:9pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Formation: Ninepin: 4 couples in a square, with an extra person (the “monkey”) in the middle<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin-left:9pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Music: <i>Joys of Quebec</i> <u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px"><b><i> </i></b></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin-left:0.5in">A1 Circle left<u></u><u></u></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin-left:0.5in"> Circle right<u></u><u></u></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin-left:0.5in">A2 Into the middle and back<u></u><u></u></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin-left:0.5in"> Monkey in the middle, swing someone<u></u><u></u></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin-left:0.5in">B1 Those two separate and swing two more<u></u><u></u></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px"></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin-left:0.5in">B2 Those four separate and swing four more; finish in a square with a new monkey in the middle<u></u><u></u></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Val Medve <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:val.medve@gmail.com" target="_blank">val.medve@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">That was quick! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Two list members sent the instructions to me. Thank you! Val</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 8:32 AM, Val Medve <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:val.medve@gmail.com" target="_blank">val.medve@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">At the Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend (RPDLW) in January, Carol Ormand called a fun & silly little dance that I liked: Monkey in the Middle. I think there were 4 couples plus 1 extra person ("the monkey"). I don't think that the 2015 RPDLW syllabus is available yet online. Would anyone have instructions they're willing to share? 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