29 Jun
2023
29 Jun
'23
12:06 p.m.
The ACDOL database gives the date of Saint Paddy's Day as Oct 14, 1982. According to
Philippe Callens' book Both Sides of the Atlantic, Beverly Francis's dance
Manhattan Chowder was written earlier - in 1981. The figure, as described by Philippe, is
more like in the eponymous English country dance, in that only one couple is moving.
However, I've also seen this dance called with the double Mad Robin figure that is
more common in contra dances nowadays.